Thursday, November 10, 2022

US Navy’s Next-Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer Could Cost Up To $3.4 Billion A Ship. SSN(X) Attack Sub Is Now Up To $7.2B

Navy DDG(X) hull design

Artist impression of the possible features of SSN(X) the next generation nuclear-powered attack submarine of the U.S. Navy. Image by H I Sutton / Covertshores.com  

USNI News: DDG(X) Destroyer Could Cost Up to $3.4B a Hull, SSN(X) Attack Boat Up to $7.2B, Says CBO Report 

The Navy’s next-generation guided-missile destroyer could cost up to $3.4 billion a ship, while its next-generation SSN(X) attack boat could cost up to $7.2 billion – figures that are billions over the service’s own estimates, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s annual analysis of the Navy’s long-range shipbuilding plan. 

The procurement of both SSN(X) and DDG(X) comes as the Navy faces several years of flat budgets heading into the into the 2030s and as several major procurement programs compete for money within the service and with the priorities of the Office of Secretary of Defense. OSD took a more active role in crafting the Navy’s congressionally mandated Fiscal Year 2023 shipbuilding plan.  

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WNU Editor: $3.4 billion for a new guided-missile destroyer?!?!?! $7.2 billion for an attack sub?!?!?!? 

This is billions over the services own estimates.Talk about the US Navy completely underestimating the cost of its ship building program that will run into the tens of billions over its 30 year building/procurement plan.

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