Acquisition and Competition Strategy for the DD The U.S. Navy's 21st Century Destroyer

by Schank, John F.

• ISBN13: 9780833038708
• ISBN10: 0833038702
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-15
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

How can the Navy achieve the most effe tive competition among its supplers during development and production of its new family of destroyers while ensuring that two shipyards reamin in business to compete on future programs?

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Figures	ix
Tables	xi
Summary	xiii
Acknowledgments	xxi
Abbreviations	xxiii
A Note on Terminology	xxv
CHAPTER ONE Introduction	1	(14)
Program Overview	4	(5)
Issues for Phase IV	9	(3)
Research Strategy	10	(1)
Examining the Appropriate Use of Competition Throughout Phase IV	10	(1)
Evaluating Ways to Sustain the Industrial Base	11	(1)
Exploring Contracting Strategies for Phase IV	12	(1)
Organization of the Report	12	(3)
CHAPTER TWO Applications of Competition in Phase IV	15	(16)
Defense Acquisitions: Not Business as Usual	15	(2)
Use of Competition in Phase IV of the DD(X) Program	17	(1)
A Matrix of Options for Competition in Phase IV	18	(13)
Should Detail Design of the Warfare System Be Competed?	19	(2)
Should Production of the Warfare System Be Competed?	21	(2)
Should Ship System Production Be Competed?	23	(3)
Should Ship System Detail Design Be Competed?	26	(5)
CHAPTER THREE Effects of the DD(X) Production Program on the Shipbuilding Industry	31	(16)
Analysis Approach	31	(5)
Sources of Input Data for the Model	36	(3)
DD(X) Descriptive Data	36	(1)
Data Provided by the Shipyards	37	(2)
Analysis Results: Base Case	39	(2)
Labor Demand	39	(1)
Labor Supply	39	(2)
Labor Cost	41	(1)
Analysis Results: Alternative Cases	41	(2)
Lead Ship to BIW	42	(1)
Alternative Case: One-Year Delay in Start of Ship Production	42	(1)
Alternative Case: One-Year Delay and Lead Ship at BIW	43	(1)
Alternative Workload Cases	43	(1)
Summary Observations	44	(3)
Implications of Different Production Schedules	44	(1)
Effects of Alternative Workload Allocations	45	(2)
CHAPTER FOUR DD(X) Phase IV Contracting Issues and Options	47	(12)
Model 1: Separate Contracts to Each Major Participant	49	(2)
Model 2: Single Contract with One Commercial Entity	51	(3)
Model 3: A Blend of Strategies	54	(2)
Summary Observations	56	(3)
CHAPTER FIVE Conclusions	59	(6)
CHAPTER SIX Epilogue: July 2005	65	(8)
The Plan Approaching Milestone B	65	(2)
The Forcing Function—Number of Ships to Be Procured	67	(1)
A New Strategy	68	(2)
The Congressional Response	70	(1)
The Proposed Compromise	70	(3)
APPENDIX
A. DDG 51—Class Case Study	73	(28)
B. Competition Effects in Recent Shipbuilding Programs	101	(10)
C. Questionnaire for Shipbuilders	111	(24)
Bibliography	135