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U.S. NAVY (continued)

The FY90 changes reflect pro- posed reprogramming actions for the following: an increase of $21 mil- lion in the CV SLEP for full funding of essential repair and moderniza- tion items; an increase of $27.9 mil- lion in the AOE program as a result of prior year shipbuilding execution experience; a decrease of $9.4 mil- lion for the SSN-688 program as a result of shipbuilder contract award savings; a decrease of $5.2 million in service craft requirements; and de- creases in the outfitting and post delivery line items of $12 million and $9 million, respectively, as a result of ship schedule changes.

Long-Term

Shipbuilding Plan

Over the six-year period of FY 1989-1994, the Navy plans to build 117 ships, as well as perform six con- versions and order a variety of small craft. Details of this work are shown in Exhibit 3.

Naval Weapons

The Weapons Procurement, Navy (WPN) appropriation request of $6.16 billion in FY 91 funds pro- curement of strategic and tactical missiles, satellites, torpedoes, guns and other weapons, ammunition and other ordnance, spare parts and support equipment.

The FY 91 Trident II (D-5) pro- gram resumes full rate production following recent successful flight tests. The Tomahawk missile pro- gram supports maximum competi- tive dual-source production levels, accelerating near-term procurement while capturing substantial cost ef- ficiencies. The FY 91 AMRAAM program continues progress towards full rate production. The Harpoon program reflects an increase in FY 91 to procure missiles at a more eco- nomic rate when combined with

Foreign Military Sales. Antisnip re- quirements are also met by the oro- curement of Norwegian-built Pen- guin missiles. Fiscal Year 1990 in- cludes a proposed reprogramming of $23 million to cover projected price increases for the Penguin missile.

The budget reflects the continued joint acquisition of the Air Force/

Navy procured HARM anti-radia- tion missiles as well as the joint

Army/Navy Hellfire anti-armor missiles to meet continuing defense suppression requirements. The

Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) program provides self-defense pro- tection for amphibious and auxilia- ry ships, and is a joint NATO Coop- erative program with West Germa- ny. The FY 91 buy will be the sec- ond competitive procurement of

RAM. The FY 91 Standard Missiles program buys 600 SM-2 Aegis Block

IIIA and 300 Aegis Extended Range

Block IV missiles on a dual-source basis. Both Sparrow and Standard

Missile modification programs in- corporate the Missile modification programs incorporate the Missile

Homing Improvement Program (MHIP) upgrades starting in FY 91. 28

Funding for the installation of equipment modifications was trans- ferred in FY 90 from the operations to the procurement appropriations.

While reflected as a single line item in FY 90, these funds are budgeted in FY 91 with the appropriate weap- on system or modification program line item. Additionally, the procure- ment of ammunition is, in FY 91, transferred from OPN to WPN, and first destination transportation costs are transferred in from and maintenance appropriations to the procurement appropriations.

The dual sourced MK-48 ADCAP torpedo will provide a substantial increase in operational capabilities over the in-service MK-48 Mod 4

Series. The FY 91 buy sustains pro- curement at a minimum level of 240 torpedoes until product improve- ments have been incorporated. The

MK-50 ALWT torpedo program, a follow-on to the MK-46 lightweight torpedo, is dual sourced, with FY 91 representing a third year of procure- ment. The consolidated ASW Tar- gets program supports both the

MK-30 heavyweight targets, for highly sophisticated training re- quirements and the low cost MK-39

Expendable Mobile ASW Training

Target (EMATT), for less stringent training requirements. Other pro- curements support ASROC, Torpe- do Support Equipment and Modifi- cations, and ASW Range Support

Equipment.

Other Procurement

The other procurement appro- priation request of $6.08 billion in

FY 91 will fund procurement of ship support equipment, communica- tions and electronics equipment, aviation support equipment, ord- nance support equipment, civil en- gineering support equipment, sup- ply and personnel/command sup- port equipment and spares and re- pair parts. The decrease from FY 90 is primarily associated with the one- time FY 90 increase in ship's sup- port equipment of $1.82 billion to fully fund the installation of mod- ernization equipment procured in

FY 90 and prior years. In FY 91, installation costs have been incorpo- rated into the total cost of the end item, resulting in increases in many line items. First destination trans- portation has been transferred from the operation and maintenance to the procurement appropriations to more fully reflect acquisition costs.

Additionally, ammunition procure- ment previously reflected in avia- tion support equipment and ord- nance support equipment has been transferred to the Weapons Pro- curement, Navy appropriation. Fi- nally, funding for Special Operation

Forces (SOF) has been transferred to Procurement, Defense Agencies commencing in FY 91.

The Ships Support Equipment budget of $1.34 billion in FY 91 includes procurement of one reactor core, and minor increases in fire- fighting equipment and pollution control equipment.

Exhibit 1

FY 1991 NAVY BUDGET REQUEST (in millions of $)

FY 1989 FY 1990

Procurement

Shipbuilding and conversion $9,840 $11,019

Naval weapons 6,092 5,353

Naval aircraft 9,311 9,298

Other systems and components 4,753 7,780

Marine Corps 1,292 1,075

Research & Development 9,282 9,466

Military Construction 1,583 1,123

Operation & Maintenance 25,138 24,560

Other 30,556 30,676

Total Navy $97,847 $100,350

FY 1991 $11,195 6,161 9,839 6,082 782 9,102 1,113 24,532 31,492 $100,298

Exhibit 2—SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY (In Millions of Dollars)

FY 1989 FY 1990 FY 1991

QTY $ QTY $ QTY $

NEW CONSTRUCTION

TRIDENT 1 1,217.2 1 1,214.7 1 1,387.6

SSN-688 2 1,298.5 1 732.9 — —

SSN-21 1 1,687.7 — 606.3 2 3,482.0

DDG-51 4 2,791.5 5 3,451.7 5 3,570.0

LHD-1 1 728.8 — 34.6 1 959.8

LSD-41(CV) — — 1 226.4 1 240.0

MCM — — 3 337.2 — —

MHC 2 194.4 2 194.8 3 268.1

TAO 5 688.2 - — — —

TAGOS 3 184.2 1 153.8 — —

AOE 1 361.9 1 379.8 1 398.2

OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH — — 3 274.6 1 43.1

LCAC (15) 305.0 (12) 269.8 (12) 267.9

SOF LANDING CRAFT — 1.5 (9) 97.2 — —

USCG ICEBREAKER — — 1 324.8 — —

USCG PATROL BOATS — — (12) 82.9 — —

CONVERSION/ACQUISITION/OTHER

CV-SLEP — 62.7 1 643.3 — 113.1

ENTERPRISE REFUELING/MOD - - 1 1,404.1 - -

AO JUMBO 2 74.5 1 35.2 — —

MOORED TRAINING SHIP — (1) 217.2 — —

OTHER COSTS 244.0 338.1 465.4

TOTAL: SCN 22 9,840.1 22 11,019.4 15 11,195.2

Exhibit 3—LONG-TERM NAVY SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION PLAN

FY 1989-1994

FY 1989 FY 1990 FY 1991 FY 1992 FY 1993 FY 1994 Total

Construction

Trident Submarine (SSBN) 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

Attack Submarine (SSN 688) 2 1 0 0 0 0 3

New Attack Submarine (SSN 21) 1 0 2 0 6 0 9

Destroyer (DDG 51) 4 5 5 10 0 10 34

Mine Countermeasure Ship (MCM) 0 3 0 0 0 0 3

Minesweeper (MHC) 2 2 3 4 5 0 16

Amphibious Landing Craft (LSD 41) 0 1 1 1 1 1 5

Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD 1) 1 0 1 0 1 0 4

Ocean Surveillance Ship (TAGOS) 3 1 0 2 3 0 9

Fleet Oiler (TAO-187) 5 0 0 0 0 0 5

Fast Combat Support Ship (AOE) 1 1 1 0 3 0 6

Ammunition Ship (AE) 0 0 0 0 1 2 3

Salvage Ship (ARS) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Repair Ship (AR) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Ocean Research Ship (AGOR) 0 3 1 2 1 2 9

Ocean Surveillance Ship (AGOS) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3

USCG Icebreaker 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Total Construction 20 19 15 21 22 20 117

Conversion

Carrier Modernization (CV SLEP) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2

Enterprise Refueling/Mod 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

Fleet Oiler Lengthening (AO 1) 2 1 0 0 0 0 3

Total Conversion 2 3 0 0 1 0 6

Other

Landing Craft (LCAC) 15 12 12 12 12 11 74

SOF Landing Craft 0 9 0 0 0 0 9

USCG Patrol Boats 0 12 0 0 0 0 12

Moored Training Ship Conversion 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

Total Other 15 34 12 13 12 11 97

Source: Department of the Navy