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Navy (continued) vides a relatively stable platform in most sea conditions.

It is uncertain whether the ship construction contract will be funded from FY 1986 or FY 1987 SCN funds. Navy wants to use FY 1986

T-AGOS funds for the SWATH procurement. This would require approval of Congress—and at time of publication the Senate, but not the House, favors such approval.

FY 1987 funds would be used if the request to use FY 1986 funds is denied. Presumably the SWATH

T-AGOS would be procured using funds originally programmed for the option ships in the Halter T-AGOS contract.

Navy JTIDS Dropped

Navy has cancelled plans to de- velop its own version of a joint tacti- cal information distribution system (JTIDS). Navy still plans to install

JTIDS, a jam-resistant voice and data communications system, on board ships, aircraft and in ground- based command centers. But the system will be that under develop- ment by the Air Force at Rockwell-

Collins and Singer Kearfott.

The proposed FY 1986 Navy pro- gram had included $185 million to continue Navy JTIDS development efforts in progress at ITT and

Hughes Aircraft. In the authoriza- tion process Congress refused to au- thorize separate, parallel JTIDS de- velopment by Navy and Air Force.

DOD was directed to review the cur- rent Navy and Air Force JTIDS programs—and choose one for use by both services. The Air Force sys- tem apparently was considered the cost effective alternative. (continued)

Exhibit 1—Current Navy Shipbuilding Contracts (As of 1 November 1985)

Ship Type Building Yard Delivery Date Contract Number Type

Ocean Surveillance Ships

TAGOS 7 Tacoma Boatbuilding 11/85 N00024-80-C-2046 FFP

TAGOS 8 Tacoma Boatbuilding 1/86 N00024-80-C-2046 FFP

TAGOS 9 Tacoma Boatbuilding 3/86 N00024-80-C-2046 FFP

TAGOS 10 Tacoma Boatbuilding 6/86 N00024-80-C-2046 FFP

TAGOS 11 Tacoma Boatbuilding 8/86 N00024-80-C-2046 FFP

TAGOS 12 Tacoma Boatbuilding 10/86 N00024-80-C-2046 FFP

TAGOS 13 Halter Marine 3/88 N00024-85-C-2041 FPE

TAGOS 14 Halter Marine 7/88 N00024-85-C-2041 FPE

TAGOS 15 (Option) Halter Marine n.a. N00024-85-C-2041 FPE

TAGOS 16 (Option) Halter Marine n.a. N00024-85-C-2041 FPE

TAGOS 17 (Option) Halter Marine n.a. N00024-85-C-2041 FPE

TAGOS 18 (Option) Halter Marine n.a. N00024-85-C-2041 FPE

Acoustic Gathering Ships

TAGS 39 Bethlehem-Sparrows Pt. 12/87 N00024-85-C-2188 FFP

TAGS 40 Bethlehem-Sparrows Pt. 4/88 N00024-85-C-2188 FFP

Fleet Oilers

TAO 187 Avondale Shipyards 9/86 N00024-83-C-2012 FPI

TAO 188 Avondale Shipyards 1/87 N00024-83-C-2012 FPI

TAO 189 Avondale Shipyards 5/87 N00024-83-C-2012 FPI

TAO 190 Avondale Shipyards 9/87 N00024-83-C-2012 FPI

TAO 191 PennShip 3/89 N00024-85-C-2115 FPI

TAO 192 PennShip 12/89 N00024-85-C-2115 FPI

TAO 193 Avondale Shipyards 8/88 N00024-85-C-2131 FPI

TAO (Option) Avondale Shipyards n.a. N00024-85-C-2131 FPI

TAO (Option) Avondale Shipyards n.a. N00024-85-C-2131 FPI

Floating Drydock

ARDM 5 Todd-Seattle 2/86 N00024-83-C-2002 FPE

Salvage Ship

ARS 53 Peterson Builders 2/86 N00024-81-C-2022 FPI

Aegis Cruisers

CG 50 Ingalls Shipbuilding 12/85 N00024-81-C-2049 CPAF

CG 51 Bath Iron Works 1/87 N00024-82-C-2011 CPAF

CG 52 Ingalls Shipbuilding 7/86 N00021-81 -C-2049 CPAF

CG 53 Ingalls Shipbuilding 2/87 N00024-81 -C-2049 CPAF

CG 54 Ingalls Shipbuilding 6/87 N00024-83-C-2013 FPI

CG 55 Ingalls Shipbuilding 10/87 N00024-83-C-2013 FPI

CG 56 Ingalls Shipbuilding 2/88 N00024-83-C-2013 FPI

CG 57 Ingalls Shipbuilding 6/88 N00024-84-C-2004 FPI

CG 58 Bath Iron Works 6/88 N00024-84-C-2005 FPI

CG 59 Ingalls Shipbuilding 12/88 N00024-84-C-2004 FPI

CG 60 Bath Iron Works 3/89 N00024-85-C-2036 FPI

CG 61 Bath Iron Works 7/89 N00024-85-C-2036 FPI

CG 62 Ingalls Shipbuilding 10/89 N00024-84-C-2035 FPI (continued)

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