The following is the May 18, 2017 GAO Report, NAVY FORCE STRUCTURE: Actions Needed to Ensure Proper Size and Composition of Ship Crews Read More
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Document: Report to Congress on Marine Corps, Army Efforts to Reduce Combat Equipment Weight
The following is the Government Accountability Office report, Personal Protective Equipment: Army and Marine Corps Are Pursuing Efforts to
Reduce the Weight of Items Worn or Carried in Combat. Read More
Document: GAO Report Recommends Delay in Frigate Program
The following is the April 18, 2017 Government Accountability Office report, Delaying Planned Frigate Acquisition Would Enable Better-Informed Decisions. Read More
Navy Considering More Hulls for Frigate Competition, Expanding Anti-Air Capability
Austal USA frigate design. Austal USA image
THE PENTAGON – The Navy is considering increasing its future frigate’s anti-air firepower and may open up the frigate design competition to hulls beyond the current two small surface combatants, the service told USNI News on Wednesday. Read More
McCain Pledges Hearings on Navy Frigate Program, Wants to Consider More Designs
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) speaking at the 2016 Arizona Manufacturing Summit at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona on Oct. 16, 2016. Gage Skidmore photo
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to hold hearings on the Navy’s frigate program amidst calls to open the competition to more domestic and foreign designs. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on Overseas Contingency Operations
The following is the Feb. 7, 2017 Congressional Research Service report, Overseas Contingency Operations Funding: Background and Status. Read More
Document: GAO Report on Overseas Contingency Operations
The following is the Jan. 18, 2017 Government Accountability Office report, Overseas Contingency Operations: OMB and DOD Should Revise the Criteria for Determining Eligible Costs and Identify the Costs Likely to Endure Long Term. Read More
Stackley Defends LCS-To-Frigate Transition Plan During Contentious Hearing
Navy’s top acquisition official Sean Stackley testifies before the HASC on March, 23 2016. CSPAN Image
The Navy defended its plan to move heel-to-toe from its Littoral Combat Ship into the LCS-based frigate program despite a Government Accountability Office report released today that suggested the frigate program could be slowed to await more details about the frigate’s design and cost. Read More
Document: GAO Report on Slowing Frigate Development
The following is the Dec. 8, 2016 Government Accountability Office report, Littoral Combat Ship and Frigate:Slowing Planned Frigate Acquisition Would Enable Better-Informed Decisions. Read More
Senators Worried Quick Transition From LCS to Frigate Leaves Little Room for Oversight
The future USS Detroit (LCS 7) conducts acceptance trials on July 14, 2016. Lockheed Martin Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee today questioned the Navy’s ability to ensure a smooth transition from the Littoral Combat Ship to the frigate program, given that current plans would force the Navy to award something akin to a block buy contract for 12 ships even before the first frigate is built and tested. Read More
