United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-06-23 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-895R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R P0b002ee18037b34d f:d03895r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R GAO-03-895R Naval procurement Procurement appropriations Procurement evaluation Procurement planning Strategic planning Submarines Military cost control Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyers SSN 774 Submarine SSN 775 Submarine SSN 776 Submarine SSN 777 Submarine Virginia Class Submarine DDG-51 Destroyer Correspondence A07364

On May 29, 2003 GAO briefed the Subcommittee on Defense, House Committee on Appropriations' staff on the fiscal year 2004 budget request for the Virginia class submarine program. This letter summarizes the information we provided in that briefing on the advantages that multiyear procurement authority offers the Virginia class submarine program as well as the risks of actually realizing these advantages. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R.pdf GAO-03-895R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-895R Correspondence GAO-03-895R; Multiyear Procurement Authority for the Virginia Class Submarine Program; Naval procurement Procurement appropriations Procurement evaluation Procurement planning Strategic planning Submarines Military cost control Arleigh-Burke Class Destroyers SSN 774 Submarine SSN 775 Submarine SSN 776 Submarine SSN 777 Submarine Virginia Class Submarine DDG-51 Destroyer Title 10 Section 2433 10 U.S.C. 2433