United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-06-07 monographic deposited born digital 29 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-96-107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107 P0b002ee1803758b9 f:ns96107 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107 NSIAD-96-107 Navy procurement Advanced weapons systems Military vessels Research and development costs Shipbuilding industry Naval warfare Cost analysis Testing Navy Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine DDG-51 Destroyer Philadelphia (PA) Pyestock (United Kingdom) Navy Ship Propulsion System Other Written Product NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Navy's intercooled recuperated (ICR) engine program, focusing on the: (1) Navy's need for the engine; (2) cost, schedule, and performance of the program; and (3) impact of the Navy's test and development strategies.<p/>GAO found that: (1) some Navy officials are questioning the economic viability of the ICR engine program and have raised concerns over placing ICR engines on naval destroyers, since most destroyers are equipped with reliable propulsion systems; (2) engine development costs pose a significant economic investment, but are likely to pay off in the future; (3) some officials believe the engine should not be used on naval destroyers given the few number of new U.S. destroyers involved, adequacy of current destroyer engines, high cost of incorporating the engine, uncertainty of future integration plans, and current state of ICR development; (4) the Navy has not recovered from initial recuperator failure that resulted from design, manufacturing, and quality assurance problems; (5) a contractor is instituting a recovery plan to redesign future recuperators, but the plan is not allowing sufficient time to evaluate test data prior to ordering production ICR engines; (6) the Navy has interrupted work on redesigning future recuperators because of funding reductions, contractor quality control problems, manufacturing problems, and delivery delays; and (7) the Navy needs to decide how and when it will use the Philadelphia ICR test facility and if it will test the ICR engine at sea. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107.pdf GAO/NSIAD-96-107 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-96-107 Other Written Product GAO/NSIAD-96-107; Navy Ship Propulsion: Viability of New Engine Program in Question; Navy procurement Advanced weapons systems Military vessels Research and development costs Shipbuilding industry Naval warfare Cost analysis Testing Navy Intercooled Recuperated Gas Turbine Engine DDG-51 Destroyer Philadelphia (PA) Pyestock (United Kingdom) Navy Ship Propulsion System