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 1995-05-16 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-NSIAD-95-162 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-95-162 P0b002ee18039e64c f:tns95162 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-95-162 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-95-162 T-NSIAD-95-162 Defense contingency planning Nuclear powered submarines Shipyards Shipbuilding industry Navy procurement Military cost control Antisubmarine warfare Combat readiness Cost analysis Naval warfare SSN-23 Submarine SSN-688 Submarine SSN-688I Submarine Seawolf Attack Submarine Russia DOD Bottom-Up Review Testimony NSIAD This testimony on production of the Navy's nuclear attack submarines makes three main points. First, alternatives to the Navy's approach to maintain the required SSN force structure could save billions of dollars and meet the Navy's force structure and threat requirements. Second, there is agreement within the intelligence community that Russia's frontline submarines are for the first time as quiet as or quieter than the SSN-688I and that Russia plans to continue reducing radiated noise levels on its submarines. Third, although the Navy argues that maintaining two nuclear shipbuilders preserves competition and hedges against future uncertainties, GAO concludes that consolidating production at a single shipyard would cut costs dramatically. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-95-162/html/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-95-162.htm GAO/T-NSIAD-95-162 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-95-162 Testimony GAO/T-NSIAD-95-162; Navy Shipbuilding Programs: Nuclear Attack Submarine Issues; Defense contingency planning Nuclear powered submarines Shipyards Shipbuilding industry Navy procurement Military cost control Antisubmarine warfare Combat readiness Cost analysis Naval warfare SSN-23 Submarine SSN-688 Submarine SSN-688I Submarine Seawolf Attack Submarine Russia DOD Bottom-Up Review