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Navy/USMC

GAO: Delays and Rising Prices Mar Navy Shipbuilding In Last Decade

Tuesday, June 12th, 2018

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GAO: Delays and Rising Prices Mar Navy Shipbuilding In Last Decade

The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on April 14, 2017, after returning from builder's sea trials. (Photo by U.S. Navy)

The Navy has had persistently poor shipbuilding outcomes, schedule delays, and cost overruns over the past decade because policy and processes allow the service to deviate from best practices, a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says.Reviewing and updating a decade’s worth of reports and recommendations, the GAO found that the Navy has fallen 50 ships short, gone $11 billion over budget, experienced many schedule delays, and delivered ships of poorer quality than expected.GAO used a starting point of the…

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