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GAO: Navy Did Not Assess Cost/Benefit Of Hybrid Electric Drive Before Moving To New Effort

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GAO: Navy Did Not Assess Cost/Benefit Of Hybrid Electric Drive Before Moving To New Effort
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG-88) transits the Indian Ocean in March 2018 while underway with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group for a regularly scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found the Navy never fully assessed the costs and benefits of the Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) system program before shifting efforts to a different research program. The report noted the Navy did not conduct analysis to support the shift in research efforts. The HED dates back to 2009, when the Secretary of the Navy established a goal to reduce energy consumption in Navy forces and two years later began a program to develop…

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