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B-168482 1 (1973-06-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagdk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: fl.e Legi tive L! sn, aecor 0 vf 7d4 i Se aP by the tributs Sec Pu a ran OAS COMIPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES9 // RELEASED B-168482 The Honorable Les Asp in /9 House of Representatives LM096320 1 Dear Mr. Aspin: On December 19, 1972, you requested that we examine the / Navy's current cost estimates of building__Proj_.t_,Sanguine. You expresse ia nterest-'Ifi our eva-i-uating (1) the Navy's claims that it would cost from 10 to 15 percent more to build Sanguine in Texas rather than in Wisconsin and (2) the Navy's various cost estimates of building the Sanguine system. Sg .p~o si_ o~mKUni~a ~om for sending messages (particularly high-priority messages) from a trans- mitting location in the United States to the Navy's fleet ballistic missile submarines and to other U.S. Forces. The system, involving the use of extremely low frequency radio waves, is s i _ _eveopmenta5t-ge, and its exact de- sign has not been determined. TM operational system, if built, is planned to be in three stages, each stage increasing the system's capability, with the system ultimately providing almost worldwide coverage to submerged submarines. In 1968-69, a test facility for Sanguine was constructed in Chequamegon National Forest in Wisconsin. The Secretary of Defense told the Navy in January 1973 that (1) test facil- ity operations should be continued at the present site in Wisconsin but no further major installations should be made at the site or elsewhere in Wisconsin and (2) for planning purposes, the Navy should assume that the initial operational Sanguine, if built, would be located in Texas. According to the Navy, it has no specific cost data to support its claim that it would cost from 10 to 15 percent more to construct Sanguine in Texas rather than in Wisconsin. Although the Navy has estimated the cost of building Sanguine in Wisconsin, it has not estimated such a cost for Texas. Navy officials said that its 10 to 15 percent higher cost es- timate for Texas was a rough estimate based on the Navy's be- lief that a larger first-stage facility would be needed in Texas because of the greater distance from the planned oper- ating areas and the higher conductivity of the ground. 094 3I

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