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PSAD-78-31 1 (1978-04-07)

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REPORT BY THE


Comptroller General


OF THE UNITED STATES





The Navy's TRIDENT Fleet--Some

Success But Several Major Problems






The TRIDENT submarine and missile fleet
will replace the POLARIS/POSEiDON bal-
list;c missile fleet. GAO's cost estimate for 21
-nd 29 TRIDENT submarines exceed the
Navy's $30 and S40 billion estimates by $7
ond $10 billion, respective!y.

The ship contractor- -Electric Boat--is experi-
encing a continuing cash drain problem.
Claims against the Navy for $544 million are
.still in the settlement process. Productivity,
manpower, and material problems at the con-
tractor's facility continue. Delivery of the
first submarine continues to slip.

The Congress should require detailed cust esti-
mates for each alternative TRIDENT force
size the Navy is considering. The Secretary of
Defense should report the situation at Electric
Boat to the Congress.












                                                                     PSAD-78-31
    -' ccot O ,APRiL 7, 1978

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