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MASAD-82-12 1 (1982-01-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcun0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE I WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 MISSION ANALYSIS AND SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION B-205886 JANUARY 7,1982 The Honorable John F. Lehman The Secretary of the Navy Iv1II11i Dull1 Attention: Comptroller of the Navy (NCB-53) 117259 Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Observations on the Navy's New Guided Missile Destroyer--DDGX (MASAD-82-12) We have completed our review of the new class guided missile destroyer (DDGX). This letter discusses a matter that could possi- bly reduce total Navy expenditures in the coming years without adversely affecting the accomplishment of the Navy's mission. As you know, the design of surface combatants involves numer- ous tradeoffs that affect their final size, capability, and cost. Your office has identified a design that it feels will meet the postulated threat while being constrained by cost and size consid- erations. In reviewing the proposed DDGX, we found that most of the DDGX's combat system elements, although quantitatively less capable, are common with that of the CG-47 class cruisers presently under construction. Proposed survivability and fuel efficiency features were stressed in support of the construction of a new hull. In reviewing Navy assessments of the future operating envi- ronment, the projected threat, mission, and required capability of the DDGX, we learned that the Navy is designing the proposed DDGX to accommodate the AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array sonar (TACTAS). We question the need for a TACTAS equipped DDGX. TACTAS, currently under development, is to provide a passive detection, classification, and tracking capability against enemy submarines. Specifically, it will be used as a long-range trig- ger to enable the LAMPS MK III helicopter and other antisubmarine warfare weapon systems to react for localization of and weapons delivery against the threat. Because the proposed DDGX will not be LAMPS MK III equipped and it will be accompanied by LAMPS MK III equipped surface combatants in the various missions, we (951613) / ( / / 2,

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