Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2019

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium

Volume

2

Pages

326-344

Conference Name

Sixteenth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium

Abstract

A major rethink of NAVSEA’s shipyard contracting strategy is required to support the critical need of improving our naval fleet availability. Operational Fleet material availability is reduced when various parts of the “NAVSEA production system” operate at cross-purposes. By increasing alignment between major players (i.e., NAVSEA and the private shipyards), major improvements in delivery performance, cost, and even throughput can be realized. Developing strategies and specific actions to do so is a rich field given the current state of the system. We take an analytical as well as evidence-based approach to propose strategies that can be successful given the peculiar conditions of ship repair and modernization.

Rights

This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Original Publication Citation

Castelle, K. M., Bradley, J. M., & Gupta, S. (2019) Leveraging contracting strategies with private shipyards for increasing naval fleet operational availability (No. SYM- AM-19-079). Naval Postgraduate School. https://hdl.handle.net/10945/62920

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