Table of Content

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

UNITED STATES STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES

  • Strategic Triad
  • Force Structure and Size During Cold War
  • Force Structure and Size After the Cold War
  • Current and Future Force Structure and Size
  • Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles
  • Modernization Plans and Programs
  • Ohio Replacement Program
  • Navy Force Posture
  • Current Force Structure

NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION

  • Definition
  • Applications
  • Development History
  • Naval vs. Land Power Plants
  • Nuclear-Propulsion Advantages
  • Naval Power Plants
  • Naval Special Requirements
  • Reactor Compartment
  • Radiation
  • Nuclear Fuel
  • Decommissioning and Defueling
  • U.S. Naval Reactors
  • Naval Reactors Contractors
  • Reactor Designations
  • Aircraft Carrier Reactors
  • A4W Reactor
  • A1B Reactor
  • Submarine Reactors
  • S6G Reactor
  • S6W Reactor
  • S8G Reactor
  • S9G Reactor
  • S1B Reactor
  • Naval Reactors Budget
  • FY2020 Budget
  • Future Priorities
  • Naval Reactors Operations and Infrastructure
  • Naval Reactors Development
  • Advanced Test Reactor
  • Cobalt-60
  • S8G Prototype Refueling
  • Columbia-Class Reactor Systems Development
  • BWX Technologies

RESURGENT UNITED STATES NAVY

  • Key Facts
  • Navy Role in U.S. Defense Strategy
  • Aircraft Carrier as a National Force
  • High Seas
  • Carrier Strike Group
  • Expeditionary Strike Group
  • Carrier Strike Group vs. Expeditionary Strike Group
  • CSG as an Independent Combat System
  • ESG Projects Land-Based Power
  • Naval Vessels' Role in U.S. Strategy
  • 1960's to 1980's
  • 1990's
  • 2000's
  • Finite Lives
  • Multiyear Procurement
  • Smaller Operating Groups
  • Reduced Manning
  • Outsourcing
  • 355-Ship Goal
  • Submarines: Largest Part Navy Spending
  • Next Tranche of Virginia-Class Submarines
  • 12 Carriers Goal
  • Nuclear-Powered Submarines and Aircraft Carriers
  • U.S. Navy Largest in World
  • Major U.S. Navy Ship Types
  • U.S. Navy Coding System
  • U.S. Naval Shipyards
  • Rebuilding Aging Fleet
  • Evolution to 355-Ship Force
  • Shipbuilding Plan
  • Aggressive Growth Scenario
  • Efficient and Agile Industrial Base
  • Individual Ship Procurement by Class
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Strategic Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Attack Submarines
  • Digital Shipbuilding
  • Shipbuilding 4.0
  • Digital Twin
  • Model-Based Enterprise
  • Modular Construction Programs
  • Submarines
  • 1--3--8
  • Next Steps

U.S. NAVY SHIPBUILDING MARKET

  • 30-Year Overview
  • FYDP
  • Shipbuilding Plan
  • Long-Range Naval Vessel Inventory
  • Aggressive Growth Opportunity
  • Defense Industrial Base
  • Commercial Industrial Base
  • Annual Funding for Ship Construction
  • Navy Shipbuilding Market Value
  • Nuclear Propulsion Equipment Market
  • Sustainment Costs
  • Business Model as a Monopsony

NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINES

  • U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarines Types
  • SSNs
  • Designations
  • Missions
  • Ohio-Class SSBNs
  • Submarine Construction Industrial Base
  • Columbia-Class Program
  • Program Name
  • Columbia Class Technology Efforts
  • Planned Procurement Quantity
  • Planned Procurement Schedule
  • Key Columbia-Class Design Features
  • Operation and Support Cost
  • Submarine Unified Build Strategy
  • Milestone B Approval
  • Columbia-Class Program Funding
  • GAO Review
  • Columbia Class Critical Technologies
  • Columbia Design and Construction Approach
  • Aggressive Build Schedule
  • Use of Advance Construction
  • Critical Technologies Challenges
  • Integrated Power System
  • Common Missile Compartment
  • Integrated Power System and Nuclear Reactor
  • Labor Hours
  • Cost Uncertainties
  • Schedule and Technical Risks
  • Nuclear Reactor Plant
  • Impact on Other Navy Shipbuilding Programs
  • Block Buy and Multiyear Procurement Contracting
  • U.S. Attack Submarine Force Level Goals
  • Los Angeles- and Seawolf-Class Boats
  • Virginia-Class Program
  • Three Boats Requested
  • Block V Boats
  • Joint Production Arrangement
  • Schedule and Cost Performance
  • Virginia Payload Module
  • Virginia-Class Costs
  • Acoustic and Other Improvements
  • Projected SSN Force Levels
  • Industrial-Base Challenges
  • Stealth Issues
  • SQUIDs

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

  • Background
  • Current Navy Aircraft Carrier Force
  • Not Less Than 11 Carriers
  • Nine Carrier Air Wings
  • 12 Carriers Goal
  • Dates for Achieving 12-Carrier Force
  • Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base
  • Gerald R. Ford Class Program
  • CVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford)
  • CVN-79 (John F. Kennedy)
  • Block Buy Contract
  • CVN-80 (Enterprise)
  • CVN-81 (Not Yet Named)
  • CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81 Costs
  • Smaller Aircraft Carriers
  • Nuclear Powerplant Problems
  • Transformers
  • Shock Testing

APPENDIX 1

NUCLEAR REACTORS

  • Definition
  • Principles of Operation
  • Chain Reaction and Criticality
  • Reactor Control
  • Fissile and Fertile Materials
  • Heat Removal
  • Shielding
  • Critical Concentration and Size
  • Thermal, Intermediate and Fast Reactors
  • Reactor Design and Components
  • Core
  • Fuel Types
  • Coolants and Moderators
  • Reflectors
  • Reactor Control Elements
  • Structural Components
  • Coolant System
  • Containment System
  • Types of Reactors
  • Power Reactors
  • Light-Water Reactors
  • PWRs and BWRs
  • Advantages and Disadvantages
  • Fueling and Refueling LWRs
  • CANDU Reactors
  • Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor
  • Other Power Reactors
  • Research Reactors
  • Production Reactors
  • Space Reactors
  • Ship-Propulsion Reactors


TABLES

  • 1.) U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces Under START I and II by System and Number
  • 2.) U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces Under New START by System and Number
  • 3.) Naval Reactors Funding by Activity (Thousand Dollars): 2019-2024
  • 4.) Naval Reactors Funding by Activity (Thousand Dollars) and Share (%): 2019
  • 5.) Active U.S. Navy Submarines by Class: 2019
  • 6.) U.S. Navy Active, In Commission and Under Construction Attack Submarines
  • 7.) Active U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers by Class: 2019
  • 8.) U.S. Navy Active, In Commission and Under Construction Aircraft Carriers: 2019
  • 9.) U.S., China, Russia, India, France, UK, Italy, Germany, Brazil Naval Vessels by Type (Number): 2019
  • 10.) Major U.S. Navy Ship Types
  • 11.) U.S. Navy Ship Types: Designations and Definitions
  • 12.) U.S. Naval Ship Construction: Defense Primes Shipyards
  • 13.) U.S. Navy Vessels by Type/Class: 2014 FSA vs. 2016 FSA
  • 14.) U.S. Naval Ship Construction by Type, Value ($ Million), Quantity (Number): 2019-2023
  • 15.) Navy the Nation Needs by Ship Type (Number): 2019
  • 16.) U.S. Navy FYDP Funding for Ship Building and Conversion by Type: 2020-2024
  • 17.) U.S. Navy Long-Range Procurement Profile by Type of Ship (Number): 2020-2049
  • 18.) U.S. Navy Battle Force Delivery Plan by Type of Ship (Number): 2020-2049
  • 19.) U.S. Navy Battle Force Retirement Plan by Type of Ship (Number): 2020-2049
  • 20.) U.S. Navy Battle Force Inventory by Type of Ship (Number): 2020-2049
  • 21.) U.S. Navy Shipbuilding by Type of Ship ($ Million) and Growth Rate (%): 2017-2020
  • 22.) U.S. Navy Virginia-Class Submarine Ship Cost Analysis: Propulsion
  • 23.) U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarines and Aircraft Carriers Propulsion Equipment Market ($Million): 2017-2020
  • 24.) Columbia-Class Program Funding by Element (Millions Dollars): FY19-FY23
  • 25.) Columbia Class Critical Technologies as Identified by GAO in 2017
  • 26.) Columbia-Class Program Funding (Million Dollars): FY19-FY23
  • 27.) BWX Technologies Segments Overview
  • 28.) BWX Technologies Income Statement by Segment: 2016-2018
  • 29.) BWX Technologies Income Statement: 2017-2021
  • 30.) BWXT NSG Contract Wins: 2017-2018
  • 31.) General Dynamics Income Statement: 2017-2021
  • 32.) General Dynamics Marine Systems Revenue by Segment: 2016-2018
  • 33.) Huntington Ingalls Income Statement: 2017-2021
  • 34.) Huntington Ingalls Income Statement by Segment: 2016-2018

FIGURES

  • 1.) U.S. Strategic Weapons by Type (Launchers/Warheads) and Number 1960-1990
  • 2.) U.S. Strategic Weapons by Type (Launchers & Warheads) and Number: 1991-2017
  • 3.) Pressurized Water Reactor Nuclear Propulsion System Schematic
  • 4.) Typical Submarine Reactor Compartment Location
  • 5.) Naval Reactor Vessel Neutron and Fission Products from Uranium Fission
  • 6.) Key ATR Parameters Compared with Those of a Commercial Pressurized Water Reactor
  • 7.) U.S. Navy Fleet by Type (Number): 2018
  • 8.) U.S. Navy Ship Battle Forces by Type of Vessel (Number): 2018
  • 9.) Global Map of Exclusive Economic Zones and High Seas Oceanic Areas
  • 10.) USS Stennis Strike Group 3
  • 11.) U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group by Components
  • 12.) Expeditionary Strike Group
  • 13.) Amphibious Ready Group
  • 14.) U.S. Navy Ships Procured (Number): Force Structure, Current Plan, Aggressive Growth Plan: 1955-2048
  • 15.) Naval Inventory (Number) by Type of Vessel Based on Steady, Sustainable Growth Procurement Plan: 2019-2048
  • 16.) Aircraft Carrier: Nimitz-Class CVN-68
  • 17.) U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Production by Class (Number); 1955-2048
  • 18.) Ohio-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Michigan (SSBN 727)
  • 19.) U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Submarines by Class (Number); 1955-2048
  • 20.) Los Angeles-Class Attack Submarine USS Asheville (SSN-758)
  • 21.) U.S. Navy Attack Submarines by Class (Number); 1955-2048
  • 22.) Digital Thread: Information Connected Digital Enterprise
  • 23.) Matrixed Approach to Model-Based Implementation
  • 24.) Model Base Enterprise, Engineering & Design Processes
  • 25.) Model-Based Organizational Structures
  • 26.) Aircraft Carrier GERALD R. FORD: The Big Picture (10+ Year Build Cycle, with a 50 Year Life)
  • 27.) Newport News Shipbuilding Integrated Design/Build Culture
  • 28.) Maximization of Modular Construction Benefit via 3D Product Model
  • 29.) Virginia-Class Submarine Modular Construction
  • 30.) John F. Kennedy-Class Aircraft Carrier (CVN79) Modular Construction
  • 31.) U.S. Navy PB2020 vs. PB2019 Comparison (Number): 2020-2049
  • 32.) U.S. Navy Procurement Profile by Class of Ship and Prime Contractor (Number): 2020-2049
  • 33.) U.S. Navy New Construction Industrial Base Reductions: 1955-2017
  • 34.) U.S. Navy Ship Procurement Industrial Base Boom and Bust Cycles: 1955-2017
  • 35.) U.S. Navy Annual Funding for Ship Construction by Type: FY2020-2049
  • 36.) Ohio (SSBN-726)-Class SSBN
  • 37.) Responsible Parties and Key Components of Columbia-Class Submarine Program
  • 38.) Columbia-Class (SSBN-826) Critical Technologies
  • 39.) Design and Construction Phases for the Columbia-Class Submarine Program
  • 40.) Super Modules and Their Respective Functions for the Columbia-Class Submarine Program
  • 41.) Start of Component and Equipment Advance Construction for Each Super Module for the Columbia Class Submarine
  • 42.) Comparison of Nuclear Mechanical Drive with Nuclear Electric Drive
  • 43.) Virginia-Class Attack Submarine
  • 44.) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
  • 45.) Huntington Ingalls Aircraft Carrier Program Overview
  • 46.) CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carriers
  • 47.) Virginia-Class Submarine Program Overview
  • 48.) Columbia-Class Submarine Program Overview
  • 49.) Fleet Support Programs
  • 50.) Huntington Ingalls Customers: 2018
  • 51.) Huntington Ingalls Participation (%) by Program: 2018
  • 52.) Sequence of Events in the Fission of a Uranium Nucleus by a Neutron
  • 53.) Chain Reaction in a Nuclear Reactor at a Critical State
  • 54.) Principal Parts of a Nuclear Reactor
  • 55.) Nuclear Reactor Core
  • 56.) Cross-Section Pressurized-Water Reactor
  • 57.) Cross-Section Boiling Water Reactor