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Navy Ship Modernization: Poor Cruiser Outcomes Demonstrate Need for Better Planning and Quality Oversight in Future Efforts

GAO-25-106749
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should codify the cruiser modernization lesson learned that the ownership of vessels should not be transferred from the fleet to NAVSEA for major modernization efforts. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should direct Commander, NAVSEA and the Chief of Naval Operations to assign specific responsibility and accountability for implementing, in a timely manner, the corrective actions identified in the 2024 NAVSEA report about modernization on surface ships. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that Commander, NAVSEA updates policy requiring NAVSEA 21 to consider requiring that future large-scale modernization and maintenance efforts implement planning and oversight tools used in acquisition programs. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Chief of Naval Operations documents a comprehensive assessment on operational implications of its plan to divest the three modernized cruisers in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. (Recommendation 6)
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Navy Ship Modernization: Poor Cruiser Outcomes Demonstrate Need for Better Planning and Quality Oversight in Future Efforts

GAO-25-106749
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2 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should direct the Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, NAVSEA to assess root causes of cruiser modernization growth work, develop root cause mitigation strategies, codify the strategies in policy, and apply them to other surface ship maintenance and modernization efforts. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should direct Commander, NAVSEA to re-assess its approach to overall quality assurance, including restrictions on the use of critical quality assurance tools, completion of CPARS evaluations, and the lack of an independent organization to oversee quality at RMCs, to ensure contractors are held accountable for quality. (Recommendation 4)
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DOD Acquisition Reform: Military Departments Should Take Steps to Facilitate Speed and Innovation

GAO-25-107003
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should designate one or more new cyber-physical capabilities as pilot programs that provide lessons learned on using leading practices to facilitate speed and innovation for programs on each acquisition pathway directly related to weapon systems. (Recommendation 6)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should revise its acquisition policies and relevant guidance to reflect leading practices that facilitate speed and innovation, using continuous iterative cycles that ensure the design meets user needs, the development of a minimum viable product, and the optimization of processes to produce further iterations. (Recommendation 3)
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Military Health Care: Departments Should Update Policies for Providers in Operational Settings Like Field Hospitals and Aircraft Carriers

GAO-25-106445
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Department of the Navy The Surgeon General of the Navy should finalize and issue, as soon as possible, its policy outlining processes for provider privileging and clinical performance evaluations in operational settings to help ensure quality care for service members. (Recommendation 1)
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Amphibious Warfare Fleet: Navy Needs to Complete Key Efforts to Better Ensure Ships Are Available for Marines

GAO-25-106728
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Chief of Naval Operations establishes performance goals with tangible, measurable objectives and associated time frames that can be used to measure progress, for implementing the recommendations identified in the May 2023 Amphibious Readiness Review and, when completed, for implementing recommendations resulting from the Navy's April 2024 review. (Recommendation 4)
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