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Snowe Discusses DDG-1000 Program Snowe went on to say, “I was surprised vision, and I urged Secretary Winter and for continuing research and development
with Navy Secretary and Chief of Naval and deeply dismayed to learn of the Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations Admiral related to the destroyer program. Navy lead-
Operations proposal, especially as – from the time I Roughead to do so immediately. ” ership testified to Congress in support of the
WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senator Olym- Chaired the Senate Seapower subcommittee “If the Navy is serious about maintain- fiscal year 2009 budget proposal for the DDG
pia J. Snowe released the following state- and held eight hearings on the successor to ing a defense industrial base necessary to 1000 stating that the ship would ‘provide
ment after meeting this afternoon with U.S. the DDG-51 and visited personally with provide the worldwide protection that U.S. independent forward presence and deter-
Navy Secretary Donald Winter and Chief of Navy commanders in the Persian Gulf in 1999 taxpayers demand and deserve, it will not rence and it will operate as an integral part of
Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead – Navy officials have repeatedly testified to abandon the nearly 5,800 shipbuilders of joint and combined expeditionary forces.”
about the Navy’s proposal to limit the con- the necessity of the DDG-1000. In meeting BIW who have made it the most efficient The letter was also signed by Senators
struction of the number of DDG 1000 after meeting, Navy officials over the years private shipyard in industry in America to- Edward M. Kennedy, John F. Kerry, Herbert
Zumwalt-class destroyers to two ships. The demanded a destroyer capable of success- day. I certainly will not. Likewise, it cannot H. Kohl, Byron L. Dorgan, Jack Reed, Bill
Navy’s proposal was first conveyed to Sena- fully defending the Nation’s interests in the ignore the $40 million recently invested by Nelson, Mel Martinez, Norm Coleman, James
tor Snowe during a phone call Tuesday 21st Century, and the professionals of BIW BIW in a state-of-the-art Ultra Hull facility.” Webb and Sheldon Whitehouse
evening with Secretary Winter. stepped up to the challenge in winning the A copy of the letter is below:
“Just as I told BIW President Dugan DDG 1000 contract and producing a quality Snowe, Collins Call on Defense Secretary
Shipway in a separate meeting this morning, product on-time and on-budget. to Review Navy’s Termination of DDG July 24, 2008
I made clear to Navy leadership this after- “For years, Navy leadership has ad- 1000 Program The Honorable Robert C. Gates
noon that I will move heaven and earth to vanced the DDG-1000 as much more capable WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter sent this Secretary of Defense
ensure the man hours promised to BIW than the DDG-51 in the littoral or coastal afternoon, U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe 1000 Defense Pentagon
through the DDG 1000 program remain regions of the world, where more than 80 and Susan Collins joined 12 of their Senate Washington, DC 20301-1000
equivalent under this new proposal – after percent of the planet’s population lives. It colleagues in calling for U.S. Secretary of
all, the men and women of BIW have worked was clear that the world’s Number One Navy Defense Robert Gates to fully review the Dear Secretary Gates:
tirelessly to make BIW an indispensable had an increasing strategic focus on the Navy’s proposal to terminate the Zumwalt- For more than a decade, the Navy has
national asset, providing the Navy and our littorals, the threats to maritime forces in the class DDG 1000 program after the construc- consistently testified before Congress on
nation with model efficiency and workman- littorals, and the capabilities that would be tion of the destroyers currently under con- the need for modern capability in surface
ship – and it is also critical we maintain our provided by the DDG 1000. Indeed, Navy tract. combatants and assured Congress that the
country’s industrial shipbuilding capabil- leadership testified in support of the DDG “A shift of this magnitude in the Navy’s investment of more than $11 billion in DDG-
ity.” 1000 before Congress as recently as this shipbuilding plan requires a full review and 1000 would be re-used in future designs. We
year. Admiral Roughead, in testimony, said analysis through the proper departmental were therefore alarmed by an apparent shift
the DDG 1000 will ‘provide independent for- channels and processes, including congres- in FY09 budget priorities away from the es-
ward presence and deterrence and it will sional oversight,” wrote Senators Snowe tablished long-term shipbuilding plan and
operate as an integral part of joint and com- and Collins. “Until such time, we believe the advocacy by senior Navy officials for trun-
bined expeditionary forces.’ Navy should continue to support the cating the DDG-1000 program and re-starting
The Navy has kept BIW completely in President’s FY09 budget request.” production of the DDG-51. This apparent
the dark on these plans. Bath is the most The President’s budget proposal for shift comes only a few months after testi-
efficient shipyard for the Navy today. Bath fiscal year 2009 delivered to the Congress in mony by senior Navy officials on the impor-
remains lowest on cost and highest on qual- February 2008 included approximately $3 tance of allowing the combatant-build pro-
ity. Time and again, the shipbuilders at Bath billion for the DDG 1000 program. This grams to take root, grow, and stabilize. This
have delivered and will deliver in the future. amount included $2.5 billion to fully fund the also conflicts with numerous Navy, Defense
The Navy has yet to meet with Bath Iron third DDG 1000, $51.0 million advanced fund-
Continued on Page 9.
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