PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-35 (D) the establishment of a stable configuration for the first 10 DD-21 class destroyers should enable the construction of those ships with the greatest capabilities at the lowest cost; and (E) action to acquire DD-21 class destroyers should be taken as soon as possible in order to realize fully the cost savings that can be derived from the construction and operation of DD-21 class destroyers, including— (i) savings in construction costs that would result from achievement of the Navy's target per-ship cost of $750,000,000 by the fifth ship constructed in each construction yard; (ii) savings that would result from the estimated reduction of the crews of destroyers by 200 or more personnel for each ship; and (iii) savings that would result from a reduction in the operating costs for destroyers by an estimated 70 percent. (c) NAVY PLAN FOR USE OF TECHNOLOGY INSERTION APPROACH FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE DD-21 SHIP. — The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a plan for pursuing a technology insertion approach for the construction of the DD-21 destroyer as authorized under subsection (a). The plan shall include estimates of the resources necessary to carry out the plan. (d) REPORT ON ACQUISITION AND MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR DD- 21 CLASS SHIPS. —The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than April 18, 2001, a report on the Navy's plan for the acquisition and maintenance of DD-21 class destroyers. The report shall include a discussion of each of the following matters: (1) The technical feasibility of contracting for, and commencing construction of, the first destroyer in that class during fiscal year 2004 and achieving delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2009. (2) An analysis of alternative contracting strategies for the construction of the first 10 destroyers in that class, including one or more multiyear procurement strategies and one or more strategies for block buy in economic order quantity. (3) A comparison of the effects on the destroyer industrial base and on costs to other Navy shipbuilding programs of the following two options: (A) Commencing construction of the first destroyer in that class during fiscal year 2004, with delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2009, and delaying commencement of construction of the next destroyer in that class until fiscal year 2006. (B) Commencing construction of the first destroyer in that class during fiscal year 2005 (rather than fiscal year 2004), with advance procurement during fiscal year 2004 and delivery of the completed ship during fiscal year 2010, and delaying commencement of construction of the next destroyer in that class until fiscal year 2007 (rather than fiscal year 2006).
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