The U.S. Coast Guard

CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS CIVIL JUSTICE EDUCATION ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS POPULATION AND AGING PUBLIC SAFETY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY This PDF document was made available from www.rand.org as a public service of the RAND Corporation. Jump down to document6 The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. Support RAND Purchase this document Browse Books & Publications Make a charitable contribution For More Information Visit RAND at www.rand.org Explore the RAND National Security Research Division View document details Limited Electronic Distribution Rights This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law as indicated in a notice appearing later in this work. This electronic representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for non-commercial use only. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of our research documents. This product is part of the RAND Corporation monograph series. RAND monographs present major research findings that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All RAND mono-graphs undergo rigorous peer review to ensure high standards for research quality and objectivity. The U.S.Coast Guard’s Modernization Plan Can It Be Accelerated? Will It Meet Changing Security Needs? John Birkler, Brien Alkire, Robert Button, Gordon Lee, Raj Raman, John Schank, Carl Stephens Prepared for the United States Coast Guard Approved for public release, distribution unlimited The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Coast Guard. The research was conducted in the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center supported by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified commands, and the defense agencies under Contract DASW01-01-C-0004. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The U.S. Coast Guard’s deepwater force modernization plan : can it be accelerated? will it meet changing security needs? / John Birkler ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. “MG-114.” ISBN 0-8330-3515-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States. Coast Guard—Procurement—Evaluation. 2. United States. Coast Guard. I. Birkler, J. L., 1944–. VG53.U238 2004 363.28`6`0687—dc22 2003026514 The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. R® is a registered trademark. © Copyright 2004 RAND Corporation All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from RAND. Published 2004 by the RAND Corporation 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202-5050 201 North Craig Street, Suite 202, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1516 RAND URL: http://www.rand.org/ To order RAND documents or to obtain additional information, contact Distribution Services: Telephone: (310) 451-7002; Fax: (310) 451-6915; Email: order@rand.org Preface In November 2002, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) com-missioned the RAND Corporation to assess its Deepwater program, an effort the USCG is undertaking to slowly, but steadily, replace or modernize nearly 100 aging cutters and more than 200 aircraft over the next 20 years. Known more formally as the Integrated Deepwater System program, this endeavor aims to equip the USCG with state-of-the-art cutters, aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned air vehicles. All of its activities will be orchestrated through an integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system and an Integrated Logistics Sys-tem (ILS). The program, the largest and most complex acquisition effort in USCG history, was originally designed to maintain the status quo at the USCG as it pursues its traditional missions as part of its roles of maritime security, maritime safety, protection of natural resources, maritime mobility, and national defense.1 RAND’s research is intended to help USCG decisionmakers evaluate whether the Deepwater program—which was conceived and put in motion before the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and before the USCG’s subsequent transfer into the newly created Department of Homeland Security—remains valid for the new and _____________ 1 As defined in U.S. Coast Guard: America’s Maritime Guardian (U.S. Coast Guard [USCG], 2002c, pp. 62–63), roles are “the enduring purposes for which the Coast Guard is established and organized.” Missions are “the mandated services the Coast Guard performs in pursuit of its fundamental roles” and “tasks or operations assigned to an individual or unit.” Note that the five USCG roles are also the USCG’s five strategic performance goals (see Appendix A). iii ... - tailieumienphi.vn