Overview

Created by U.S. shipyards at Navy’s request to reduce the cost of building and maintaining U.S. Navy warships, NSRP is a collaboration of 11 major U.S. shipyards focused on industry-wide implementation of solutions to common cost drivers. The program targets solutions to consensus priority issues identified by the Navy shipbuilding community and industry in undertaking R&D efforts that exhibit a compelling business case to increase warship affordability by improving U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair efficiency. Solutions include both leverage of best commercial practices and creation of industry-wide initiatives with aggressive technology transfer to, and buy-in by, multiple U.S. shipyards.

Mission

Manage and focus national shipbuilding and ship repair research and development funding on technologies that will reduce the cost of ships to the U.S. Navy and other National Security Customers by leveraging best commercial practices and improving the efficiency of the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industry. Provide a collaborative framework to improve ship-related technical and business processes.

Team Members

Strategic Investment Plan

The NSRP ASE Strategic Investment Plan is a mix of strategic outlook, business plan, investment portfolio, and R&D roadmap designed to guide the cost-effective, goal-oriented investment of an estimated $434M program. Key attributes include:

• High return on investment,
• A balanced R&D portfolio, and
• Coherence with the strategic direction of the industry.

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