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The Defence Procurement Agency, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, asked RAND to analyze how major shipbuilders and contractors monitor programme progress, to consider what information would be useful for shipbuilders to provide the agency, and to understand why ships are delivered late and why commercial shipbuilders maintain a much better schedule performance than do military builders. This monograph presents the researchers' findings and recommendations, which was based on surveys of major US, UK, and other European shipbuilders and other extensive industry research.

Shipbuilding industry --- Management. --- Great Britain. --- Procurement.

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In the United Kingdom, the shipbuilding industry is sustained largely by the government's purchases of naval and naval auxiliary vessels. The desire for a continuing efficient and robust shipbuilding industry has prompted the UK Ministry of Defence to ask: Can the United Kingdom's shipbuilding industry compete more broadly in commercial or foreign military markets? The prospects for broadening UK shipyards' customer base appear to be poor. The United Kingdom would face strong competitors in attempting to re-enter the commercial shipbuilding market. Japan and South Korea dominate the market for ships of low and moderate complexity, mostly cargo ships and tankers of varying types. EU shipyards dominate the market for more-complex ships such as passenger vessels, although that market segment is also under pressure from Asian shipbuilders. The United Kingdom certainly has a stronger industrial base to support military sales than it does in the commercial arena, but the match between most current UK military ship products and global demand is not a close one. The military export market is largely a market for modestly priced frigates and small conventionally powered attack submarines. It is not clear that a UK shipyard could build a conventional submarine at a competitive price; UK warships are, in general, too sophisticated and expensive to make them interesting to potential importers. Furthermore, export contracts often require that most ships in an order be built in the importing country, thus limiting the benefit such sales may have for the exporter's construction workforce.

Shipbuilding industry --- Warships --- Design and construction. --- Great Britain. --- Procurement.

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The United Kingdom has many contracted and prospective shipbuilding programmes on the horizon over the next two decades. The UK Ministry of Defence wants to know whether the United Kingdom's existing industrial base will be able to meet the requirements of this shipbuilding plan. Using extensive surveys and a breadth of data, RAND researchers look at the capacity of the UK shipbuilding industrial base and how alternative acquisition requirements, programmes, and schedules might affect MOD plans

Shipbuilding industry --- Warships --- Design and construction. --- Great Britain. --- Procurement.

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The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD) is preparing for the construction of the Royal Navy's two new Future Aircraft Carriers (CVFs), slated to enter service in 2012 and 2015, respectively. The CVFs could be the largest warships ever built in the United Kingdom. But what will the best construction strategies be, and will the UK workforce be able to meet the demands posed by the CVF in addition to the Royal Navy's other ongoing programmes? At the request of the MOD, the RAND Corporation looked at the risks of current UK shipbuilding practices and estimated the cost implications of using alternative manufacturing options. The researchers gathered information primarily via surveys sent to major shipbuilders in the United Kingdom, the United States, and across Europe. They find, generally, that UK shipbuilders should continue to use their current subcontracting practices but also take advantage of standards such as those used in commercial outfitting in the rest of Europe and Asia, which focus on installation and assembly at the earliest possible construction phase. The researchers also encourage MOD shipbuilding programmes to identify subcontractors as early as possible and to subsequently include them in the design process.

Aircraft carriers --- Shipbuilding industry --- Contracting out --- Modular construction --- Design and construction.

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Shipbuilding --- History. --- Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.) --- Boston National Historical Park (Agency : U.S.) --- History. --- History.