United States Navy Nuclear-Powered Submarines and Aircraft Carriers Market Analysis & Forecasts 2019-2024 – ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Today, and for the last 78 years, the United States has ruled the waves
and thereby ruled the world. And a major reason for its dominance, is
the U.S. Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft
carriers.


Since 9/11, U.S. military operations have been focused on the Middle
East. However, resurging threats from peer and near-peer countries like
Russia and China, as well as missile threats from Iran and North Korea,
are shifting U.S. priorities towards higher-end capabilities.


After years of under-investment, the U.S. Navy is focusing on rebuilding
their aging fleet and procuring ships including submarines and aircraft
carriers. The U.S. Navy currently has 283 deployable ships compared to a
355-ship goal.


After numerous up and down cycles, the U.S. Navy today is resurgent,
thanks to the Trump Administration’s large increases in defense
spending. In fact, the U.S. Navy is in the early stages of the strongest
procurement cycle since the Reagan administration.


This report provides an in-depth look at how the nuclear-powered
submarines and aircraft carriers markets will be impacted by the
double-digit growth in U.S. Navy spending on these vessels over the next
five to 30 years.


For background, there is a discussion of U.S. strategic nuclear forces
and naval nuclear propulsion. A review of the operations, capabilities
and strategy of the modern U.S Navy is given, followed by an analysis of
the markets for nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers. A more
detailed analysis of nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers
technologies is provided.


Finally, profiles of General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls and BWX
Technologies are given. These companies will be the primary
beneficiaries of the U.S. Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan, especially
for submarines and aircraft carriers. For readers not familiar with
nuclear power and how nuclear reactors work, an appendix explains these
technologies.


Key Topics Covered:


1. INTRODUCTION


2. UNITED STATES STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES


Strategic Triad


Force Structure and Size During Cold War


Force Structure and Size After the Cold War


Current and Future Force Structure and Size


Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles


Modernization Plans and Programs


Ohio Replacement Program


Navy Force Posture


Current Force Structure


3. NAVAL NUCLEAR PROPULSION


Definition


Applications


Development History


Naval vs. Land Power Plants


Nuclear-Propulsion Advantages


Naval Power Plants


Naval Special Requirements


Reactor Compartment


Radiation


Nuclear Fuel


Decommissioning and Defueling


U.S. Naval Reactors


Naval Reactors Contractors


Reactor Designations


Aircraft Carrier Reactors


A4W Reactor


A1B Reactor


Submarine Reactors


S6G Reactor


S6W Reactor


S8G Reactor


S9G Reactor


S1B Reactor


Naval Reactors Budget


FY2020 Budget


Future Priorities


Naval Reactors Operations and Infrastructure


Naval Reactors Development


Advanced Test Reactor


Cobalt-60


S8G Prototype Refueling


Columbia-Class Reactor Systems Development


BWX Technologies


4. RESURGENT UNITED STATES NAVY


Key Facts


Navy Role in U.S. Defense Strategy


Aircraft Carrier as a National Force


High Seas


Carrier Strike Group


Expeditionary Strike Group


Carrier Strike Group vs. Expeditionary Strike Group


CSG as an Independent Combat System


ESG Projects Land-Based Power


Naval Vessels’ Role in U.S. Strategy


1960’s to 1980’s


1990’s


2000’s


Finite Lives


Multiyear Procurement


Smaller Operating Groups


Reduced Manning


Outsourcing


355-Ship Goal


Submarines: Largest Part Navy Spending


Next Tranche of Virginia-Class Submarines


12 Carriers Goal


Nuclear-Powered Submarines and Aircraft Carriers


U.S. Navy Largest in World


Major U.S. Navy Ship Types


U.S. Navy Coding System


U.S. Naval Shipyards


Rebuilding Aging Fleet


Evolution to 355-Ship Force


Shipbuilding Plan


Aggressive Growth Scenario


Efficient and Agile Industrial Base


Individual Ship Procurement by Class


Aircraft Carriers


Strategic Ballistic Missile Submarines


Attack Submarines


Digital Shipbuilding


Shipbuilding 4.0


Digital Twin


Model-Based Enterprise


Modular Construction Programs


Submarines


1-3-8


Next Steps


5. U.S. NAVY SHIPBUILDING MARKET


30-Year Overview


FYDP


Shipbuilding Plan


Long-Range Naval Vessel Inventory


Aggressive Growth Opportunity


Defense Industrial Base


Commercial Industrial Base


Annual Funding for Ship Construction


Navy Shipbuilding Market Value


Nuclear Propulsion Equipment Market


Sustainment Costs


Business Model as a Monopsony


6. NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINES


U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarines Types


SSNs


Designations


Missions


Ohio-Class SSBNs


Submarine Construction Industrial Base


Columbia-Class Program


Program Name


Columbia Class Technology Efforts


Planned Procurement Quantity


Planned Procurement Schedule


Key Columbia-Class Design Features


Operation and Support Cost


Submarine Unified Build Strategy


Milestone B Approval


Columbia-Class Program Funding


GAO Review


Columbia Class Critical Technologies


Columbia Design and Construction Approach


Aggressive Build Schedule


Use of Advance Construction


Critical Technologies Challenges


Integrated Power System


Common Missile Compartment


Integrated Power System and Nuclear Reactor


Labor Hours


Cost Uncertainties


Schedule and Technical Risks


Nuclear Reactor Plant


Impact on Other Navy Shipbuilding Programs


Block Buy and Multiyear Procurement Contracting


U.S. Attack Submarine Force Level Goals


Los Angeles- and Seawolf-Class Boats


Virginia-Class Program


Three Boats Requested


Block V Boats


Joint Production Arrangement


Schedule and Cost Performance


Virginia Payload Module


Virginia-Class Costs


Acoustic and Other Improvements


Projected SSN Force Levels


Industrial-Base Challenges


Stealth Issues


SQUIDs


7. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS


Background


Current Navy Aircraft Carrier Force


Not Less Than 11 Carriers


Nine Carrier Air Wings


12 Carriers Goal


Dates for Achieving 12-Carrier Force


Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base


Gerald R. Ford Class Program


CVN-78 (Gerald R. Ford)


CVN-79 (John F. Kennedy)


Block Buy Contract


CVN-80 (Enterprise)


CVN-81 (Not Yet Named)


CVN-79, CVN-80, CVN-81 Costs


Smaller Aircraft Carriers


Nuclear Powerplant Problems


Transformers


Shock Testing


8. COMPANY PROFILES


BWX Technologies, Inc. (Overview, Financials, Nuclear Operations
Group, Nuclear Power Group, Medical Isotopes Business, BWXT Nuclear
Energy Canada, Competition, Joint Ventures, Customers, Submarines and
Aircraft Carriers, Nuclear Cores Revenue, New Contracts)


General Dynamics Corporation (Overview, Marine Systems, Electric Boat,
Virginia-Class Submarines, Industrial Base, Columbia-Class Submarines,
CapEx, MRO)


Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (Overview, Segments, Ingalls,
Newport News, Aircraft Carriers, RCOH, Decommissioning,
Nuclear-Powered Submarines, Virginia-Class Submarines, Columbia-Class
Submarines, Fleet Support Services, Technical Solutions, Nuclear and
Environmental Services, Employees, Customers, Two Aircraft Carriers at
Once, Margins, Shipbuilding Modernization, Modular Building, Digital
Shipbuilding, 3-D Mapping, Reality Capture and Laser Scanning, Visual
Build Management, Augmented Reality)


9. APPENDIX


10. NUCLEAR REACTORS


Definition


Principles of Operation


Chain Reaction and Criticality


Reactor Control


Fissile and Fertile Materials


Heat Removal


Shielding


Critical Concentration and Size


Thermal, Intermediate and Fast Reactors


Reactor Design and Components


Core


Fuel Types


Coolants and Moderators


Reflectors


Reactor Control Elements


Structural Components


Coolant System


Containment System


Types of Reactors


Power Reactors


Light-Water Reactors


PWRs and BWRs


Advantages and Disadvantages


Fueling and Refueling LWRs


CANDU Reactors


Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactor


Other Power Reactors


Research Reactors


Production Reactors


Space Reactors


Ship-Propulsion Reactors

Companies Mentioned


BWX Technologies, Inc.


General Dynamics Corporation


Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.


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