Naval Acquisition • Operating & Support • Depot Availabilities • Modernization • Software/Cyber Sustainment • Disposal • Present Value

Naval Ship Lifecycle Cost Calculator

Build a fleet-level lifecycle cost profile from acquisition through decades of operating and support spending, planned depot availabilities, modernization waves, digital sustainment and end-of-service costs. Simple mode gives a fast program screen. Advanced mode creates a year-by-year lifecycle schedule, present-value cost stack, availability burden, stress cases and cost-driver sensitivity.

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Need depot schedules, modernization waves, software/cyber sustainment or scenario stress? Click Advanced above.Simple keeps the estimate fast by using one annual lifecycle-event reserve instead of scheduling individual overhaul and modernization events.
ProgramFleet lifecycle PV
SustainmentO&S share and cost/ship-year
PlanningLifecycle/acquisition multiple

Fleet & Acquisition

years
% real/nominal basis should be consistent with escalation inputs.

Annual O&S per Ship

Lifecycle Events & End of Service

annual equivalent per ship in Simple mode.
disposal less recovery/residual value.

Program & Fleet Profile

Financial & Tempo Assumptions

fleet-level recurring annual cost.

Recurring Operating & Support Register

Annual per-ship cost by category. Each row can use its own escalation assumption. The register separates sustainment drivers that are often hidden inside a single O&S number.

UseCost categoryAnnual cost / shipEscalation %/yr

Depot, Modernization & Lifecycle Events

Schedule major events explicitly. Costs are per ship and can carry their own escalation and planned downtime. A zero interval creates a one-time event at the first-year entry.

UseEvent typeCost / shipFirst yearInterval yrsDowntime daysEscalation %/yr

Program Stress Cases

Stress acquisition, recurring O&S and lifecycle-event costs without altering the base case. Use custom rows for independent cost-growth cases.

UseCaseAcquisition %Recurring O&S %Lifecycle events %

Lifecycle Cost Estimate Readiness

Planning estimate: this tool is not an official government cost estimate and does not replace a program-office, independent cost estimate, service cost model or appropriations profile. Acquisition strategy, combat-system configuration, manpower concept, mission profile, shipyard capacity, modernization scope, software sustainment, service-life extensions and disposal requirements can materially change naval lifecycle cost.
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