National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP)

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The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) is a collaboration of U.S. shipyards working as a team with government, industry and academia. It is an innovative approach in public/private cooperation. Collectively, program participants are implementing continuous product and process improvements in the U.S. shipbuilding and ship repair industry.

NSRP was created by U.S. shipyards at NAVSEA request to reduce the cost of building and maintaining U.S. Navy warships. NSRP is structured as a collaboration of 12 major U.S. shipyards focused on industry-wide implementation of solutions to common cost drivers. NSRP's flagship R&D program, Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise (ASE), targets solutions to consensus priority issues that exhibit a compelling business case to improve the efficiency of the U.S. Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Industry. Solutions include both leverage of best commercial practices and creation of industry-specific initiatives. Aggressive technology transfer to, and buy-in by, multiple U.S. shipyards is a requirement of all funded efforts.