According to a 2006 RAND study, the cost growth rates for new naval units such as “amphibious ships, surface combatants, attack submarines, and nuclear aircraft carriers have ranged from 7 to 11 percent,” an inflationary rate which significantly outstrips development costs in other sectors (Arena, Blickstein, Younossi, & Grammich, 2006). In the decade since this report, the severe cost overruns in the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and Zumwalt class destroyer (DDG1000) programs have likely exacerbated this figure. In light of this matter, it appears appropriate to apply PLEEAA to an application of large ship acquisitions in order to display the potential of this method to assist decision problems in the following ways: