| Defense Acquisitions: DOD Must Prioritize Its Weapon System Acquisitions and Balance Them with Available Resources |
18-Mar-2009 |
20 pages |
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John Oppenheim; Susan Neill; Dayna Foster; Michael J Sullivan; Matt Lea; Alyssa Weir; Ken Patton; Sharon Pickup; Bruce Thomas; Ann Borseth; Ron Schwenn; Charlie Shivers; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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 | Since fiscal year 2000, the Department of Defense (DoD) has significantly increased the number of major defense acquisition programs and its overall investment in them. However, acquisition outcomes have not improved. Over the next 5 years, DoD expects to invest $357 billion on the development and procurement of major defense acquisition programs and billions more on their operation and maintenance. Last year, we reported that the total acquisition cost of ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions: DOD Must Balance Its Needs With Available Resources and Follow an Incremental Approach to Acquiring Weapons Systems |
03-Mar-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Ron Schwenn; Bruce Thomas; Matt Lea; Michael J Sullivan; Dayna Foster; Susan Neill; Charles Shivers; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| A broad consensus exists that weapon system problems are serious and that their resolution is overdue. With the federal budget under increasing strain from the nation's economic crisis, the time for change is now. DOD is off to a good start with the recent revisions to its acquisition policy, which, if implemented properly, should provide a foundation for establishing sound, knowledge-based business cases before launching into development and for maintaining ... |
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| Joint Strike Fighter: Accelerating Procurement before Completing Development Increases the Government's Financial Risk |
Mar-2009 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Greg Campbell; Michael Sullivan; Bruce Fairbairn; Matt Lea; Charlie Shivers; Ridge Bowman; Georgeann Higgins; Karen Richey; Tim Boatwright; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| JSF development will cost more and take longer than reported to the Congress last year, and DOD wants to accelerate procurement believing that will more quickly recapitalize tactical air forces. The program office estimates that an additional $2.4 billion is needed for cost overruns on the air system and engine contracts and for a 1-year extension to the development schedule. Its estimate does not include funding for the alternate engine ... |
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| Joint Strike Fighter: Impact of Recent Decisions on Program Risks |
11 MAR 2008 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J. Sullivan; Marvin Bonner; Jerry Clark; Bruce Fairbairn; J. K. Keener; Matt Lea; Brian Mullins; Daniel Novillo; Charles Perdue; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is the Department of Defense's (DoD) most expensive aircraft acquisition program. DoD is expected to develop, procure, and maintain 2,443 aircraft at a cost of more than $950 billion. DoD plans for the JSF to replace or complement several types of aircraft in the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps. Given the program's cost and importance, it is critical that decisions are made within this ... |
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| Getting Better Outcomes from Weapon System Programs |
May-2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Matt Lea; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN TO GETTING BETTER OUTCOMES: How will initiatives like strengthened focus on SE, EMRLS, etc., succeed when incentives encourage starting programs too early, making revolutionary technical leaps, underestimating cost and risk, and promising record delivery times? * Can we employ evolutionary acquisition and trade requirements to match a 5-year cycle and to mature technologies? * Can we provide S&T the funds, organization, and authority to do the necessary ... |
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