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<abstract>Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Army&apos;s decision to
revise its Shadow 200 tactical Unmanned Aerial vehicle acquisition
strategy.&lt;p/&gt;GAO noted that: (1) the Army has a questionable basis for revising its
acquisition strategy to procure four additional Shadow 200 systems in
February before operational testing is conducted; (2) in contrast, the
Army&apos;s original strategy, which would prove system capabilities before
producing additional systems, was sound; (3) among its reasons to
justify the revision, the Army contends that accelerating the program
will enable it to field a much needed capability sooner; (4) also, the
Army believes that risk associated with additional production prior to
operational testing is substantially mitigated by significant
developmental and other testing that is planned; (5) GAO is concerned
that the Army cannot know whether the Shadow 200 system will be
operationally effective before operational testing takes place; and (6)
GAO&apos;s previous reviews of other unmanned aerial vehicle programs have
shown that buying systems before successfully completing testing has
repeatedly led to defective systems that were later terminated or
required costly redesign and retrofit to achieve satisfactory
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