Defense Acquisitions: Major Weapon Systems Continue to Experience Cost and Schedule Problems under DOD's Revised Policy

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-04-14 monographic deposited born digital 39 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-368 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368 P0b002ee180378270 f:d06368 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368 GAO-06-368 Cost overruns Defense cost control Defense procurement Internal controls Military policies Performance measures Policy evaluation Procurement planning Procurement policy Schedule slippages Weapons research and development Weapons systems Investment management Army Future Combat Systems Joint Strike Fighter program Other Written Product A51657 Defense Acquisitions: Major Weapon Systems Continue to Experience Cost and Schedule Problems under DOD's Revised Policy The Department of Defense (DOD) is planning to invest $1.3 trillion between 2005 and 2009 in researching, developing, and procuring major weapon systems. How DOD manages this investment has been a matter of congressional concern for years. Numerous programs have been marked by cost overruns, schedule delays, and reduced performance. Over the past 3 decades, DOD's acquisition environment has undergone many changes aimed at curbing cost, schedule, and other problems. In order to determine if the policy DOD put in place is achieving its intended goals, we assessed the outcomes of major weapons development programs initiated under the revised policy. Additionally, we assessed whether the policy's knowledge-based, evolutionary principles are being effectively implemented, and whether effective controls and specific criteria are in place and being used to make sound investment decisions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368.pdf GAO-06-368 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-368 Other Written Product GAO-06-368; Defense Acquisitions: Major Weapon Systems Continue to Experience Cost and Schedule Problems under DOD's Revised Policy; Cost overruns Defense cost control Defense procurement Internal controls Military policies Performance measures Policy evaluation Procurement planning Procurement policy Schedule slippages Weapons research and development Weapons systems Investment management Army Future Combat Systems Joint Strike Fighter program