United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-12-09 monographic deposited born digital 68 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-32 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32 P0b002ee180373c68 f:ns99032 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32 NSIAD-99-32 Missiles Redundancy Air warfare Procurement planning Defense capabilities Military procurement Weapons systems Weapons research and development Military cost control Military budgets DOD Quadrennial Defense Review DOD Future Years Defense Program AGM-130 Missile ALCM DOD Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study Tomahawk Cruise Missile Standoff Land Attack Missile Joint Direct Attack Munition Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Joint Standoff Weapon Air Launched Cruise Missile SLAM JDAM JASSAM Other Written Product NSIAD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the Department of Defense's (DOD) major guided weapon programs, focusing on whether: (1) the services' plans for developing or procuring guided weapons can be carried out as proposed within relatively fixed defense budgets; (2) the number of guided weapons the services plan to buy is consistent with projected threats and modernization needs; (3) the current and planned guided weapon programs duplicate or overlap each other; and (4) DOD is providing effective oversight in the development and procurement of deep attack weapons.<p/>GAO noted that: (1) DOD's planned increase in procurement spending for guided weapons is based on overly optimistic funding projections; (2) to acquire all the guided weapons now planned over the next 10 years, DOD plans to spend more than twice as much as it has on average between fiscal years 1993 and 1997; (3) without an increase in overall defense spending, increased resources may not be available as expected; (4) for the past several years, DOD has been unable to increase its procurement budgets as planned, and other programs could more than absorb any available increases; (5) while DOD has enough deep attack weapons in its inventory today to meet national objectives, the services plan to add 158,800 additional guided weapons to the inventory; (6) each of the new weapons has been justified by the services on a case-by-case basis and is projected to provide significant advantages in accuracy, lethality, delivery vehicle safety, and control of unintended damage; (7) in calculating the number of weapons needed, the services use assumptions which overstate the potential threat and target base; (8) as a result, the quantity requirements for guided weapons appear to be inflated, particularly in today's budgetary and security environment; (9) when reviewing the services' planned programs in the aggregate, GAO found: (a) widespread overlap and duplication of guided weapon types and capabilities; (b) questionable quantities being procured for each target class; and (c) a preference for longer standoff and more accurate weapons when other options may be as effective and less costly; (10) in contrast, DOD's Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study and Quadrennial Defense Review suggested only minor changes in guided weapon programs and did not address possible instances of duplication and overlap; (11) GAO believes that DOD does not yet have a sound basis to ensure that it has the proper and cost-effective mix of deep attack weapon programs; (12) DOD's oversight of the services' guided weapons programs has not prevented inflated requirements or program overlap and duplication; (13) the central oversight bodies and mechanisms already in place do not address requirements and capabilities on an aggregate basis and have had a very limited effect on guided weapon programs; and (14) some DOD officials believe improved oversight is needed, and a proposal is under consideration to expand the purview of the Joint Tactical Air-To-Air Missile Office to include the coordination of air-to-ground weapon requirements and programs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-32 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-32 Other Written Product GAO/NSIAD-99-32; Weapons Acquisitions: Guided Weapon Plans Need to Be Reassessed; Missiles Redundancy Air warfare Procurement planning Defense capabilities Military procurement Weapons systems Weapons research and development Military cost control Military budgets DOD Quadrennial Defense Review DOD Future Years Defense Program AGM-130 Missile ALCM DOD Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study Tomahawk Cruise Missile Standoff Land Attack Missile Joint Direct Attack Munition Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Joint Standoff Weapon Air Launched Cruise Missile SLAM JDAM JASSAM Public Law 102-484 Public Law 104-106 Public Law 104-201