1993 Army Budget: Potential Reductions in Aircraft Programs
Abstract
This report responds to your requests that we review the Army's justification for selected accounts in its fiscal year 1993 budget requests for aircraft Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT and E) and Procurement programs. Also, we reviewed the Army's execution of (1) the Army's aircraft programs' appropriations for fiscal years 1991 and 1992 and (2) the Army aircraft portions of Operation Desert Storm supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1992. Our objectives were to identify (1) reductions to the fiscal year 1993 budget request and (2) rescissions of prior years' appropriations. In May and July 1992, we briefed your offices on the preliminary results of our review. This report summarizes and updates the information we provided at those briefings. We identified a potential reduction and rescissions totaling $13.4 million for Army aircraft programs. This amount includes a potential reduction of $3.5 million in the fiscal year 1993 budget request and potential rescissions of $6.8 million of fiscal year 1992 appropriations and $3.1 million of fiscal year 1991 appropriations. The potential reduction is a possible because the Longbow program request of $282.8 million was overstated by $3.5 million. The potential rescissions are possible because (1) the Department of Defense did not transfer $6.8 million of the funds appropriated for the Apache helicopter program to the Army and (2) contracts for the Black Hawk helicopter were awarded at $3.1 million less than expected. Table 1 shows the potential reduction and rescissions by aircraft program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 1992
- Accession Number
- AD1150562
Entities
People
- Frank C. Conahan
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office