Military Transformation: Army's Evaluation of Stryker and M-113A3 Infantry Carrier Vehicles Provided Sufficient Data for Statutorily Mandated Comparison
Abstract
The first step of the U.S. Armys ongoing transformation was to form two of six planned Interim, or Stryker, Brigade Combat teams and equip the brigades with a new interim armored vehiclethe Stryker. The fiscal year 2001 National Defense Authorization Act required the Secretary of the Army to develop a plan to compare the operational effectiveness and cost of an infantry carrier variant of the Stryker and a medium Army armored vehicle, the Department of Defenses (DOD) director of testing and evaluation approve the plan, and the Army to conduct theoperational effectiveness and cost comparison. The Secretary of Defense was also to certify to Congress that Stryker Brigades did not diminish the Armys combat power. As part of a series of ongoing reviews of Army transformation, GAO monitored the Armys 2002 efforts to (1) assess whether the Armys plan for the comparison met the legislative requirements and (2) determine whether the evaluations resulting data weresufficient to measure the two vehicles relative effectiveness. GAO is not making any recommendations. In commenting on a draft of this report, DOD concurred with the findings.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- AD1165465
Entities
People
- Jim Melton
- Kenneth Daniell
- Leo B. Sullivan
- M. J. Hunt
- Reginald L. Jr Furr
- Robert Ackley
- Sidney Schwartz
- Thomas A. Burke
- William M. Solis
- William Mcnaught
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office