Weapon Systems: Concurrency in the Acquisition Process

Abstract

I am pleased to be here today to discuss our views on concurrency in the acquisition of weapon systems. Concurrency can be used to expedite the development and production of weapon systems. However, our work on several systems has illustrated that rushing into production before critical tests are successfully completed have resulted in the purchases of systems that do not perform as intended. We believe that the Department of Defense (DOD) can no longer afford to concurrently develop and produce high cost systems without knowing early in the process whether the desired capability can be demonstrated. We also believe that the recent changes in the national security environment mean that we can wait until we better know whether weapon systems work before we commit large sums of money to procure them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 1990
Accession Number
AD1177170

Entities

People

  • Frank C. Conahan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Attack Submarines
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Security
  • Ships
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Uss Arleigh Burke
  • Uss Seawolf
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology
  • Software Engineering