The Impact of Increased Emphasis of Test and Evaluation on the Acquisition of the U.S. Navy S-3A ASW Aircraft.

Abstract

The acquisition of the S-3A aircraft had been in process almost four years when the requirement to conduct operational test and evaluation commencing with the initiation of development test and evaluation was imposed on the project. The evolution of this requirement was briefly discussed as was the resulting problem. After discussing the effect of conducting concurrent development testing and operational testing, it was concluded that the initiation of early operational testing had no effect on the basic contract, resulted in only a slight increase in problem cost and was accomplished with only a minor revision to the contract schedule. It was also concluded that a possible lack of coordination between test agencies caused conflicting conclusions based on the results of conducting concurrent testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 19, 1973
Accession Number
ADA039723

Entities

People

  • Robert Lawrence Brace

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Antisubmarine Aircraft
  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Naval Operations
  • Production
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

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