Cost Overrun on the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility.

Abstract

ASTF was supposedly fully funded at $437 million in fiscal year 1977, but since then has experienced a significant cost overrun estimated at $138.4 million. The Air force now estimates that ASTF will cost $575.4 million. The ASTF design was completed in February 1977 and the construction contract was awarded in August 1977. The Air Force entered into the construction contract with a design that was not well suited to its revised procurement plan. Originally, the Air Force expected the project to be funded on an incremental basis. The design was divided into seven packages, which were planned for sequential construction as funds became available. However, the Air Force received a single appropriation for the project in fiscal year 1977 and decided to consolidate the seven packages into two concurrent procurements. One procurement covered the construction and the other covered the acquisition of equipment, using 18 contracts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1982
Accession Number
ADA120572

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Engineering
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Overruns
  • Department Of Defense
  • Design Criteria
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Government Furnished Equipment
  • Instrumentation
  • Procurement
  • Project Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Regression Analysis.