Army's Decision to Begin Production of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Was Premature

Abstract

The Army's decision to award a full-scale production contract was premature in view of reliability problems disclosed in the operational tests. Also, using a multiyear contract presupposes that the system's design is stable. Additional operational testing should have been performed before large sums of production dollars were committed. The design of the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle was not stable as evidenced by the numerous design changes being made to the first production vehicles to correct hardware problems experienced during prototype testing. The Department of Defense believes it had sufficient basis for awarding the contract.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 1984
Accession Number
ADA142168

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Field Conditions
  • Marine Corps
  • Operations Research
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons Carriers

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Software Engineering
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.