Special Operations Forces: Army Plans Highly Concurrent Acquisition Strategy for Costly Helicopters

Abstract

This report evaluates cost, schedule, and test plans for the Army's special operations forces (SOF) helicopter program. Specifically, we reviewed (1) the Army's planned concurrency of prototype and operational testing with helicopter production and (2) current cost estimates for the program. The Army plans to award full-rate production contracts for SOF helicopters before it completes developmental testing and before it completes operational testing. In fact, the Army plans to have about 90 percent of its SOF helicopters either delivered or in production before the completion of operational testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA232059

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aeromedical Evacuation
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Cargo Handling
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Flight Recorders
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Governments
  • Helicopters
  • Procurement
  • Radar
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
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  • Software Engineering