Naval Aviation: Opportunities to Apply A-12 Research, Knowledge, and Technologies

Abstract

In the 1980s, the Navy began a program to replace its aging fleet of A-6 medium attack aircraft with a new aircraft-the A-12-that would incorporate stealth technology. In January 1988, the Navy awarded a fixed-price incentive contract for full-scale development of the A-12 to the team of General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Corporations. The contract had a target price of $4.4 billion and a ceiling price of $4.8 billion. On January 7, 1991, the Secretary of Defense announced that the Navy had terminated the A-12 contract for default because the contractors had difficulties in executing the contract. The Navy projected that the contractors would overrun the ceiling price by $2.7 billion. the Navy also projected that the first flight would be delayed by over 2 years. This document explains this problem.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 1992
Accession Number
ADA249329

Entities

People

  • Jerry W. Clark
  • Joseph P. Raffa
  • Norman J. Rabkin
  • William C. Meredith
  • William T. Woods

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering Drawings
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Incentive Contracts
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Security
  • Test Equipment

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.

Technology Areas

  • Space