Audit Report. Navy's Aircraft Structural Life Surveillance Program Data Recorders

Abstract

We are providing this final report for your information and use. This audit was performed in response to a DoD Inspector General hotline allegation that the Navy's planned $188 million procurement of structural data recorders under the Navy's Aircraft Structural Life Surveillance Program duplicated existing Navy recorder systems. The recorder monitors the structural stress that an aircraft experiences during operation. Our objective was to evaluate the validity of this allegation. We also evaluated the effectiveness of applicable internal controls. The Navy's Aircraft Structural Life Surveillance Program data recorder does not duplicate any existing Navy recorder systems. The structural data recorder does duplicate functions of a similar Air Force system. However, it is no longer practicable or economical for the Navy and the Air Force to combine their structural recorder systems because both have already installed and integrated these recorder systems in substantial numbers of aircraft

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 12, 1992
Accession Number
ADA270391

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Analyzers
  • Contracts
  • Data Processing
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fatigue Life
  • Financial Management
  • Flight Recorders
  • Ground Stations
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Recording Systems
  • Standards

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.