DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS: Comanche Program Cost, Schedule, and Performance Status.
Abstract
The Comanche's restructured program contains significant risks' of cost overruns, schedule delays, and degraded performance because it would (1) begin file engineering and manufacturing development phase before some key mission equipment technologies have matured and have been integrated into the flight-test aircraft; (2) compress the flight-test schedule, increasing file amount of concurrent developmental and operational testing; and (3) begin initial production before initial operational testing starts, resulting in concurrency between development testing and initial production. The program is proceeding to the next development phase with high levels of uncertainty Successful commercial firms generally do
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA368029
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office