DOD Cased Telescoped Ammunition and Gun Technology Program

Abstract

We are providing this report for information and use. We evaluated the long- term DoD efforts to develop cased telescoped ammunition and gun technology. Our evaluation was in response to a Defense Hotline complaint, alleging that DoD has been wasting money on cased telescoped ammunition and gun technology for 41 years. Our evaluation did not substantiate the allegation that fluids were wasted, in the sense of program mismanagement. The goal of cased telescoped ammunition and gun programs has been to increase weapon system lethality and the technology long held reasonable promise. However, the DoD expenditure of $213 million over 41 years has not resulted in a viable weapon system because several major problems have not been resolved. Despite the ultimate disappointing failure to move the technology to the battlefield, we did not identify any information to suggest that the pursuit of weapon system lethality using cased telescoped ammunition technology was not a worthwhile research and development endeavor for the DoD.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 14, 1996
Accession Number
ADA370886

Entities

People

  • Chandra Sankhila
  • Kenneth H. Stavenjord
  • Michael G. Huston
  • Ramon Garcia

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Automatic Cannons
  • Composite Materials
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • National Security
  • Propellants
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerial Delivery - Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Educational Psychology

Technology Areas

  • Space