Acquisition of the F/A-18 Radar Upgrade Program

Abstract

The F/A-18 Radar Upgrade (RUG) Program will provide the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization partners with a new AN/APG-73 radar that has improved target identification and jamming capabilities for the F/A-18 aircraft. The F/A-18 RUG is a Navy program with estimated U.S. development and procurement costs of $1.4 billion (then-year dollars) for approximately 270 RUG sets for new and existing F/A-18 C/D aircraft. An additional 204 AN/APG-73 RUGs will be acquired as part of the airframe production contract for F/A-18 E/F aircraft. The audit objective was to evaluate the overall acquisition management of the RUG for the F/A-18 aircraft. Specifically, we determined the adequacy of efforts to develop an economical and efficient radar system and to prepare the system for production and deployment. We also reviewed associated internal controls.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1994
Accession Number
ADA373844

Entities

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Government Furnished Equipment
  • Governments
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Organizations
  • Nato
  • Radar
  • Reliability
  • Risk Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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