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NSIAD-96-109R 1 (1996-03-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaclbx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GA Q General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-271211 March 1, 1996 The Honorable David Pryor United States Senate Dear Senator Pryor: This letter is to inform you that we have completed our review of the Navy's plans for testing the Airborne Self-Protection Jammer (ASPJ) on the F-14D Aircraft. As you requested, we sought to determine how the Navy's F-14D Test and Evaluation Master Plan would be modified to account for the testing of ASPJ and demonstrate that the F-14D will operate more effectively with ASPJ than without it. Additionally, we sought to determine what impact the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) had on the development of the plan. Our review indicates that DOT&E had a major impact on the final F-14D Test and Evaluation Master Plan and test plan annex. At DOT&E's insistence the Navy revised its plan to provide for discrete and more thorough testing of ASPJ than the Navy had originally intended. Thus, if the revised plan is carried out, the Navy should be able to determine whether the F-14D is more survivable with ASPJ than without it and obtain data relevant to ASPJ's suitability for the aircraft. Given the stated purpose of the testing, that is, to support a decision to deploy ASPJ units currently in storage and not try to use F-14D test results to justify further ASPJ production, we believe that the test plan is adequate. The Navy's plan initially provided for assessing the integration and compatibility of ASPJ with other F-14D avionics and the survivability of the F-14D based on its electronic warfare suite as a whole. The Navy plan contained no provisions for assessing ASPJ's specific contribution to the aircraft's survivability or suitability for the aircraft. Revisions made at DOT&E's insistence include: - A critical operations issue to determine whether the F-14D is more survivable with ASPJ as part of the electronic warfare suite than without it, - 18 additional flight tests to measure ASPJ's effectiveness against air-to-air threats, and - A requirement to gather suitability data pertaining to ASPJ, including its built-in test equipment. GAO/NSIAD-96-109R Electronic Warfare

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