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PSAD-78-77 1 (1978-03-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawzf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DoCUSINT MUUNK OS4- (800515U41J Navy paational Tooest aid Nvaluation! & Valuable Tool Not Fully Utillacd (UnulaotLfte4 Digest of a Classified Report), P.m-1b-'7. Retch 290 1978. RepoLt to the congress; by Almer B. Staa*, comptroller aineral. Issue Area: rederal ProcurmeSt ol Goods and Services (90)1 Federal Procurement of Goods aa4 Serviceet ingintieriAg Development Before Producing (1903). Coritacts ProcrCesent and Systems Acquisition Div. Budget Function1 National Defensei Neapon 3ystems (051). organization Concerned: Department of Defense; Depatret-nt of the Navy. conqgressionl& Rlevancei Congress. The Navysl Operational Test and ivaluation Forcje test& and evaluates Navy weapon systems in An opeational environeont and develops ,roceduren and tactics f, their use. The T.st Force is separate and independent or de7eloping. p:ocurifng, and using commands an6 reports results of operational teats and evaluation& directly to the Chief of Naval operations. Findings/Conclusions: The Navy has made cousiderakle progress in planning and conducting tests and ruporting test results. However, in some instan.es, Navy officials made pi:ocurement decisions before sufficient operational test and 0ivoluatton was completed, and som6 systeos entered prodsction btforc it vas known whether they could perfcrm their missions under combst conditionas. operational test and evaluation results completed on some wfapon systems after production began shoved significant performance problems. Deviations from pcescribed testing procedures should te made only when the need for the system is critical or the risk of performance problems is minimal. In some cases. a complete operational test and evaluaticn could not be made because of limited test resources. Recommondations: The Secretary of Defense should demonstrate thrcuyh operational testing that weapon systems can perfora their u isos5io in typiual combat environments before they are approved for production and see that the Navy's Operational Test and Evaluation Force is given adequate resources tc perform the necessary test and evaluatf.on. (RES)

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