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06358 - [B1586618)
rclose Air Support Test Objectives Should Ee Reexamined].
PSAD-78-119; B-163058. Jine 6, 1978. 3 pp.
Report to Secretary, Department of Defense; by Richard h.
Gutmann, Director, Prccurement and Systems Acquisition Div.
Issue Area: Federal Procure&ent of Gocds and Services:
Definition of Performance Requirements in Relation tc Need
of the Procuring Aqency (1902).
Contact: Procurement and Systems Acquisition Div.
Budqet Function: National Defense: weapon Systems IC57).
urqanization Concerned: Department of the Army; Department of
the Navy; Department of the Air force.
Conqressional Relevance: House Committee cn Armed Services;
Senate Committee on Armed Services.
The joint Army and Air Fcrce cperaticnal test on
tactical aircratt effectiveness and survivakility it clcse air
support and antiarmcr operations (TASVAL) bill be delayed 1
year, until the Spring of 1979, because of environmental impact
constraints, test instrument limitations, and the scarcity of
throat simulators. Although the problems causing the delay are
expected to be resolved, the current test plans do nct
adequately address a principal purpose of the test--to reduce
the uncertainties associated with decisions on acquiring new
weapons systems tor use in close air supFcrt. The test
objectives are cimarily directed toward collecting data on
losses of existing air and group weapons, tut, ty themselves,
these results will not be useful for extgatclation to future
aircraft, threats, or different combat e.vironments. The
objectives do not examine the target acquisiticn contritution to
the effectiveness and survivability of the attack aircraft. An
evaluation plan has not been prepar .d to shcu how the test data
will be aaalyzed. he test and evaluation plans should provide
for extrapclatinq the test results to future aircraft and future
threats to comply with the purpose of suppcrting acquisition
decisions. Test and evaluation plans should also place greater
emphasis on collecting target acquisiticn and exposure time data
with and without current helicopter and air ccntrcller aircraft
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