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NSIAD-84-136 1 (1984-06-12)

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BY THE U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE




Report To The Secretary Of Defense









Army's Decision To Begin Production Of

The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

Vehicle Was Premature


The Army's decision to award a full-scale
production contract was premature in view
of reliability problems disclosed in the
operational tests. Also, using a multiyear
contract presupposes that the system's design
is stable Additional operational testing
should have been performed before large
sums of production dollars were committed

The design of the High Mobility Multi-
purpose Wheeled Vehicle was not stable as
evidenced by the numerous design changes
being made to the first production vehicles
to correct hardware problems experienced
during prQtotype testing.

The Department of Defense believes it had
sufficient basis for awarding the contract








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