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NSIAD-85-34 1 (1985-05-24)

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Report To The Congress

OF THE UNITED STATES



Why Some Weapon Systems Encounter

Production Problems While Others Do Not:

Six Case Studies


Experience has shown that new weapon sys-
tems regularly encounter great difficulties as
they begin production, such as a high percent-
age of components that must be scrapped or
reworked. These give rise to significant cost
increases and schedule delays. Through an
examination of six weapon system case studies,
GAO found that such problems occur in pro-
grams where efforts to prepare weapons for
production were insufficient. GAO found fur-
ther that technical performance concerns,
program management and staff, and funding
and quantity instability greatly influenced these
preparations during the weapons' development.

DOD has issued two directives which should
improve production preparations in future
programs. GAO makes recommendations on
applying these directives to individual pro-
grams, to both improve production prepara-
tions and reduce the effects of other program
influences on such preparations.







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                                                          GAO/NSIAD-85-34
                                                            MAY 24.1985

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