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B-165302 1 (1971-07-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkpr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: mrs'rteT) .._t to e e t A e % 1#:- n _ G G x z p t o n t h e b a s i s e f f b y th e O ff ic e oft C n r e w w IJ e at on s, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE U WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 ITHS T~~22 47~J2)97fj B-165302 LM089730 In response to your request of July 24, 1970, we have 7 completed our inquiry into contentions of irregularities in contract administration and premature progress payments con- tained in two letters to you dated February 14 and July 10, 1970, from an unidentified employee of the Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu, California. Three contractors were involved-- Symetrics Engineering Corporation, the Philco-Ford Corporation, and Dynatronics Incorporated (merged with General Dynamics in 1966). These contractors provide electronic equipment used to collect flight data on guided missiles, sKI-611ites, and space vehi- cles. We were able generally to confirm many of the employee's contentions. We did not find any evidence, however, that top-level personnel were overruling their subordinates with- out good reason or were coddling the contractors. We interviewed technical personnel who conducted the per- formance testing of electronic equipment over the past sev- eral years. They were involved in the testing of 25 antenna systems procured from Symetrics and Dynatronics and four fixed and five mobile telemetry systems from Philco-Ford. Also, we reviewed procedures for controlling acceptance. of equipment and for protecting property. The specific contentions and our findings follow. Contention Faulty and out-of-specification electronic equipment was accepted by the Range over the objections of technical personnel who conducted performance tests, and the equipment either had to be junked, put to limited use, or repaired at Range expense. 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971 q(/70

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