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NSIAD-84-57 1 (1984-02-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabngf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1,t)~y I UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SEcuRITY AO NYImNATIONAL APPAI I OVISON FEBRUARY 14. 1984 B-21 3544 The Honorable Warren B. Rudman United States Senate 123379 Subject: Department of the Army's Competitive Test and Evaluation of Alternative Light Antiarmor Weapons (GAO/NSIAD-84-57) Dear Senator Rudman: We have reviewed the Army's competitive test and evaluation of alternative light antiarmor weapons (LAWs) as requested in your letter of February 16, 1983. The test began on April 5, 1983, and was completed on July 27, 1983. Six types of LAWs were tested. After evaluating the test results and the price proposals provided by the weapon system's contractors, the Army, on September 28, 1983, informed the Congress that it had selected a weapon developed in Sweden, the AT-4, for further testing. The Marine Corps, which is also seeking a light antiarmor weapon, chose the same weapon. The Army also submitted a report to the Congress containing the detailed test results. We (1) were on site throughout the full test cycle observ- ing the tests, (2) verified the recorded test results, and (3) reviewed the source selection data that the Army and Marine Corps used to select the winner. In our opinion, the test and evaluation were conducted objectively and the report provided to the Congress accurately reflected the test results. In selecting the AT-4 as the winner, the Army and Marine Corps have committed themselves only to further test the weapon, but not necessarily to procure it. They plan to perform a limited test of 36 AT-4s, including 24 to be modified for defi- ciencies revealed in the portability test, before proceeding with a development and operational test of 1,000 rounds. The Army does not consider corrections of the deficiencies to be complex and estimates the modified AT-4s will be delivered for testing by the end of February 1984. Our evaluation of the test is presented in the enclosure. On December 27, 1983, we requested the Department of Defense to comment on this report. The Department has not yet responded and, accordingly, we are issuing the report without comments. If the comments, when received, raise any significant issues that we have not considered in this report, we shall bring them to your attention. (951786)

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