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GAO-12-381R 1 (2012-02-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacfty0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO Accountlability * Integrity - Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 February 27, 2012 Congressional Committees Subject: Presidential Helicopter Acquisition: Effort Delayed as DOD Adopts New Approach to Balance Requirements, Costs, and Schedule In June 2009, the Department of Defense (DOD) terminated the Navy's VH-71 presidential helicopter acquisition program because of cost growth, schedule delays, and a projected shortfall in system performance. The Navy subsequently began efforts to define a follow-on program (the VXX program) to develop aircraft to replace the current, aging presidential helicopter fleet. The Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (the act) directed that we review and report annually to the congressional defense committees on the VXX program through 2013.1 We issued the first of the required reports last year.2 In that report, we identified major lessons learned from the terminated VH-71 program that should be applied to the follow-on program and discussed the VXX acquisition approach and the sufficiency of the underlying acquisition plans and related documentation. This is the second of the required GAO reports. It discusses (1) the progress of the program since our last report and (2) DOD's planned upgrades to the fleet of in-service, legacy helicopters and approach for moving the VXX program forward. To determine the progress of the VXX program since our last report and DOD's planned approach for the future program, we examined available program documents and interviewed program officials. To assess the progress of the Analysis of Alternatives (AOA)3 effort that was underway when we last reported, we met with and were briefed by officials from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (OUSD(AT&L)); the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Air Programs; the Navy's Program Manager, Presidential Helicopters Program Office; and the director of the Navy's AOA efforts-the Military Director, Warfare Analysis and Integration Department, Naval Air Systems Command. To determine DOD's planned future approach for the VXX program, we met with OUSD(AT&L) officials and obtained information from the Navy's Presidential 1Pub. L. No. 111-383 § 233. 2GAO, Defense Acquisitions: Application of Lessons Learned and Best Practices in the Presidential Helicopter Program, GAO-11-380R (Washington, D.C.: Mar. 25, 2011). 3An AOA is an evaluation of the performance, effectiveness, suitability, and estimated costs of alternative systems to meet a capability. The AOA is normally conducted during the Materiel Solution Analysis phase of the Defense Acquisition Management System to support a Milestone A decision to begin technology development for a preferred solution. GAO-12-381R Presidential Helicopter Program

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