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NSIAD-93-142R 1 (1993-03-05)

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          United States
GAO)      General Accounting Office
          Washington, D.C. 20548

          National Security and
          International Affairs Division
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                                                              148632
          March 5, 1993


          The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr.
          Ranking Minority Member
          Committee on Governmental Affairs
          United States Senate

          The Honorable David H. Pryor
          Chairman, Subcommittee on Federal
             Services, Post Office, and Civil Service
          Committee on Governmental Affairs
          United States Senate


          As you requested, we have been reviewing the results of the
          operational testing of the Navy's Airborne Self-Protection
          Jammer (ASPJ). We have also been surveying alternative
          systems that the Navy could conceivably use instead of ASPJ
          to protect its fighter and attack aircraft from threat
          weapons. This correspondence summarizes the results of our
          work.

          The Commander of the Navy's Operational Test and Evaluation
          Force on August 17, 1992, and DOD's Director of Operational
          Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) on December 4, 1992, reported
          the results of ASPJ testing. The conclusions were that ASPJ
          failed to meet both the effectiveness and suitability
          criteria developed by the Navy, validated by the Joint
          Requirements Oversight Council, and included in the test
          plan approved by DOT&E.

          The Navy testers concluded that when using current tactics,
          ASPJ did not perform significantly better than the Navy's
          currently fielded jammer, the ALQ-126B. Furthermore, both
          the Navy testers and DOT&E concluded that due to built-in
          test deficiencies, human factors, and for other reasons,
          ASPJ was not operationally suitable.

          Subsequently, on December 11, 1992, DOD's Under Secretary of
          Defense for Acquisition directed the Navy to comply with
          provisions of the Fiscal Year 1993 National Defense
          Authorization Act. As a result, the Navy terminated the
          production of ASPJ.

                                   GAO/NSIAD-93-142R Electronic Warfare

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