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NSIAD-95-77R 1 (1994-12-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacksj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 5_ National Security and International Affairs Diision B-259722 December 21, 1994 The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. United States Senate Dear Senator Roth: During our review of the Army's testing of its Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) we identified an issue that we believe requires immediate attention. The Army is planning to modify its FMTV contract to increase the number of vehicles authorized for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP). The Army's justification for this modification is to prevent a break in production. We believe the contract should not be modified because the FMTV's testing has not demonstrated that it is operationally suitable. We further believe that the current contract authorizes a sufficient number of vehicles under LRIP to maintain production until scheduled testing can be completed. The Congress has been concerned about the sometimes significant quantity of systems produced during LRIP before operational testing has demonstrated the systems are operationally suitable for fielding. We recently reported that many of the weapon systems that start production prematurely later experience significant operational effectiveness and/or suitability problems.' These problems are often found after a substantial number of units have been produced and a significant financial commitment has been made. We believe that this situation could occur with the FMTV. The FMTV has had numerous problems in testing and has not proven to be reliable and suitable for Army needs. To date, these problems have not been adequately resolved to allow the completion of operational testing. Currently, a new operational test is scheduled to start in March 1995. The FMTV full-rate production decision is currently scheduled for August 1995 pending the completion of this retesting. 'Weapons Acquisition: Low-Rate Initial Production Used to Buy Weapon Systems Prematurely (GAO/NSIAD-95-18, Nov. 21, 1994). GAO/NSIAD-95-77R FMTV Low Rate Initial Production

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