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             UNITED  STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                                    FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY

                                    10:00 a.m. EST

                                    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1984

                           STATEMENT OF

                         FRANK C. CONAHAN

                   DIRECTOR, NATIONAL  SECURITY

               AND  INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION

                            BEFORE THE

        SUBCOMMITTEE ON  LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY

               COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT  OPERATIONS

                    HOUSE OF  REPRESENTATIVES

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Mr. Chairman and Members of  the Subcommittee:

     I am pleased to be here  today to testify on our review

concerning the Department of Defense  efforts to standardize

avionics equipment.  This Subcommittee  and others have been

emphasizing the need to standardize  avionics equipment for

several years.  Standardization  is seen as a means to  educe

acquisition and support costs  as well as to enhance force

readiness, interoperability, and reliability.   Acquisition of
                                                                        A
avionics will cost  in excess of $50 billion over the next 5

years and an equally significant amount will  be spent qupporting

these systems.

     We believe the Department of Defense  and the services are,

in general, aware of the need  for and the benefits of

standardization and have taken  some Positive steps in that

direction.  They have, for example, .established Policies,

set objectives, and issued guidelines to  increase joint

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