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GAO-10-758R 1 (2010-07-02)

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 AGAO
Acoountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


             July 2, 2010

             The Honorable Norman D. Dicks
             Chairman
             Subcommittee on Defense
             Committee on Appropriations
             House of Representatives

             Subject: Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) Program Faces Cost, Schedule, and
             Performance Risks

             This letter formally transmits the attached briefing (see encl. I) in response to your
             May 4, 2009, request that we review the EFV program. We provided your staff a draft
             copy of this briefing in meeting with them on June 9, 2010. We provided the same
             draft to the Department of Defense (DOD) for comments. A summary of DOD's
             comments with our evaluation are also attached (see encl. II), as well as a reprinted
             copy of DOD's written comments (see encl. III).

             We are sending copies of this report to the appropriate congressional committees.
             We are also sending copies to the Secretary of Defense; the Under Secretary of
             Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics; the Secretary of the Navy; and the
             Commandant of the Marine Corps. This report will also be available at no charge on
             the GAO Web site at http://www.gao.gov.

             Should you or your staff have any questions concerning this report, please contact me
             at (202) 512-4841 or sullivanm@gao.gov. Contact points for our Offices of
             Congressional Relations and Public Affairs may be found on the last page of this
             report.

             Key contributors to this report include Bruce Thomas, Assistant Director; Jerry Clark,
             Analyst-in-Charge; Nicholas Alexander; Jenny Hwang; and Robert Swierczek.








             Michael J. Sullivan
             Director
             Acquisition and Sourcing Management

             Enclosures


GAO-10-758R Defense Acquisitions


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