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NSIAD-89-41BR 1 (1988-12-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacipt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B'229489 December 9, 1988 The Honorable John C. Stennis Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: As you requested, we reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Master Plan to assess its adequacy and compliance with congressional intent. This was an interim assessment of the Master Plan's provisions. We did not evaluate the issues of service requirements for UAVs or the potential for commonality in UAVs. These issues are being addressed in a separate assignment. DOD submitted the UAV Master Plan on June 27, 1988. We earlier briefed your representatives on our assessment. This letter summarizes the results of our analysis of the plan, and appendix I discusses it in more detail. Appendix II describes our objective, scope, and methodology. BACKGROUND Each of the military services is acquiring pilotless aircraft resembling small airplanes or helicopters, which are commonly referred to as UAVsI or Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPVs) or drones. These UAVs are being developed to accomplish several military functions, such as surveillance of enemy activities, relay of friendly communications, or attack of enemy radars. Over the next few years, DOD expects to spend over $6 billion on UAV programs. Over the past few years, various congressional committees have expressed concern about duplication in service UAV programs. Their concern is that the services are developing and procuring systems that are different in design but have common service mission requirements such as reconnaissance ISome congressional reports use the term RPV. The Master Plan uses the term UAV, and this term is generally used in this report.

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