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NSIAD-93-287R 1 (1993-09-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackkh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office National Security and International Affairs Division B-248882 September 1, 1993 The Honorable Christopher S. Bond United States Senate 149938 Dear Senator Bond: In response to your request of August 27, 1993, we are providing you a comparison of the costs and capabilities of the F/A-18E/F and the F-14D Quickstrike. This information was originally included in a draft of our recently issued report on the justification for the F/A-18E/F program.I Because of your concern about our handling of this issue, we think it is important to explain why the report excluded the comparison. We originally made the comparison of the two aircraft at the request of some members of the New York congressional delegation. The Navy said it had chosen the F/A-18E/F because the aircraft would be cheaper and more capable. In doing our review, we found that the Navy had not adequately justified the procurement of either aircraft. Our draft report highlighted that major issue and also contained the requested cost and capability comparison. Your office and the offices of the New York requesters received copies of that draft. After receiving the draft report, the requesters indicated they were not interested in this larger issue and did not believe that our cost and capability analysis was comprehensive enough. Because of the significance of our overall finding on the lack of justification for the F/A-18E/F program, we issued our report to the Secretary of Defense. We did not consider it necessary to include the cost and capability comparison, as it was not pertinent to our position that the F/A-18E/F aircraft was not adequately justified. 1Naval Aviation: Consider All Alternatives Before Proceeding With the F/A-18E/F (GAO/NSIAD-93-144, Aug. 27, 1993). GAO/NSIAD-93-287R, Naval Aviation O's-oai/I qqq3g

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