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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Accountability Office, [2006] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)70144718 Subject: United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems. Excerpt: ... d06391. book Page 6 Monday, March 27, 2006 12: 50 PM The way DOD develops and produces its major weapon systems has had DOD's Weapon disappointing consequences. A large number of the programs in our Programs Portfolio assessment are costing more and taking longer to develop than estimated. 4 As shown in table 2, total R DT & E costs for 26 common set weapon Often E xperiences a programs increased by nearly $ 44.6 billion, or 37 percent, over the original R educed R eturn on business case ( the first full estimate ). The same programs have also Investment experienced an increase in the time needed to develop capabilities with a 5 weighted-average schedule increase of nearly 17 percent. Table 2: Cost and Cycle Time Growth for 26 Weapon Systems Billions of constant 2006 dollars First full estimate Latest estimate Percentage change Total cost $ 547.7 $ 627.4 14.6 RDT & E cost $ 120.4 $ 164.9 37.0 a Weighted average acquisition cycle time 154.5 months 180.2 months 16.7 Source: GAO analysis of DOD data. a This is a weighted estimate of average acquisition cycle time for the 26 programs based on total program costs at the first full and latest estimates. The simple average for these two estimates was 112.1 months for the first full estimate and 131.3 months for the latest estimate resulting in a 17.2 percent change. 4 The common set refers to the 26 programs that we were able to assess since development began. The 26 programs are ACS, AE H F, AE SA, APK WS, B-2 R MP, C-5 AMP, C-5 R E R P, CH-47F, CV N-21, E-2D AH E, E F V, E xcalibur, F-22A, F CS, Global H awk, J SF, J TR S Cluster 5, Land Warrior, MMA, MU OS, NPOE SS, Patriot / ME ADS CAP, Predator B, SDB, V-22, and WGS. We limited this analysis to these 26 programs because all data including cost, schedule, and quantities
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Defense acquisitions: assessments of selected major weapon programs: report to congressional committees
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