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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	June 16, 1989
Report No.	T-NSIAD-89-39
Subject	Weapons systems Defense contingency planning Defense cost control Evaluation methods Product evaluation Quality assurance Quality control Research and development Testing Weapons research and development DOD Operational Test and Evaluation Capability Improvement Program

Summary:

GAO discussed the Department of Defense's (DOD) operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) of major weapon systems. GAO found that: (1) there was insufficient management oversight of the OT&E function; (2) such factors as requirements urgency and prototype costs outweighed the need to identify and correct performance shortfalls; (3) DOD had no established policies or procedures for maintaining accurate test records prior to full production; (4) DOD did not obtain OT&E results critical to assessing mission performance before production; and (5) although DOD has required the use of early operational assessments to ensure system readiness and identify potential risks, those assessments should not take the place of actual OT&E before production.

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National Defense: Adequacy of Department of Defense Operational Test and Evaluation