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Naval Aviation: F-14 Upgrades Are Not Adequately Justified

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 19, 1994
Report No. NSIAD-95-12
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Summary:

The Navy has not made a compelling case for its $2.5 billion upgrade of the F-14 fighter plane. The upgrades offer improvements over existing capabilities and may not be available before the F/A-18E/F, the next generation strike fighter, is scheduled for deployment at the turn of the century. Although the Navy argued that the F-14 upgrade was needed to replace some capability that will be lost when it retires all A-6E attack aircraft by fiscal year 1998, planned upgrades will not include an air-to-ground radar for precision ground mapping that would permit crews to locate and attack targets in bad weather and poor visibility. In addition, no F-14s will be able to launch current or planned precision munitions or stand-off weapons, except for laser guided bombs.

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