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Heavy Lift Helicopter Program: Navy Should Address Cost and Schedule Risks

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date March 4, 2021
Release Date March 4, 2021
Report No. GAO-21-208
Summary:

The Marine Corps needs "heavy lift" helicopters to move vehicles, equipment, and people from ships to inland areas. The CH-53K helicopter, in development since 2005, has faced cost overruns and schedule delays.

We found the CH-53K schedule doesn't fully meet best practices for developing and keeping reliable project schedules. Also, overlap between testing and buying larger numbers of helicopters means problems revealed during testing would have to be fixed on more helicopters already built. Such retrofits are costly.

We recommended ensuring the CH-53K schedule is reliable and limiting the number of helicopters purchased until testing is done.

Marine Corps CH-53K Heavy Lift Helicopter

Military helicopter

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