… Weapon Systems Sustainment: DOD Needs to Improve Its Reporting for Warehousing Pilot Program Diana Maurer Director MaurerD@gao.gov (202) 512-9627 GAO … with these recommendations. Defense logistics Military materiel Public and private partnerships Reporting requirements Warehouse facilities Weapon systems Military forces Systems acquisition Economic analysis Logistics National Defense GAO-23-105929 D25153 Department of Defense Defense … data or information. The report also did not include challenges described to GAO by stakeholders managing these contracts. Without this assessment, DOD may not have complete information on the potential effects of these contracts to inform congressional decisions about the pilot …

… Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Challenges to Fielding Capabilities Faster Persist Shelby S. Oakley Director OakleyS@gao.gov (202) 512-4841 GAO is making two … schedule performance Cybersecurity Defense acquisition programs Defense industrial base Industrial base Software development Systems acquisition Weapon systems Schedule slippages National Defense GAO-22-105230 D24293 Department of Defense DOD Agencies Office of the Secretary of Defense …

… Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Updated Program Oversight Approach Needed Shelby S. Oakley Director OakleyS@gao.gov (202) 512-4841 GAO recommends DOD develop a reporting strategy to improve oversight of those weapon systems developed using multiple efforts or pathways. DOD concurred with our recommendation. Acquisition practices Cost and schedule …

… Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Knowledge Gaps Pose Risks to Sustaining Recent Positive Trends Shelby S. Oakley Director OakleyS@gao.gov (202) 512-4841 Acquisition … practices Cost and schedule Cost and schedule performance Cost estimates Critical technologies Defense acquisition programs Systems acquisition Weapon systems Acquisition practices Acquisition reform National Defense GAO-18-360SP D18941 Department of Defense Apr 25, 2018 This special …

… Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Limited Use of Knowledge-Based Practices Continues to Undercut DOD's Investments Shelby S. Oakley Director OakleyS@gao.gov (202) … Cost and schedule Cost and schedule performance Critical technologies Defense acquisition programs Systems acquisition Technology development Weapon systems Defense technology development National Defense GAO-19-336SP D20307 Department of Defense May 7, 2019 This special report is GAO’s …

… our reporting on government-wide cybersecurity capabilities; and continued evaluations of healthcare spending, military readiness, and defense weapons systems development. Background GAO’s mission is to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve government … interests. GAO is a key resource for the Congress in monitoring and addressing such challenges. Our portfolio of work includes technology assessments on topics from regenerative medicine to persistent chemicals. Our science and technology (S&T) audit work spans from research to …

… Military Readiness: Actions Needed to Further Implement Predictive Maintenance on Weapon Systems Diana Maurer Director MaurerD@gao.gov (202) 512-9627 GAO is making 16 recommendations to the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force to … detailing predictive maintenance implementation and discussed progress with military service officials. For our second objective, we reviewed assessments of predictive maintenance provided by the military services and discussed them with officials. For our third objective, we asked the …

… our reporting on government-wide cybersecurity capabilities; and continued evaluations of healthcare spending, military readiness, and defense weapons systems development. Background GAO’s mission is to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve government … interests. GAO is a key resource for the Congress in monitoring and addressing such challenges. Our portfolio of work includes technology assessments on topics from regenerative medicine to persistent chemicals. Our science and technology (S&T) audit work spans from research to …

… Weapon Systems Overview: A Summary of Recent GAO Reports, Observations and Recommendations on Major Weapon Systems Defense cost control Defense procurement Logistics Program evaluation Systems analysis Technology transfer Testing Weapons research … toward an increase on the Patriot production rate until production tests have shown that deficiencies have been corrected. --Require a formalized assessment and review by the project manager on the progress of contractor reliability and maintainability tests before exercising the second pro- …

… DOD Weapon Systems: Missed Trade-off Opportunities During Requirements Reviews Michael J. Sullivan Director SullivanM@gao.gov (202) 512-4841 Best practices … Military procurement Military systems analysis Procurement planning Redundancy Requirements definition Risk management Systems management Warfare Weapons systems Cost estimates Policies and procedures National Defense GAO-11-502 A95886 Department of Defense DOD Agencies Department of the Air … acquisition programs. GAO also assessed resource estimates presented to the JROC against best practices criteria in the GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide. The JROC considered trade-offs made by the military services before validating requirements for four of the seven proposed …

… Need for Improved Cost Estimating on Major Weapon Systems and Credible Reporting of Planned and Actual Costs Cost overruns Defense cost control Defense procurement Military budgets Weapons systems … recommendations to resolve weaknesses in the guidance, assumptions, and methodologies used to develop cost estimates, concluding that better cost assessment is the key to making the right tradeoff decisions that will shape long-term defense policy. Testimony Matter for Congressional …

… Defense Management: Actions Needed to Overcome Long-standing Challenges with Weapon Systems Acquisition and Service Contract Management Janet St. Laurent Deputy Director StLaurentJ@gao.gov (202) 512-7100 Contract administration … contractors Funds management Internal controls Military training Procurement Procurement planning Program management Requirements definition Risk assessment Schedule slippages Service contracts Strategic planning Weapons systems Cost estimates Executive agency oversight Program goals or …

… Defense Acquisitions: DOD Must Balance Its Needs with Available Resources and Follow an Incremental Approach to Acquiring Weapon Systems Michael J. Sullivan Director SullivanM@gao.gov (202) 512-4841 Accountability Allocation (Government accounting) Decision making Defense capabilities Defense cost control Defense procurement Developmental testing Needs assessment Performance measures Procurement Procurement planning Procurement policy Procurement practices Program management Reporting …

… Artificial Intelligence: Status of Developing and Acquiring Capabilities for Weapon Systems Jon Ludwigson Director LudwigsonJ@gao.gov (202) 512-4841 Candice Wright Director WrightC@GAO.gov (202) 512-6888 Artificial intelligence … and reconnaissance assets to identify objects of interest. 24RAND Corporation, The Department of Defense Posture for Artificial Intelligence: Assessment and Recommendations (Santa Monica, CA: 2019). 25GAO-22-104516SU. 26166 Cong. Rec. H8251 (Dec. 21, 2020). This Joint Explanatory …

… Defense Management: DOD Needs Better Information and Guidance to More Effectively Manage and Reduce Operating and Support Costs of Major Weapon Systems Cary Russell Director RussellC@gao.gov (202) 512-5431 Cost estimates Aircraft Aviation Cost analysis Cost effectiveness analysis Data … systems. Other initiatives are aimed at focusing attention on O&S cost requirements and reliability during the acquisition process. In a recent assessment, DOD identified weaknesses in O&S cost management, found deficiencies in sustainment governance, and recommended a number of corrective …

… Weapon Systems Cybersecurity: Guidance Would Help DOD Programs Better Communicate Requirements to Contractors William Russell Director russellw@gao.gov … Information technology Military forces Operational testing Risk management Software System requirements Systems acquisition Systems design Weapon systems National Defense GAO-21-179 D22816 Department of Defense Department of the Navy Department of the Army Department of the Air Force … Model Certification CROWS Cyber Resiliency Office for Weapons Systems DOD Department of Defense IT information technology MCAAP Marine Corps Assessment and Authorization Process NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology RMF risk management …

… Weapon Systems: Prototyping Has Benefited Acquisition Programs, but More Can Be Done to Support Innovation Initiatives Michael J. Sullivan Director … and is currently working on this strategy. Defense acquisition programs Innovations Investments Prioritizing Research and development Risk assessment Strategic planning Systems development Technology development Weapon systems National Defense GAO-17-309 D16672 Department of Defense Department of the Army Department of the Navy United States Marine Corps …

… Weapon System Sustainment: Aircraft Mission Capable Rates Generally Did Not Meet Goals and Cost of Sustaining Selected Weapon Systems Varied Widely Diana Maurer Director MaurerD@gao.gov (202) 512-9627 Airborne operations Aircraft Aircraft maintenance Control systems … capable goals in coordination with the applicable program office and Maintenance Division. 5In 2018, in our first weapon-system sustainment assessment, we reported that between fiscal years 2011 and 2016 the Air Force and the Navy generally did not meet aircraft availability goals, and …

… Weapon Systems Cybersecurity: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities GAO is not making any recommendations at this time. GAO will … Defense acquisition programs Developmental testing Information systems Information technology Operational testing Software Systems acquisition Weapon systems Weapons National Defense GAO-19-128 D19544 Department of Defense Oct 9, 2018 Information Security What GAO Found The Department of … dollars, for all increments or are designated as such by DOD for oversight purposes. For more information, see GAO, Weapon Systems Annual Assessment: Knowledge Gaps Pose Risks to Sustaining Recent Positive Trends, GAO-18-360SP (Washington, D.C.: Apr. 25, 2018). …

… Acquisition of Major Weapon Systems Defense cost control Defense procurement Weapons systems Military forces Aircraft acquisition program Engineering Systems acquisition … 1921- 1971 Contents Page 1 DIGEST CHAPTER 1 2 3 . INTRODUCTION 4 The Development Process for a Major Weapon System 5 Concepts of This Study 11 ASSESSMENT OF CRITICAL MANAGEMENT ACTIONS 13 Requirements 13 Identification of need for a system 13 Definition of performance character- istics 19 …