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Defense Acquisition: U.S.-German Examinations of the MLRS Terminal Guidance Warhead Program

NSIAD-92-7 Published: Oct 31, 1991. Publicly Released: Oct 31, 1991.
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Highlights

GAO and the German Federal Court of Audit examined the Army's Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Terminal Guidance Warhead (TGW) Program, focusing on the program's requirements, schedule, performance, and cost.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should reassess the need for the MLRS TGW if the Army seeks to continue to full-scale development, considering all the other systems in development and procurement that could be used to fill the requirement.
Closed – Implemented
On May 5, 1992, the U.S. Army formally notified the partner nations that the United States would withdraw from the MLRS/TGW program at the end of the System Demonstration Substage (SDS). SDS ended on February 14, 1994, and the United States withdrew from the MLRS TGW program.

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