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Installation Maintenance: Better Information on Risks and Challenges Needed to Improve Oversight of DOD Facility Conditions
GAO-26-107255
Aug 21, 2026
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13 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, in coordination with the secretaries of the military departments, fully determine the risks to missions and quality of life associated with funding facility sustainment below recommended levels through a risk assessment and communicates the results of this risk assessment to Congress and DOD leadership to help determine budget priorities. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, in coordination with the secretaries of the military departments, fully determine the risks to missions and quality of life associated with backlogs in military construction and facility repair projects through a risk assessment and communicates the results of this risk assessment and the extent of these backlogs to Congress and DOD leadership to help determine budget priorities. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, should identify critical shortages in the maintenance workforce across Army installations and develop strategies to help installations address these shortages. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, should identify critical shortages in the maintenance workforce across Navy installations and develop strategies to help installations address these shortages. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, should identify critical shortages in the maintenance workforce across Marine Corps installations and develop strategies to help installations address these shortages. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, should identify critical shortages in the maintenance workforce across Air Force and Space Force installations and develop strategies to help installations address these shortages. (Recommendation 6)
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Army Modernization: Better Schedule and Cost Information Needed to Support Scaling Battlefield Network
GAO-26-108019
Aug 20, 2026
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2 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network develop a detailed fielding schedule for the collective NGC2 effort that identifies the specific units that are planned to be equipped by fiscal year and reassess this schedule as NGC2 evolves. This schedule should address how the Army will meet its tentative 2032 goal for full implementation of NGC2. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Army The Secretary of the Army should ensure that Capability Program Executive Command and Control Information Network, in coordination with Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army – Cost & Economics, determine preliminary costs for the life cycle of the collective NGC2 effort, regularly reassess these estimates as NGC2 evolves, and provide their initial estimate as part of the Army's fiscal year 2028 budget request. This could include a range of expected costs to reflect the preliminary nature of the planning phase. (Recommendation 2)
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B-52 Bomber: Air Force Actions Needed to Improve Major Modernization and Sustainment Efforts
GAO-26-109272
Jul 31, 2026
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6 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should delay the CERP production decision until the program office conducts an analysis that accounts for recent cost growth and schedule delays to understand the risks and benefits associated with the timing of the CERP production decision. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the program office assesses the practicality, benefits, and affordability of implementing digital engineering in current modernization programs. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the B-52 Modernization Platform Integration Plan is updated to reflect the prioritization of all B-52 modernization programs. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure that the B-52 Modernization program updates the Platform Integration Plan to more clearly align program work to the Air Force's B-52 Modernization strategic goals, by identifying risk mitigations associated with maintaining multiple configurations. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should ensure the B-52 program office updates the B-52 repair plans to account for potential delays in the modernizations. (Recommendation 5)
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Department of the Air Force The Secretary of the Air Force should issue guidance clarifying the roles and responsibilities for the life cycle management of B-52 specific support equipment. (Recommendation 6)
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Navy Ship Modernization: DOD Needs Comprehensive Strategy to Field Hypersonic Missile Capability
GAO-26-107974
Jul 17, 2026
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Secretaries of the Navy and Army, develops a comprehensive strategy that outlines how all programs involved with delivering CPS portfolio capability should coordinate and regularly review investment decisions. (Recommendation 1)
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