From 2008 through 2013, the Department of Defense (DOD) plans to invest over $16 billion to develop and procure additional unmanned aircraft systems. To more effectively leverage its acquisition resources, DOD recognizes that it must achieve greater commonality among the military services' unmanned aircraft programs. Doing so, however, requires certain trade-offs and complex budget, cost, and schedule interactions. GAO was asked to assess the progress of selected unmanned aircraft acquisition programs, examine the extent to which the services are collaborating and identifying commonality among those programs, and identify key factors impacting the effectiveness their collaboration. GAO analyzed cost, schedule, and performance data for eight unmanned aircraft systems--accounting for over 80 percent of DOD's total planned investment in unmanned aircraft systems from 2008 through 2013--and two payload programs.
Defense Acquisitions: Opportunities Exist to Achieve Greater Commonality and Efficiencies Among Unmanned Aircraft Systems
2009
78 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics , Aircraft , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Air defense systems , Military aircraft , Defense acquisitions , Commonality , Efficiencies , Schedule delays , Performance , Recommendations , Costs , Progress evaluations , Congressional reports , Unmanned aircraft , Department of Defense (DOD) , Unmanned aircraft acquisition programs
Finding Opportunities for Commonality Across Complex Systems: A Study of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
DSpace@MIT | 2010
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DSpace@MIT | 2010
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