The current and anticipated instability in the overall defense budget and the recent changes in Eastern Europe are forcing DOD and the military services to reexamine the need, priority, and annual funding levels for many weapon system acquisition programs. DOD and the services have reexamined or are reexamining some of the systems we reviewed. For example, the Army had characterized the NLOS missile as high priority, but its procurement was terminated by DOD in its fiscal year 1991 budget request. The Secretary of Defense initiated a review in December 1989 to reexamine, among other things, the need for the ATF. In April 1990 the Secretary announced that he had decided to maintain the ATF force level objective at 750 aircraft but proposed delaying its initial procurement by 2 years. The Secretary also recently initiated a similar review of the LH. Other programs can expect to be reexamined. For example, the changes occurring in Europe will likely result in a reexamination of the need for the SFW, a weapon designed to attack formations of enemy armored vehicles. (SDW)


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    Title :

    Defense Acquisition Programs: Status of Selected Programs


    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    55 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English