Test and Evaluation

An Assessment of Navy's Long-Term Underwater Test Resources Plan Gao ID: NSIAD-88-80 March 28, 1988

In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Navy's Long-Term Underwater Support Resources Plan, to determine its comprehensiveness and usefulness as a management tool.

GAO found that, although the plan covers tracking ranges, ship noise measurement facilities, targets, and real-time simulators, it does not: (1) consolidate and prioritize test resource development and acquisition programs; (2) include acoustic requirements data from fleet units; (3) include all options for meeting weapons system noise measurement requirements, including those costing $5 million or less; and (4) present a cost-effective rationale for the future use of the Navy's Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center. GAO also found that: (1) the Navy planned to use the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center for training and, to a lesser extent, for research and development; (2) in order to coordinate and emphasize test resource acquisition, the Department of Defense and the military services implemented initiatives to improve test resource planning; and (3) the Navy failed to implement a recommendation to modify its plan for new facilities, which could save an estimated $71.4 million, or to consolidate existing facilities, at an estimated savings of $4.9 million in annual operating costs.

Recommendations

Our recommendations from this work are listed below with a Contact for more information. Status will change from "In process" to "Open," "Closed - implemented," or "Closed - not implemented" based on our follow up work.

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