Cybersecurity: DOD Needs to Improve Cyber Hygiene
The Department of Defense (DOD) has not fully implemented three of its key initiatives and practices aimed at improving cyber...
F-35 Aircraft Sustainment: DOD Needs to Address Substantial Supply Chain Challenges
F-35 aircraft performance is falling short of warfighter requirements—that is, aircraft cannot perform as many missions or fly as often...
Military Personnel: DOD Needs to Reevaluate Fighter Pilot Workforce Requirements
The Air Force, the Navy, and the Marine Corps had gaps between the actual numbers of fighter pilots and authorizations...
KC-46 Tanker Aircraft: Costs Drop 5% But Key Flight Capability Testing Lags Behind
The KC-46 acquisition cost estimate has declined by about 5.4 percent from $51.7 billion to $48.9 billion since February 2011...
Missile Defense: Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management
The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has made some recent progress gaining important knowledge for its Ballistic...
Report: DoD Faces Challenges in Acquisition Reform
The Department of Defense (DOD) has taken steps to implement fundamental Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Reform Act)...
Fighter Aircraft: Better Cost Estimates Needed for Extending the Service Life of Selected F-16s and F/A-18s
The Air Force plans to upgrade and extend the service life of 300 F-16 aircraft and the Navy 150 F/A-18...
Cancellation of the Army’s Autonomous Navigation System
The Army intended the Autonomous Navigation System (ANS) to enable ground robotic vehicles to partially drive and navigate themselves and...
Counter-IEDs: Multiple DOD Organizations are Developing Numerous Initiatives
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are the enemy's weapon of choice (e.g., 16,500 IEDs were detonated or discovered being used against...
GAO: US Faces Counter-IED Challenges in Af/Pak
Testimony by Charles Michael Johnson, Jr., director, international affairs and trade, before the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security...
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