The following is the Jan. 18, 2017 Government Accountability Office report, Overseas Contingency Operations: OMB and DOD Should Revise the Criteria for Determining Eligible Costs and Identify the Costs Likely to Endure Long Term. Read More
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Document: GAO Report on Slowing Frigate Development
The following is the Dec. 8, 2016 Government Accountability Office report, Littoral Combat Ship and Frigate:Slowing Planned Frigate Acquisition Would Enable Better-Informed Decisions. Read More
Document: GAO Report on Littoral Combat Ship and Frigate Programs
The following is the Dec. 1, 2016 Government Accountability Office report, Littoral Combat Ship and Frigate: Congress Faced with Critical Acquisition Decisions. Read More
Document: GAO Report on Flight III Arleigh Burke Guided Missile Destroyer
The following is the Aug 4, 2016 Government Accountability Office report, Delaying Procurement of DDG 51 Flight III Ships Would Allow Time to Increase Design Knowledge. Read More
Document: GAO Report on U.S. Navy Optimized Fleet Response Plan
The following is the May 2, 2016 Government Accountability Office report, Military Readiness: Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Navy’s Optimized Fleet Response Plan. Read More
Document: GAO Report on Correcting Construction Defects in Shipbuilding
The following is the Government Accountability Office report, Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding: Navy Should Reconsider Approach to Warranties for Correcting Construction Defects. Read More
Essay: An Acquisition System to Enable American Seapower
USS Rafael Peralta christening ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine on Oct. 31, 2015. US Marine Corps Photo
In order for a coherent vision of modern American seapower to move forward in providing the lion’s share of this nation’s peacetime presence, shaping, deterrence and assurance needs, the Department of the Navy must become more efficient in its acquisition processes. It must be more nimble, more flexible, more accountable and faster. Read More
Lockheed Martin Will File in Court of Federal Claims After GAO Dismisses JLTV Protest
Lockheed Martin’s entrant in the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle competition.
Lockheed Martin decided to file a complaint to the Court of Federal Claims after the Government Accountability Office dismissed the company’s protest of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contract award to Oshkosh. Read More
General Dynamics Protests Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle 1.1 Contract Awards
General Dynamics’ offering for ACV 1.1. USNI News photo.
General Dynamics Land Systems is protesting the Marine Corps’ decision to award Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) 1.1 contracts to BAE Systems and SAIC, a company spokeswoman told USNI News. Read More
Document: GAO Report on Marine Amphibious Combat Vehicle Acquisition
The following is the October, 2015 Government Accountability Office report: AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE Some Acquisition Activities Demonstrate Best Practices; Attainment of Amphibious Capability to be Determined. Read More
