GAO: Costs Up $135 Billion In Two Years For DOD's Weapon Systems

摘要

The price tag for the Pentagon's $1.7 trillion weapon system acquisition portfolio has jumped $135 billion - 9 percent ~ over the last two years, with nearly half of the projected increase attributable to the 10 largest Defense Department programs, including the Joint Strike Fighter, the CVN-21 aircraft carrier and the DDG-S1 destroyer program, according to the Government Accountability Office. In a report published this week, GAO says $70 billion of the cost increases "cannot be attributed to quantity changes' and that "half of DOD's major defense acquisition programs do not meet cost performance goals agreed to" by the executive branch and the GAO.