Defense acquisitions : rapid acquisition of MRAP vehicles : testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel / statement of Michael J. Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Sullivan, Michael J.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Panel on Defense Acquisition Reform

United States. Government Accountability Office

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-10-155T.

Testimony ; GAO-10-155T

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Defense--Procurement.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense.

Armored vehicles, Military--United States.

Armored vehicles, Military.

Armed Forces--Procurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Rapid acquisition of MRAP vehicles

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

As of July 2008, about 75 percent of casualties in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan were attributed to improvised explosive devices. To mitigate the threat from these weapons, the Department of Defense (DOD) initiated the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) program in February 2007, which used a tailored acquisition approach to rapidly acquire and field the vehicles. In May 2007, the Secretary of Defense affirmed MRAP as DOD's most important acquisition program. To date, about $22.7 billion has been appropriated for the procurement of more than 16,000 MRAP vehicles. My testimony today describes the MRAP acquisition process, the results to date, lessons learned from that acquisition, and potential implications for improving the standard acquisition process. It is mostly based on the work we have conducted over the past few years on the MRAP program. Most prominently, in 2008, we reported on the processes followed by DOD for the acquisition of MRAP vehicles and identified challenges remaining in the program. To describe DOD's approach for and progress in implementing its strategy for rapidly acquiring and fielding MRAP vehicles, we reviewed DOD's plans to buy, test, and field the vehicles and discussed the plans with cognizant department and contractor officials. To identify the remaining challenges for the program, we reviewed the results of testing and DOD's plans to upgrade and sustain the vehicles.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed March 15, 2010).

"For release ... October 8, 2009."

Congressional testimony.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

495786228

Access Restriction:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.