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Weapon Systems Acquisition: DOD Needs Better Planning to Attain Benefits of Modular Open Systems

GAO-25-106931
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure PEOs within the department establish a formal process for coordinating MOSAs across programs to enable portfolio-wide benefits. (Recommendation 7)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition identifies steps needed during the review of relevant acquisition documentation to effectively determine whether programs have addressed key MOSA planning elements required by statute, policy, and guidance. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that department guidance for acquisition programs provides direction for Navy acquisition programs to implement a MOSA to the maximum extent practicable and addresses all statutory implementation requirements. (Recommendation 13)
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Weapon Systems Acquisition: DOD Needs Better Planning to Attain Benefits of Modular Open Systems

GAO-25-106931
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1 Open Recommendations
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should identify the resources needed at the military department and program levels to implement a MOSA in all acquisition programs to the maximum extent practicable. (Recommendation 10)
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Navy Ship Modernization: Poor Cruiser Outcomes Demonstrate Need for Better Planning and Quality Oversight in Future Efforts

GAO-25-106749
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should direct the Chief of Naval Operations and Commander, NAVSEA to assess root causes of cruiser modernization growth work, develop root cause mitigation strategies, codify the strategies in policy, and apply them to other surface ship maintenance and modernization efforts. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that Commander, NAVSEA updates policy requiring NAVSEA 21 to consider requiring that future large-scale modernization and maintenance efforts implement planning and oversight tools used in acquisition programs. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should ensure that the Chief of Naval Operations documents a comprehensive assessment on operational implications of its plan to divest the three modernized cruisers in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. (Recommendation 6)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should direct Commander, NAVSEA to re-assess its approach to overall quality assurance, including restrictions on the use of critical quality assurance tools, completion of CPARS evaluations, and the lack of an independent organization to oversee quality at RMCs, to ensure contractors are held accountable for quality. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should codify the cruiser modernization lesson learned that the ownership of vessels should not be transferred from the fleet to NAVSEA for major modernization efforts. (Recommendation 2)
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Department of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy should direct Commander, NAVSEA and the Chief of Naval Operations to assign specific responsibility and accountability for implementing, in a timely manner, the corrective actions identified in the 2024 NAVSEA report about modernization on surface ships. (Recommendation 5)
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