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Transcript for: Quick Look: Delivery Delays of Weapon Systems Continue

Description: This year's report offers observations on the performance
of 101 of DOD's most expensive weapon systems acquisition programs, an
area on GAO's High Risk List.  These programs include 75 major defense
acquisition programs.  The report highlights key aspects of weapon
acquisition, including cost and schedule performance, progress in
attaining product knowledge, and implementation of recommended software
development approaches and cybersecurity practices.

Related GAO Works: GAO-23-106059 - Weapon Systems Annual Assessment:
Programs Are Not Consistently Implementing Practices That Can Help
Accelerate Acquisitions

Released: June 2023

In GAO's 2023 Department of Defense "Quick Look," we looked at the
performance of 101 of DOD's most expensive weapon systems acquisitions.

In 2020 DOD revamped its weapons acquisition process to help deliver
timely and effective solutions to service members.

But supplier, software, and design problems continued to drive delays,
making it harder for DOD to address emerging threats.

To help, we recommended that DOD update its policy to regularly verify
the effectiveness of "modular open systems design"--an approach that
helps DOD keep pace with advances in technology by allowing it to add or
replace components once a weapon system is in the field. This could help
ensure that the approach works as intended.

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For more info, check out our report GAO-23-106059 at: GAO.gov