The Army has "justified" the low-rate initial production plan for the Paladin Integrated Management program, but has failed to address two "performance deficiencies identified by the test community during the system development phase," according to a government audit. In a report released Aug. 5 , the Defense Department inspector general found that "PIM program officials justified their plan to produce 133 initial production vehicles," including 33 test vehicles and 100 production vehicles, in anticipation of a full-rate production decision in...
