Testers Say Some Systems' Requirements Out Of Step With Military Utility

By Sebastian Sprenger / January 28, 2014 at 10:37 PM
The Defense Department is developing several systems that could prove inadequate for the military even though they may pass all necessary assessments along the way, according to the latest annual report from the Pentagon's top weapons testers. Such a scenario could be the extreme result of a Pentagon practice, observed in "several cases," that testers found during fiscal year 2013, states the report, dated January 2014 . The document cites only the P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime Patrol Aircraft as an example,...

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