GAO says Army readiness suffers from delays in Patriot system availability

By Tony Bertuca / June 22, 2018 at 3:52 PM
The Army is working to provide more timely reset and recapitalization of recently deployed Patriot surface-to-air missile systems after the Government Accountability Office found that delays in returning the refurbished systems to soldiers have degraded unit readiness. Between fiscal years 2014 and 2017, GAO found that the Army, which uses reset and recapitalization to extend the life of the Raytheon-built Patriot system, reset seven Patriot battalions, but only one unit received its equipment within 180 days in accordance with Army...

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