GAO finds Pentagon's top weapons programs beset by delays

By Tony Bertuca / June 8, 2022 at 11:00 AM
The Defense Department's largest and costliest weapons programs continue to experience schedule delays, despite the Pentagon's stated focus on speedier technology development and procurement, according to an annual report from the Government Accountability Office . More than half of the 29 major defense acquisition programs GAO assessed in its most recent report “reported a delay to the date that they plan to deliver capability,” the report states. “This year, we continued to see significant numbers of programs reporting delays, even...

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