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Unmanned Vehicles: Assessment of DOD's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Master Plan

NSIAD-89-41BR Published: Dec 09, 1988. Publicly Released: Dec 19, 1988.
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In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Master Plan to assess its adequacy and compliance with congressional intent to achieve commonality in military services' UAV.

Recommendations

Matter for Congressional Consideration

Matter Status Comments
The Subcommittee may wish to consider opposing funding any new UAV programs that do not promote commonality to the maximum extent practical.
Closed – Implemented
According to an official in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, DOD has created a lethal/non-lethal policy which requires that all potential commonality issues be reviewed by a special study group for every UAV system. These reviews are intended to identify ways to promote the use of common systems whenever possible. DOD also terminated the Army's Deep Ops UAV system.

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Aircraft researchDefense appropriationsUnmanned aerial systemsDefense procurementFuture budget projectionsMilitary aircraftMilitary cost controlMission budgetingProgram managementGovernment procurement