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Weapon Systems Acquisition: DOD Needs Better Planning to Attain Benefits of Modular Open Systems

GAO-25-106931
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that OSD policy governing the MTA pathway provides direction for DOD acquisition programs to implement a MOSA to the maximum extent practicable and addresses related statutory requirements. (Recommendation 11)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that OSD guidance that fully addresses the statutory requirements to facilitate the implementation of a MOSA for any program prototyping, acquiring, or sustaining a new or existing weapon system is issued in an expedient manner. (Recommendation 12)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Under Secretaries of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, develop a method for program offices to use when assessing the costs and benefits of pursuing a MOSA on weapon systems. (Recommendation 1)
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Defense Contracting: DOD is Taking Steps to Restrict Mandatory Arbitration, but Additional Action Needed

GAO-25-107069
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency assesses the extent to which the agency's ongoing contracts that meet the criteria for inclusion of the clause at DFARS 252.222-7006, which restricts contractors' use of mandatory arbitration, have included the clause and use this information to determine what actions, if any, are needed to improve compliance for ongoing contracts. (Recommendation 1)
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International Trade: Agencies Should Improve Oversight of Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreements

GAO-25-106936
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy coordinates with the Secretary of Commerce to develop and implement policies, procedures, and guidance on how to assess and monitor the effects of RDP Agreements, including those already in place with automatic extensions, on U.S. defense technology and the U.S. industrial base.
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International Trade: Agencies Should Improve Oversight of Reciprocal Defense Procurement Agreements

GAO-25-106936
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Principal Director of Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy develops and implements written policies and procedures for initiating and renewing RDP Agreements, to include seeking defense industry feedback, and coordinating with the Department of Commerce.
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Special Operations Forces: Additional Oversight Could Help Mitigate High-Risk Training Accidents

GAO-25-106321
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4 Open Recommendations
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, performs analyses of negative safety trends when designating SOF high-risk training areas in future updates to its training directive. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command establishes milestones for the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command to complete updates to its high-risk training policy that include SOCOM's high-risk training oversight requirements. (Recommendation 6)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure that the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command establishes milestones for the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command to complete updates to its high-risk training policy that include SOCOM's high-risk training oversight requirements. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Defense The Secretary of Defense should ensure the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, reevaluates the training assessment program to determine the number of assessments, observations, and inspections of SOF service component commands and the related resources that are needed to achieve the goals of the program. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
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