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DOD Cased Telescoped Ammunition and Gun Technology Program.

ADA370886

Publication Date	1996
Personal Author	Huston, M. G.; Stavenjord, K. H.; Sankhila, C.; Garcia, R.
Page Count	23
Abstract	We are providing this report for information and use. We evaluated the long- term DoD efforts to develop cased telescoped ammunition and gun technology. Our evaluation was in response to a Defense Hotline complaint, alleging that DoD has been wasting money on cased telescoped ammunition and gun technology for 41 years. Our evaluation did not substantiate the allegation that fluids were wasted, in the sense of program mismanagement. The goal of cased telescoped ammunition and gun programs has been to increase weapon system lethality and the technology long held reasonable promise. However, the DoD expenditure of $213 million over 41 years has not resulted in a viable weapon system because several major problems have not been resolved. Despite the ultimate disappointing failure to move the technology to the battlefield, we did not identify any information to suggest that the pursuit of weapon system lethality using cased telescoped ammunition technology was not a worthwhile research and development endeavor for the DoD.
Keywords	Experimental design Auditing Ammunition cases Weapon systems Life cycle costs Lethality Guns Telescopes Aq i00-02-0557 Y2k compliant Year 2000 compliant
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
Corporate Authors	Department of Defense, Washington, DC. Office of the Inspector General.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Audit rept.
NTIS Issue Number	200007

DOD Cased Telescoped Ammunition and Gun Technology Program.

DOD Cased Telescoped Ammunition and Gun Technology Program.
ADA370886

Publication Date	1996
Personal Author	Huston, M. G.; Stavenjord, K. H.; Sankhila, C.; Garcia, R.
Page Count	23
Abstract	We are providing this report for information and use. We evaluated the long- term DoD efforts to develop cased telescoped ammunition and gun technology. Our evaluation was in response to a Defense Hotline complaint, alleging that DoD has been wasting money on cased telescoped ammunition and gun technology for 41 years. Our evaluation did not substantiate the allegation that fluids were wasted, in the sense of program mismanagement. The goal of cased telescoped ammunition and gun programs has been to increase weapon system lethality and the technology long held reasonable promise. However, the DoD expenditure of $213 million over 41 years has not resulted in a viable weapon system because several major problems have not been resolved. Despite the ultimate disappointing failure to move the technology to the battlefield, we did not identify any information to suggest that the pursuit of weapon system lethality using cased telescoped ammunition technology was not a worthwhile research and development endeavor for the DoD.
Keywords	Experimental design Auditing Ammunition cases Weapon systems Life cycle costs Lethality Guns Telescopes Aq i00-02-0557 Y2k compliant Year 2000 compliant
Source Agency	Non Paid ADAS
Corporate Authors	Department of Defense, Washington, DC. Office of the Inspector General.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Audit rept.
NTIS Issue Number	200007