GAO says DOD buys too much in LRIP; $10 billion wasted in FY '96

The Defense Dept. is buying too many of its weapons in low-rate production, often in excess of what is needed to perform operational testing and establish the production base, the General Accounting Office has concluded. GAO said that if these weapons were produced at their originally planned rates...

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