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Quality Assurance: Concerns about Four Navy Missile Systems: Nsiad-88-104

Quality Assurance: Concerns about Four Navy Missile Systems: Nsiad-88-104

U. S. Government Accountability Office (.

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General Political Science

Publisher Price: $19.75

ISBN10: 1287198708
ISBN13: 9781287198703
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: May 16 2013
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.24 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
In response to a congressional request, GAO reviewed quality assurance problems on four missile systems, the Phoenix, the Harpoon, the Sparrow, and the High-Speed Anti-Radiation (HARM) missiles, to determine the causes and potential effects of the problems.
GAO found that: (1) all the missiles it examined had defects, since they did not completely conform to contract specifications; (2) some defects occurred because of the prime contractor's inadequate manufacturing processes, but subcontractors' poor manufacturing and inadequate quality oversight caused more significant problems; and (3) contractors believed that many of the reported manufacturing defects in soldering were due to the Navy's stringent soldering specifications. GAO believes that the Navy should have: (1) tighter controls over subcontractor production; (2) better reporting of changes in manufacturing processes; and (3) its prime contractors inspect and test subcontractor-manufactured items.

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