Top Weapons Buyer Disputes P-8 Testing Woes

[unhappycamper]

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/01/28/dods-top-weapons-buyer-disputes-p-8-audit/



Top Weapons Buyer Disputes P-8 Testing Woes
By Brendan McGarry Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 2:37 pm
Posted in Naval, Policy

Gilmore, the Pentagon’s director of operational testing and evaluation, in a report expected to be released Wednesday, “found the aircraft is not effective for the mission of hunting submarines or performing reconnaissance over large areas due to a number of major deficiencies,’” Speier said. “So tell me why the department decided to go into full-rate production anyway,” she said, referring to the Pentagon’s Jan. 3 authorization to increase production of the aircraft.



unhappycamper comment: Let's do some math:

$35 billion dollars / 122 aircraft = $348,780,000 per aircraft

The undersecretary of defense for acquisition said this is a “relatively successful program". At $350 million dollars each, I'd expect the fucking thing to work as advertised.

[lapfog_1]

1. why didn't they just update the electronic on the P-3 Orions? -n/t

[bemildred]

2. Not expensive enough. nt

[Angleae]

3. The P-3 airframes are worn out.

Aircraft do not age gracefully.