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B-176984 1 (1973-02-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaemu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the en, 1 Accounting Office except on the basis of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relations, a record of which ; k kept by the T-tAribution Section, Publications Branc. MA COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ~'N~fl9 WASHINGTON. D.C.204 RELEASED B-176984 FEB 8 1973 (,A Dear Mr. Aspin: Pursuant to your request of September 1, 1972, we have analyzed the c~rrent Cot~estima~e for the UTTA,$ helicopter program as shown in the June 30, 1972, Se lec~edAcquisition We are reviewing the UTTAS helicopter for the Congress, as part of our annual re&.oj__,j,ej igr system acqui- sitions. We will cover the cost and other signifiant aspects oft' program in our UTTAS staff study which we expect to issue early this year. Your questions and our findings are presented below. 1. Why has the cost estimate as reported in the June 30 SAR increased by more than $300 million compared to the information reported in your March staff study? The current estimate for UTTAS program acquisition cosi as shown in the June 30, 1972, SAR, was $2.344 billion. This represents a $312.2 million increase over the original plan- ning estimate of $2.032 billion, which appeared in the Devel- opment Concept Paper (DCP) and was reported in our March 1972 staff study. The net increase of $312.2 million resulted from the fol- lowing changes made to the original planning estimate to ar- rive at the revised planning estimate and the current estimate which appear in the SAR of June 30, 1972. ~Jly ,<