Jan. 28, 2014
Followup Audit: Body Armor First Article Testing Standardized DoD-Wide
Our objective was to determine whether the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, coordinated with the Military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Defense agencies to develop the standardized, first article testing procedures for body armor ballistic inserts as agreed to in Recommendation B of DoD IG Report No. D-2009-047, “DoD Testing Requirements for Body Armor,” dated January 29, 2009. Additionally, we determined whether the Military Services, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Defense agencies implemented the procedures to mitigate body armor testing inconsistencies.