Quality Control: Hearing Before the Task Force on Selected Defense Procurement Matters of the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, October 18, 1984 |
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acquisition AFCMD AFPRO AFSC Product AFSC/PM Air Force quality ance assurance disciplines assurance functions audits BUNYARD commercial Commodore FINNERAN CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contract administration contractor contractor's quality corrective action cost DAN QUAYLE DCAS defects Defense deficiencies efforts emphasis engineering evaluate failure firms going Government hardware HQ AFSC Hughes Aircraft Hughes Aircraft Co Hughes Aircraft Company Hughes Helicopters Hughes Tucson implement improved in-plant industry inspection intern program LIBRARY OF CONGRESS mandatory Maverick ment months NAVPRO Navy nonconforming operations performance Phoenix plant representative offices printed wiring board procedures Product Divisions product quality program manager program offices progress payments quality assurance personnel quality assurance program Quality Horizons quality products requirements responsibility result SAMSO schedule Senator LEVIN Senator QUAYLE SHULL specific surveillance Systems Command teardown technical techniques tion top management TOW missiles training program U.S. Army vendor warranty WEISS workmanship problems
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Page 58 - In the ordinary course of business, (v) has so failed to make progress that the unliquidated progress payments exceed the fair value of the work accomplished on the undelivered portion of this contract...
Page 13 - On this basis, an accrued expenditure limitation has been proposed for our operating expenses and acquisition, construction and improvements appropriations. In conclusion, let me say that my staff and I will be pleased to answer questions you may have on any of the foregoing. I thank yon. EFFECT...
Page 45 - If you could submit that for the record I would appreciate it.
Page 6 - We see things that are just as badly done all over the country, from contaminated parts to unsoldered wires to terminals with no wires on them.
Page 57 - Paragraph (c) of that clause allows the contracting officer to suspend progress payments whenever he finds upon substantial evidence that any of the circumstances there described exist.
Page 40 - We should have surfaced it to top management and taken more positive, pecuniary kinds of actions.
Page 36 - I have other questions, but at this time, I will yield to Senator Levin.
Page 56 - Through the MITRE Corporation in Boston and the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles we acquire technical expertise to augment that available from within our force.
Page 35 - I heard something earlier about an extension of warranties, or something like that. I don't think that is a very viable option.