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adequate time for QA. And you have to have a contract
that gets the incentives right.”
He continued: “We did an analysis. Your compressed
schedule forces Hollenbeck-Eskina to cut corners, re-
sulting in prototypes that fail. Substituting computer
simulations for rigorous ground testing is a recipe for
disaster. There isn’t an electronic data management sys-
tem that would allow the contractors and the CAA to ac-
cess current test data for analysis. The prototypes aren’t
equipped with the instruments that would provide ad-
equate test data. And the contractors have no incentive
to push back: The cost-plus contract puts all the risk on
the CAA. The agency and the contractors have different
goals and objectives.”
Van Sant couldn’t disagree ...