Analysis of T&E Spending and the Cost Impact of Recommendations for Streamlining the T&E Process

CNA was part of a large Navy wide effort to examine ways to streamline T&E in order to save money. CNA's analysis showed that current Navy accounting systems are inadequate to accurately track T&E costs. This is exacerbated by the fact that T&E is funded by various funding lines. For example, one ship program was found to have funded T&E from several T&E program elements and at least one procurement program element. A better accounting system would yield better cost visibility that should yield savings. In addition, CNA found that the Navy could save money on T&E by adopting more modeling and simulation capabilities. This is especially true for ship shock trials whose costs range from $25 to $30 million per test. CNA also found that more integrated testing and better system engineering efforts could also lead to cost savings.