Ballistic Testing and Product Quality Surveillance for the Interceptor Body Armor - Vest Components Need Improvement

The audit objective was to evaluate the product quality assurance for six Interceptor Body Armor IBA contracts awarded to Point Blank Body Armor, Inc. Point Blank for Outer Tactical Vests OTVs and components. Specifically, we determined whether the ballistic test results for first article tests FATs and lot acceptance tests LATs met the contract requirements. Further, we determined whether quality assurance personnel performed the product quality surveillance in accordance with the contract requirements. See Appendix A for a discussion of scope and methodology and prior coverage. Finding A discusses the ballistic test results for five of the six contracts awarded to Point Blank. Finding A does not discuss the sixth contract, W91CRB-05-F-0072, because it did not require ballistic testing. That contract was to convert the current camouflage pattern to the Universal Camouflage pattern of all OTV and components. Finding B discusses the product quality surveillance for all six contracts.