The first annual Defense Department acquisition report shows there is no statistical correlation between rise in cost of schedule or cost growth and the cost-plus or fixed-price contract types.
Between 1970 and 2011, fixed-price contracts did not exhibit a significantly different cost growth than cost-reimbursable contracts, the June 28 report says.
During the same period, data shows that there is no significant difference in between cost-reimbursable and fixed-price contracts with respect to schedule growth on development contracts, the report says.
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