Defense Budget: Potential Reductions to DOD's Fiscal Year 1988 Ammunition Budget
Abstract
We evaluated the ammunition requests by reviewing such factors as ammunition requirements, inventory levels, production problems, item quality, testing and development, funded program status, unit costs, and field malfunctions to identify those items with potential problems. We b also analyzed production schedules, production capacities, past production, procurement lead times, and component delivery to determine whether the programs could be executed efficiently acid economically. We assessed projected receipt and loss data to ensure that inventories would not greatly exceed objectives. We also determined whether a reasonable balance existed among programs for related ammunition end items (e.g., propelling charges, projectiles, and fuzes). We did not verify the accuracy of all service-provided data, such as inventory levels, training consumption, and cost estimates, but we did compare the services information with data from prior years to ascertain its overall reasonableness.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 27, 1987
- Accession Number
- AD1131514
Entities
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office