The Obstacles to the Modernization of Common Support Equipment

Abstract

The current fleet of Common Support Equipment (CSE) is faced with a $2B funding disconnect that threatens 9 of the 12 USAF Core Functions. This research identifies the barriers to efforts to modernize CSE across the sustainment, acquisition, and maintenance communities. Using a qualitative, grounded theory methodology, the responses are explored of interviewed Support Equipment managers responsible for the sustainment and modernization of CSE. Significant barriers to current modernization efforts were exposed, resulting in expensive, duplicative, and unreliable equipment; concluding that the AF must change the way CSE is administrated, funded, and culturally understood to prevent future mission degradation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1146128

Entities

People

  • J. E. Ritschard

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Systems Analysis and Design