Weapon System Sustainment: Aircraft Mission Capable Rates Generally Did Not Meet Goals and Cost of Sustaining Selected Weapon Systems Varied Widely

Abstract

GAO examined 46 types of aircraft and found that only three met their annual mission capable goals in a majority of the years for fiscal years 2011 through 2019 and 24 did not meet their annual mission capable goals in any fiscal year as shown below. The mission capable rate - the percentage of total time when the aircraft can fly and perform at least one mission - is used to assess the health and readiness of an aircraft fleet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1149533

Entities

People

  • Diana Maurer

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Science
  • Navy
  • Production
  • Radar
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management