Defense Acquisitions: Senior Leaders Should Emphasize Key Practices to Improve Weapon System Reliability

Abstract

DOD invests billions of dollars in its weapons systems and expects them to be reliable. We spoke with commercial companies known for creating reliable products to find out how they achieve reliability, and found that they often focus on four key practicessuch as involving reliability experts early in development. We looked at 7 DOD programs and found that they didnt consistently follow these practices. Instead, they often prioritized producing systems faster.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1156634

Entities

People

  • Andrew N. Powell
  • Brendan K. Orino
  • Christine Peccora
  • Julie A Clark
  • Laura Greifner
  • Leanna Parkey
  • Lori Fields
  • Michael J. Sullivan
  • Michele Mackin
  • Nathan Tranquilli
  • Timothy Saunders

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Systems Engineering
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management