Solid Rocker Motors: DOD and Industry Are Addressing Challenges to Minimize Supply Concerns

Abstract

DOD relies on a multi-tiered supply chain to provide SRMs, the propulsion systems behind the various missile systems that provide defense capabilities to meet U.S. national security objectives. The SRM industrial base includes manufacturers that turn to an extensive network of suppliers that provide the raw materials, components, and subsystems needed to build SRMs. DOD is responsible for developing a strategy for the national industrial base that ensures that defense contractors and their suppliers are capable of providing the goods and services needed to achieve national security objectives.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 26, 2017
Accession Number
AD1157765

Entities

People

  • Marie A. Mak

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Production
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Security
  • Supply Chain
  • United States
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Rocket Propulsion.