Depot Maintenance: Opportunities to Privatize Repair of Military Engines

Abstract

In recent years, the Defense authorization and appropriations committees have had continuing interest in the Department of Defenses (DOD)management and operations of its $15 billion depot maintenance program. One area of particular interest has been the allocation of depot maintenance workload between the public and private sectors, including various privatization initiatives. As a part of our continuing work on these issues, GAO looked at the potential for privatizing depot repair of additional military engines with commercial counterparts. More specifically, GAO addressed the following: (1) the rationale supporting the continued need for DOD to maintain the capability to repair engines at its own depots,(2) whether there are opportunities to privatize additional engine workloads, and (3) the impact excess capacity within DODs depot system has on the cost-effectiveness of decisions to privatize additional workloads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
AD1171991

Entities

People

  • David R. Warren

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Airframes
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Congress
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engine Components
  • Engines
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Requirements
  • National Security
  • Repair Shops
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Turbines

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis