Restructuring Needed of Department of Defense Program For Planning With Private Industry For Mobilization Production Requirements

Abstract

The Department of Defense's planning with individual contractors to produce and support the military materiel required for American defense forces in a national emergency is, in GAO's opinion, inadequate. Contractors' capacity projections to meet wartime requirements are generally unreliable, and little is done once the data is received by the services to overcome forecasted production problems. The overall adequacy of industries' capability to meet mobilization requirements is, in many instances, unknown.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 13, 1977
Accession Number
AD1173005

Entities

People

  • Elmer B. Staats

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • End Items
  • Governments
  • Industrial Mobilization
  • Industrial Preparedness
  • Logistics
  • Materials
  • Military Equipment
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Economics
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.