Need to Prevent Department of Defense from Paying Some Costs for Aircraft Engines that Contractors Should Pay

Abstract

Two aircraft engine manufacturers have charged some costs of commercial engines to their independent research and development program. GAO believes these charges are inappropriate. Some of these costs were then allocated to Department of Defense contracts. Defense should: clarify its instructions so that support of commercial products will not be allowed as independent research and development, and; obtain access to contractors' commercial records to determine if charges to independent research and development are allowable.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1977
Accession Number
AD1174376

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Keller

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerated Testing
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Engines
  • Aircrafts
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engines
  • Governments
  • High Bypass Turbofans
  • House Of Representatives
  • Law
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Applications
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Turbines
  • Turbofan Engines
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.