Operating and Support Costs of New Weapon Systems Compared With Their Predecessors: Departments of Defense, the Air Force, and the Navy
Abstract
The Department of Defense is emphasizing reliability and maintainability of new weapon systems to reduce operating and support costs. However, it is not clear to what extent reliability and maintainability can reduce operating and support costs of tactical aircraft systems because the data systems necessary for making such determinations do not exist. GAO's review of the F-14, F-15, F-16, and F-18 tactical aircraft disclosed that maintainability specifications agreed to by the military services and contractors for these weapon systems do not reflect reasonable expectations of actual results once the weapon systems are in operation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 17, 1977
- Accession Number
- AD1177087
Entities
People
- John L. Mcclellan
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office