Less Costly Ways to Budget and Provision Spares for New Weapon Systems Should be Used

Abstract

This report discusses the Department of Defense's budgeting and provisioning procedures for spare parts for new weapon systems. It recommends a number of changes in the procedures to make them more cost effective and to provide better visibility for the Congress. The report also recommends a different procurement practice for spare parts which could significantly reduce the overall cost of each weapon system fielded.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 09, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104175

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • End Items
  • Engineering
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Money
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Spare Parts
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.