Report of the Defense Science Board 1981 Summer Study Panel on Operational Readiness with High Performance Systems

Abstract

The major conclusions of the study are: (1) High performance is not necessarily incompatible with readiness as long as DoD demands and manages acquisition and readiness to that goal; (2) While high technology should be exploited, that objective must be disciplined by a fixed requirement that all systems meet stringent reliability, maintainability, and useability standards before and after entering the force; (3) The chief cause of low operational availability is low reliability coupled with the lack of spares at the maintenance work sites. A shortage of spares is a Dod management, not a specific weapon system, shortcoming; and (4) Under current management practices, readiness aspects of systems development are sacrificed when time and funds run short.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA120223

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  • Defense Science Board

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  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Employment
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Organizations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Warfare

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  • Systems Analysis and Design