A Case Study of the Light Armored Vehicle-25: Integrated Logistics Support of a Non-Developmental Item

Abstract

In today's era of budgetary constraints, the military Services are being pressured to procure non-developmental or 'off-the-shelf' equipment for use. This thesis is a case study of a non-developmental system, the Marine Corps' Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25). The decision to quickly acquire this non-developmental system was motivated by the urgent need for the Marine Corps to have a vehicle of this type to support their mission as a rapid deployment force. Combining a non-developmental system and an accelerated acquisition strategy produced a near-term focus that lacked sufficient consideration for long-term logistics support. This thesis identifies the inability to competitively reprocure spares and repair parts and the lack of a post production support plan as the two most serious problems in the fielding of the LAV-25. The lessons learned are that competitive spares reprocurement and post production support must be comprehensively planned for prior to award of a non-developmental production contract. (sdw)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA225179

Entities

People

  • Francis A. Quindlen Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Army Procurement
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Deployment
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Science
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.