Audit Report. Unit Pricing by the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition

Abstract

Each year the U.S. Government buys large amounts of conventional ammunition. In FY 1990, customers placed orders valued at $2.8 billion. Typical examples of conventional ammunition are bombs dropped from airplanes and cartridges fired in mortars, howitzers, rifles or pistols. Since many of the manufacturing processes and components are the same for conventional ammunition used by all Military Departments, DoD established the Conventional Ammunition Working Capital Fund effective October 1, 1981, to facilitate and standardize procurement. DoD created a Charter for the Conventional Ammunition Working Capital Fund and designated the U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois, as the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition. On June 1 of each year, the single manager is responsible for establishing standard prices for Military Departments to purchase conventional ammunition for the following fiscal year.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 19, 1992
Accession Number
ADA270563

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Howitzers
  • Marine Corps
  • Materials
  • Money
  • Mortar Ammunition
  • Munitions
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Procurement
  • Production Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering