Industrial Assessment for the Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE),
Abstract
The Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is the Department of Defense's (DoD's) "go to war" ration designed to provide individual meals to troops in austere environments. The actual MRE ration has virtually no commercial market counterpart, since commercial products do not meet the stringent military nutrient, shelf life, and packing requirements. About half of the components in an MRE, however, do consist of commercially developed food components. DoD must therefore retain sufficient industrial capability to meet its requirements. We are employing innovative acquisition and business practices to help lower the cost of MREs. These innovative practices will maintain effective competition, encourage MRE supplier diversification into commercial markets, and fund new technologies to improve production efficiency and response times. As a result, MRE industry production capabilities are, and are expected to remain for the foreseeable future, sufficient to meet both projected peacetime and mobilization requirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA304809
Entities
People
- Chester Kowalczyk
- John Goodman
- Martin Meth
Organizations
- United States Department of Defense