Weapons Acquisition. Better Use of Limited DOD Acquisition Funding Would Reduce Costs.

Abstract

In response to congressional concerns about the way that the Department of Defense (DOD) buys weapons, GAO reviewed (1) DOD'S practice of reducing the annual production of weapons below planned optimum rates during full-rate production, (2) the reasons for this practice, and (3) the effect of this practice on the costs and avallability of weapons. In addition, we looked into the benefits of changing DOD'S current practice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 1997
Accession Number
ADA321347

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Guided Missiles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training Aircraft
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management