Defense Acquisition: Acquisition Plans for Training Aircraft Should be Reevaluated.

Abstract

The Air Force and the Navy plan to spend $4 billion on a new aircraft, referred to as the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (JPATS), to train entry level pilots how to fly. We reviewed (1) the services' calculations of the quantity of JPATS aircraft needed to meet training requirements, (2) the impact of the Department of Defense's (DOD) procurement schedule on the aircraft's unit price, and (3) service efforts to design the JPATS cockpit to accommodate female pilots.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 1997
Accession Number
ADA329309

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ejection Seats
  • Flight Training
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Training Aircraft
  • Training Devices
  • Training Management

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Software Engineering