Product Support for the 21st Century

Abstract

This report on Product Support for the 21st Century charts some of the important next steps of continued acquisition and logistics reform. It identifies how the Departnient of Defense (DoD) will capitalize and expand on best practices-commercial and government-to transform weapon system support processes to meet the urgent operational needs of our warfighters. It emphasizes competition as a continuous life-cycle ingredient to provide best-value support and mandates continuous technology refreshment as an effective method to lower weapon system total ownership costs while at the same time satisfying the wartighters' operational and readiness requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA395879

Entities

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artillery
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programs
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Central Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management