MILITARY AIRCRAFT: Services Need Strategies to Reduce Cannibalizations

Abstract

In January 2001, we reported on the major performance and accountability challenges facing the Department of Defense and identified inventory management as a high-risk area because the Department continues to maintain levels of inventory that are too high, and its management systems and procedures are ineffective. 1 We warned that if this condition persists, the Department may not have key items, including spare aircraft parts, available when needed. This would impair aircraft and other equipment readiness. To compensate for shortfalls in logistics, all the military services Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps have resorted to cannibalization. The Department defines cannibalization as removing serviceable parts from one piece of equipment and installing them in another.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397969

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Aircraft
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Aircraft
  • National Security
  • Navy Aircraft
  • Personnel Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design