Defense Logistics: Opportunities to Improve the Army's and the Navy's Decision-Making Process for Weapons Systems Support

Abstract

Since the end of the Cold War, the Department of Defense (DOD) has dramatically reduced its forces and associated logistics support. The armed services have also significantly reduced their procurement of new weapons systems and are keeping their existing systems longer than originally anticipated. DOD has estimated that it is spending about $59 billion a year on logistics support to operate and sustain weapons systems, but the Department has estimated that these costs could be reduced as much as 20 percent by adopting improved logistics support practices. In fiscal year 1998, the Department directed the armed services to pursue logistics support "reengineering" efforts to achieve significant savings and to improve efficiencies. To this end, the services have begun implementing logistics support strategies that rely on the private sector to provide most of the support that was traditionally provided by the government. This approach is generally referred to as "contractor logistics support".

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA399324

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Agreements
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

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  • Defense Acquisition Program Management