Rethinking Governance of the Army's Arsenals and Ammunition Plants

Abstract

The Department of the Army meets its materiel requirements principally through purchase from private sources. However, the Army produces certain ordnance-related items and performs some ordnance-related services in a set of arsenals, ammunition plants, other ammunition activities, and depots. The Army operates some of these facilities; contractors operate others. Although this set of facilities has been reduced since the end of the Cold War, the remaining facilities still operate at less than their full capacity today. The unused and underused capacity raises questions about how many of these facilities the Army needs, how large they need to be, and who should own and operate them. This report represents the third phase of a multiyear study that examines the Army's ordnance industrial base and makes recommendations about these issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA416799

Entities

People

  • Bruce Held
  • Ellen M. Pint
  • John R. Bondanella
  • Michael V. Hynes
  • W. M. Hix

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Munitions Testing
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Plastic Explosives

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.