Best Practices: Setting Requirements Differently Could Reduce Weapon Systems' Total Ownership Costs
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A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "For fiscal year 2003, the Department of Defense (DOD) asked for about $185 billion to develop, procure, operate, and maintain its weapon systems. This request represents an increase of 18 percent since 2001 for the total ownership costs of DOD weapon systems. Often, DOD systems need expensive spare parts and support systems after they are fielded to meet required readiness levels. DOD has been increasingly co…
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Date:
February 11, 2003
Creator:
United States. General Accounting Office.
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