Accession Number:

ADA120223

Title:

Report of the Defense Science Board 1981 Summer Study Panel on Operational Readiness with High Performance Systems

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1982-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

146.0

Abstract:

The major conclusions of the study are 1 High performance is not necessarily incompatible with readiness as long as DoD demands and manages acquisition and readiness to that goal 2 While high technology should be exploited, that objective must be disciplined by a fixed requirement that all systems meet stringent reliability, maintainability, and useability standards before and after entering the force 3 The chief cause of low operational availability is low reliability coupled with the lack of spares at the maintenance work sites. A shortage of spares is a Dod management, not a specific weapon system, shortcoming and 4 Under current management practices, readiness aspects of systems development are sacrificed when time and funds run short.

Descriptors:

• *LOGISTICS SUPPORT
• *LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
• *WEAPON SYSTEMS
• MAINTENANCE
• HIGH RATE
• MANAGEMENT
• OPERATIONAL READINESS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• MILITARY EQUIPMENT
• MAINTAINABILITY
• RELIABILITY
• AVAILABILITY
• MILITARY PROCUREMENT
• LOGISTICS PLANNING
• SHORTAGES
• SPARE PARTS

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE