Business Credit Business Travel Franchising Personal Finance Sales & Selling Technology Women in Business Careers E-Commerce & Internet Finance & Accounting Labor & Employment Management Marketing & Advertising Operations Starting a Business > See All

by Title A-H by Title I-P by Title Q-Z > See All

Business Intelligence Small Business Blog Business Planning E-Commerce & Internet Finance & Accounting Home-Based Business Human Resources & Employment Management & Leadership Marketing & Advertising Operations Sales Technology Women in Business > See All

Hiring & Firing Intellectual Property Internet & Technology Legal Mergers & Acquisitions Money & Fundraising Real Estate/Landlord-Tenant Sales & Marketing Starting a Business Business Guides Forms Kits > See All

Construction Medical Practices Restaurants Retail Trade Manufacturing Real Estate Wholesale Trade > See All

Accounting Advertising & Marketing Computers & Software Financial Services Human Resources Internet & Online Management Small Business > See All

Business Exchange Business Answers Buyer's Guides Franchise Opportunities Glossary White Papers Trials & Downloads Partner Resources Podcast Library Quote Center Video Library Web Site Tools > See All

Piloting reform

By Anonymous
Publication: Government Executive
Date: Friday, September 1 2000

HEADNOTE

The Army, Navy and Air Force are pursuing 10 pilot programs each to test concepts for streamlining logistics support for both new and existing weapons. Most pilots are designed around two general concepts-shifting more responsibility

for weapons system performance to contractors, and increasing weapons reliability by inserting new, more easily maintainable technologies into existing systems. While the pilots are in various stages of implementation, the services have defined their programs as follows:

Army

* M-1 Abrams Tank

The Army has identified four initiatives to cut operation and support costs to this legacy system: 1) Partner with industry to overhaul engine components using contractor parts and technical support with government labor and facilities; 2) Reduce fuel consumption by 30 percent and increase reliability through an engine-replacement program; 3) Implement a technical support program to replace obsolete parts, improve safety and provide post-deployment software support; and 4) streamline the process for providing spare and repaired parts to the field through direct- vendor delivery, electronic data interchange and electronic commerce. Anniston Army Depot and General Dynamics have formed a partnership to rebuild the M1A1 to extend service life, improve reliability and reduce operation and support costs.

To read all of this article, sign in or sign up for membership. It's quick, simple, and free.

In addition, make sure to read these articles:

CSC Loses Big Contract.

Computer Sciences Corp.'s hot streak turned cold as a $6.9-billion contract to build a computer intranet for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps went to ......

U.S. Government Awards ArmorWorks $5.2 Million Side Armor Contract.

Defense Supply Center Philadelphia Procures ESBI for U.S. Air Force CHANDLER, Ariz. -- ArmorWorks Enterprises, LLC, a leading provider of advanced survivability products, today announced ......

SIGNAL CORPORATION AWARDED $5 MILLION U.S. ARMY CONTRACT SIGNAL.

SIGNAL CORPORATION AWARDED $5 MILLION U.S. ARMY CONTRACT SIGNAL to Host and Maintain Joint Computer Aided Logistics Support Web Site FAIRFAX, Va., May 6, 2002 ......

Reduced ownership costs key to competitiveness.

BGE uses IT Ledger to gain control of distributed assets. For more than 180 years, the Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE) has been meeting ......

Raytheon Awarded $54 Million For Army CommunicationsPrograms.

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 1997-- Raytheon Electronic Systems has been awarded a competitive $44 million contract by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) ......

Monitoring Technology wins Air Force contract for in-flight engine monitoring;...

Technology Corporation (MTC), the technology leader in digital signal processing applied to monitoring rotating machinery, announced that it has received a US Air Force grant ......

Force Structure: Actions Needed to Improve Estimates and Oversight of Costs for...

GAO-05-926 September 29, 2005 In 2004, the Army began transforming its force into modular brigade-based units, thus expanding the number of units available for deployment ......

BAE SYSTEMS Supports Modernization of Military Cargo Tracking Applications.

MCLEAN, Va. -- A BAE Systems-led team is supporting efforts to modernize the Armed Forces' Cargo Movement Operation System (CMOS). Used to track the receipt ......

DRS Technologies receives $4.3 million contract fromthe U.S. Army for aircraft boresight...

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1997--DRS Technologies, Inc. (ASE:DRS) announced today that it has been awarded, through its DRS Photronics Inc. subsidiary in Hauppauge, N.Y., a ......

AlliedSignal Selected to Supply New 55-L-714ATurboshaft Engines for Greek Army...

FARNBOROUGH '98, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1998-- AlliedSignal Inc. (NYSE:ALD) Tuesday announced that it has been selected to supply its new production 55-L-714A turboshaft engines for ......

Force Structure: Preliminary Observations on Army Plans to Implement and Fund Modular...

GAO-05-443T March 16, 2005 Modularity is a major restructuring of the entire Army, involving the creation of brigade combat teams that will have a common ......

Aircraft Shopper Online Adds Access to JSSI Hourly Cost Maintenance Programs, Equipping...

Business & High-Tech Editors CORTE MADERA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2002 New Site Feature Aids in Purchase Decisions Aircraft Shopper Online (ASO), the leading online marketplace ......

Army downplaying concerns about overstressed force.

Seeking to slow down momentum on Capitol Hill to increase the size of the Army by at least 20,000 troops, top service officials recently offered ......

Is the Air Force Mantech program anything more than background noise?

As the budget for the Air Force lifts off the tarmac, the Air Force's Manufacturing Technology (Mantech) program has not fared nearly as well. Those ......

Subject: Armed forces
Location: United States

T T T

Digg It

del.icio.us

Related Resources

Press Releases

U.S. Government Awards ArmorWorks $5.2 Million Side Armor Contract.

Defense Supply Center Philadelphia Procures ESBI for U.S. Air Force CHANDLER, Ariz. -- ArmorWorks Enterprises, LLC, a leading provider of advanced survivability products, today announced ......

Fluor Awarded LOGCAP IV Contract by U.S. Army.

IRVING, Texas -- Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that its Government Group was awarded a Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) IV contract by the U.S....

CPI Aerostructures Announces $500,000 U.S. Air Force Contract Award.

Year-To-Date Contract Awards Total $8.4 Million EDGEWOOD, N.Y. -- CPI Aerostructures, Inc. ("CPI Aero") (AMEX: CVU) announced today that it has been awarded a $500,000 ......

Latest Posts

SBA Finally Scratches Seven-Year Itch for Women

To help women-owned businesses compete for federal contracts, Congress enacted a law ordering the Small Business Administration to come up with a plan to meet ...

An eBay Lesson from the U.S. Army -- The Most Compelling Brochure I've Seen in a While

The U.S. Army hires some of the best marketing copywriters, concept people and designers in the advertising business. They've got the budget and the initiative ...

You Can Build Awesome Business Credit - Part 1

Why is business credit so important? It's the main way companies evaluate whether they want to do business with you -- and on what terms.

Podcasts

Employee Theft: How to Investigate

AllBusiness.com's Chris Bjorklund interviews Charles Sterck, CPA, auditor, and business development specialist with Sterck, Kulik O'Neill. Sterck has expert advice on how to investigate an ...