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NSIAD-84-103 1 (1984-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnjh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION 1 9 AP R 04 B-214958 The Honorable Lawrence J. Korb Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower, Installations and Logistics) 124182 Dear Mr. Korb: Subject: Control of Aircraft Parts at Maintenance Depots (GAO/NSIAD-84-103) In recent fiscal years, the Department of Defense has been spending nearly $4 billion annually on depot level maintenance to keep its aircraft operationally ready. Aircraft entering Army, Navy, and Air Force maintenance depots go through a proc- ess of inspection, disassembly, repair, modification, reassembly, and testing. During this process, the depots need to control the thousands of diverse parts that are stored, routed to repair shops, and ultimately returned to the aircraft for reassembly. In 1975 and 1979, GAO reportedI/on opportunities to increase aircraft depot maintenance efficiency. For example, concurrent rework of aircraft and their components was occurring when the items needed to reassemble the aircraft were available from supply. Thus the cost advantages of batch processing versus repair of components one at a time were lost. In addition, the depots' management information systems required increased Army system discipline and integrity in inputting data. As part of our continuing evaluation of aircraft depot operations, we reviewed selected aspects of the depots' control over parts as an aircraft goes through disassembly and reassembly. We did not evaluate whether there were enough parts in the services' supply systems or the supply systems' ability to sup- port depot maintenance operations. We did focus on how well depot maintenance personnel used existing parts and whether new i/Navy Aircraft Overhaul Depots Could Be More Productive (LCD-75- 432, Dec. 23, 1975). If Army Helicopter Maintenance Is To Be Ready for Wartime, It Must Be Made Efficient and Effective in Peacetime (LCD-79-407, May 10, 1979).

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