Warranties In Weapon System Procurement
Author : Robert E. Kuenne
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 1988-05-15
Category : Political Science
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Weapons acquisition
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Warranty
ISBN :
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Weapon System Warranties
Author : Timothy C. Ceteras
Publisher :
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 23,1 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Defense contracts
ISBN :
Book Description
Warranties are required by law to be obtained on all weapon systems purchased by the Department of Defense. As a result, the three services within the DoD must face a variety of issues associated with weapon system warranties. This thesis examines the issues associated with the acquisition, enforcement, and subsequent evaluation of warranties. It then examines how each of the three services treat these issues in their supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation and in their primary warranty regulation. Prior to examining the foregoing issues, the thesis begins by first reviewing the background of warranties and discussing some theoretical considerations. The issues themselves are then presented followed by their treatment by the DoD. After the examination of the issues and their treatment by the DoD, recommendations are made for suggested improvements to the services' regulations. This thesis is useful in that it identifies several areas that should be addressed by the military departments in their warranty guidance. It also advances recommendations for improvements to the regulations. Theses. (FR).
Warranties on Weapons Systems
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 34,42 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Defense contracts
ISBN :
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Weapon System Warranties
Author : Timothy C. Ceteras (CAPT, USAF.)
Publisher :
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 47,63 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Warranty
ISBN :
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Weapons Acquisition: Warranty Law Should Be Repealed
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 40,2 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
As part of the 1985 Department of Defense (DOD) Authorization Act Congress enacted legislation requiring DOD to obtain cost-effective warranties on weapon systems. The warranties were expected to improve weapon system reliability by providing a mechanism to hold contractors liable for poor performance. Past reviews by GAO' and others concluded that DOD was not properly managing its warranty program. This report assesses whether the warranties being obtained for weapon systems provide the expected benefits to the government and whether warranties, as required by 10 U.S.C. 2403, are compatible with weapon system acquisitions. As part of the 1985 Department of Defense (DOD) Authorization Act Congress enacted legislation requiring DOD to obtain cost-effective warranties on weapon systems. The warranties were expected to improve weapon system reliability by providing a mechanism to hold contractors liable for poor performance. Past reviews by GAO' and others concluded that DOD was not properly managing its warranty program. This report assesses whether the warranties being obtained for weapon systems provide the expected benefits to the government and whether warranties, as required by 10 U.S.C. 2403, are compatible with weapon system acquisitions.
Weapon System Warranties
Author : Juan G. Mendez
Publisher :
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 10,2 MB
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN :
Book Description
This thesis describes weapon system warranties and examines the corporate Air Force approach to integrating warranties into the acquisition process. The paper is broadly focused on warranties within the framework of four issues. The issues are: (1) Congressional intent; (2) the warranty as part of the acquisition process; (3) the warranty's relationship to reliability and maintainability; and (4) administration of warranties. The end of the Reagan era brings with it a period of fiscal constraint, which is getting the attention of everyone in the Air Force who manages a budget funded with federal dollars. The federal budget's deficit growth has resulted in budget cuts that are being felt in every area, especially the world of weapon system acquisition. This is driving the Air Force acquisition and logistics communities to seek more combat effectiveness for the weapon system dollar. (SDW).
Case Study of the Application of the Weapon System Warranty on the C-130 Program
Author : Jiley E. McNease
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 21,27 MB
Release : 1986
Category :
ISBN :
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This study examined what government imposed changes and/or modifications to the C-130 during the past five year period would have voided a weapon system warranty, had one been in effect (in accordance with current public laws) from the contractor's viewpoint. Specifically, it analyzed: (1) what criteria should be used to determine if a proposed change and/or modification has the potential to void the system level warranty, (2) whether performance guarantees would have been workable for the C-130, or would hostile and other actions have voided such a warranty, and (3) how the present weapon system warranty clauses should be designed to preclude contractor avoidance and still protect the government's interest. Literature review addressed the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which covered warranties in general terms prior to the requirement of a weapon system warranty; the Weapon Systems warranty Act (Public Law 98-212); and the Weapon Systems Warranty Act modifications (Public Law 98-525).
Risk Management Associated with Weapon System Warranties and Component Breakout
Author : Raymond B. Zaun (CAPT, USAF.)
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 24,11 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Warranty
ISBN :
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Warranties in Weapon System Procurement: An Analysis of Practice and Theory
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,9 MB
Release : 1987
Category :
ISBN :
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Congressional legislation requires that all major weapon systems contracts signed after January 1, 1985, contain three types of written warranties: design-manufacture, materials-workmanship, and essential performance requirements. This study reviews the specifics of the law, its legislative history, and Congressional intent revealed in relevant hearings. Through analysis of recent weapon system contracts from all the Services, supplemented by field interviews with contracting personnel, the study ascertains the changes in contractual warranty provisions effected by the mandate. Research is then directed more deeply into the functions of weapon systems warranties and their economic appropriateness in a Department of Defense context.
