Report: Acquisition Shop Working On Reducing Munitions Life-Cycle Costs

摘要

The Pentagon is implementing several initiatives to reduce munitions life-cycle costs, unexploded ordnance and constituent contamination, according to a report obtained by Inside the Pentagon. The report, delivered to congressional defense committees in March, was required by the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, which called on the defense secretary to: develop methods accounting for "the full life-cycle costs of munitions, including the effects of failure rates on the cost of disposal"; "undertake a review of live-fire practices for the purpose of reducing unexploded ordnance and munitions-constituent contamination without impeding military readiness" and include recommendations for reducing life-cycle costs of munitions, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and munitions-constituent contamination.