Case Study of the Light Armored Vehicle-25: Integrated Logistics Support of a Non-Developmental Item.

摘要

In today's era of budgetary constraints, the military Services are being pressured to procure non-developmental or 'off-the-shelf' equipment for use. This thesis is a case study of a non-developmental system, the Marine Corps' Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25). The decision to quickly acquire this non-developmental system was motivated by the urgent need for the Marine Corps to have a vehicle of this type to support their mission as a rapid deployment force. Combining a non-developmental system and an accelerated acquisition strategy produced a near-term focus that lacked sufficient consideration for long-term logistics support. This thesis identifies the inability to competitively reprocure spares and repair parts and the lack of a post production support plan as the two most serious problems in the fielding of the LAV-25. The lessons learned are that competitive spares reprocurement and post production support must be comprehensively planned for prior to award of a non-developmental production contract. Theses. (sdw)