Military Airlift: DOD Plans to Participate in Multi-National Program to Exchange Air Services with European Nations.

摘要

ATARES is a European program through which member nations use a system of credits and debits to facilitate sharing of air force-related services--such as troop and cargo airlift--without monetary transactions. A member nation receives credits for services provided to another nation and accrues debits for services provided to it by another member nation. Currently, DOD is not a member of ATARES but is planning to join the program, pending approval from the Secretary of Defense and concurrence from the Secretary of State. Section 1276 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 mandates that GAO conduct a review of the ATARES program. GAO's objectives were to determine (1) the types of services exchanged through ATARES, (2) the extent to which information is available to determine whether ATRES is achieving its intended purposes, and (3) the extent to which information is available on the cost-effectiveness of ATARES.