Requirements for munitions lift trailers to support strategic bombers
Munitions lift trailers are large support vehicles used to transport and load air launched cruise missiles and other nuclear weapons onto strategic bombers. The Air Force has identified total requirements for 245 trailers for B-52 and B-1B bombers. About one-third of these trailers have been acquired. The Air Force Aeronautical Systems Command is considering remanufacturing 80 of the lift trailers it has acquired for B-52s to incorporate recent design improvements which are expected to make these trailers easier to operate and less costly to support. GAO believes Air Force requirements for new trailers may be overstated by as many as 39 trailers. This could result in the unnecessary expenditure of up to $13 million. GAO also questions the cost effectiveness of remanufacturing the 80 trailers, which would cost $20 million.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). National Security and International Affairs Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 5556695
- Report Number(s):
- GAO/NSIAD-85-83; ON: TI85901763
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Report to The Secretary of The Air Force
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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