Options for Managing the Army's Arsenals and Ammunition Plants
- ISBN-10
- 0833030620
- ISBN-13
- 9780833030627
- Pages
- 181
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- RAND
- Author
- William Michael Hix
Description
The U.S. Army retains organic facilities to provide a significant part of its ordnance materiel and ammunition. What should the future hold for these 16 facilities--five of them government-owned, government-operated, the rest government-owned contractor-operated? This briefing looked at four options (in addition to maintaining the status quo): privatization, creating a Federal Government Corporation, consolidation, and recapitalization. After looking at the pros and cons of each, the authors concluded that all four were feasible and that a mixed strategy probably offered the best possibility for achieving the Army's aims.
