Defense Budget: Contingency Funds in Three Aircraft Procurement Programs

NSIAD-88-17BR Published: Oct 09, 1987. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 1987.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) and the military services' policies on management reserves and other contingency funds and the amount of such funding in three aircraft programs.

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Topics

National Defense

Air Force procurementBomber aircraftDefense contingency planningFighter aircraftFuture budget projectionsMilitary budgetsMilitary engineeringMilitary inventoriesNaval procurementProcurement policy