United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-09-22 monographic deposited born digital 50 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-830 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830 P0b002ee1803a05e9 f:d06830 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830 GAO-06-830 Cost analysis Defense procurement Department of Defense contractors Federal funds Financial analysis Flight training Funds management Military training Policy evaluation Schedule slippages Service contracts Training utilization Airborne Warning and Control System AWACS Eagle Aircraft F-15C Aircraft F-15E Aircraft F-16 Aircraft Fighting Falcon Aircraft Strike Eagle Aircraft Other Written Product A61306

The Air Force has turned to service contracts for the F-15C, F-16, Airborne Warning and Control System, and F-15E, and the Army has done the same for helicopter simulator training at its Flight School XXI. The contractors own, operate, and maintain the simulator hardware and software. The military services rely on industry to capitalize the required up-front investment, with the understanding that the contractors will amortize this investment by selling training services by the hour. GAO was asked to address (1) the factors that led the Air Force and Army to acquire simulator training as a service and whether the decision to use this approach was adequately supported; (2) whether implementation of the approach has resulted in the planned number of simulator training sites being activated; and (3) whether the Air Force and Army are effectively tracking the return on their expenditure of taxpayer dollars. GAO makes recommendations to the Secretary of Defense intended to improve management and oversight of these service contracts to help ensure that the best approach is used to provide the war-fighter with needed training. In written comments on a draft of this report, DOD concurred with all but one of the recommendations, only partially concurring with one pertaining to the Army's simulator utilization rates. GAO continues to believe that the Army needs to track the extent to which it is using simulator availability. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830.pdf GAO-06-830 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-830 Other Written Product GAO-06-830; Contract Management: Service Contract Approach to Aircraft Simulator Training Has Room for Improvement; Cost analysis Defense procurement Department of Defense contractors Federal funds Financial analysis Flight training Funds management Military training Policy evaluation Schedule slippages Service contracts Training utilization Airborne Warning and Control System AWACS Eagle Aircraft F-15C Aircraft F-15E Aircraft F-16 Aircraft Fighting Falcon Aircraft Strike Eagle Aircraft Title 10 Section 2306a Title 10 Section 2330 10 U.S.C. 2306a 10 U.S.C. 2330 Title 41 Section 422 41 U.S.C. 422 Public Law 103-355 Public Law 104-106 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 107-107 Public Law 108-136 Public Law 108-375