Options for Managing the Army’s Arsenals and Ammunition Plants

William M. Hix, David M. Oaks, Bruce Held, Edward G. Keating, Michael V. Hynes, John R. Bondanella

ResearchPublished 2003

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.

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