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Original publisher: Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 37050, Washington, D.C. 20013) : The Office, [1998]. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)41038296 Subject: Airlift, Military -- United States. Excerpt: ... B-274598 Additionally, there has been much discussion between the Air Force and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation ( ) regarding the DOT & E scope of Live Fire Test ( LFT ) for the C-130J program. An agreement was reached in March 1998, between the two and will be reflected in the C-130J Test and Evaluation Master Plan and appropriate live fire test plans. While there is currently a funding shortfall associated with the LFT program, the Air Force has agreed to fund about $ 5.5 million for the following tests: ( 1 ) the wing dry bay, ( 2 ) the composite propeller, ( 3 ) engine fire suppression ( combat and non-combat ), ( 4 ) the vulnerability analysis, and ( 5 ) the engine blade containment. will fund the hydrodynamic ram DOT & E testing and the mission abort assessment, which will be about $ 2.2 million. Air Force and contractor officials have been working to remedy the C-130J shortfall with such efforts as commercial supply support system, also called shared logistics. Shared logistics places high-cost, low-use support equipment at a centralized location, rather than at each base, while high usage and special mission spares are placed at each of the bases where the C-130J will be located. Air Force officials said that, according to data provided by Lockheed Martin, costs for spares would total about $ 20 million per base for a new aircraft like the C-130J if each C-130J base was provided a full complement of spare parts. Under the shared logistics concept, only $ 4 million would be required for each C-130J base compared with the previously stated $ 20 million. Savings from this concept have already been incorporated into the Air Force's budget plan. Although no location has been selected for the centralized site, several have been suggested, including op
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