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6 oI October, 2011 // Press release
Military aviation organizations overpay up to 300 of actual price value for spare parts
Although military and defence expenses are steadily decreasing, the spending on military
aircraft technical maintenance keeps constantly surging. Locatory.com experts have observed
that military aviation organizations on average overpay up to 300 for aircraft spare parts.
3 2008 the amou3t spe3t o3 military aviatio3 tech3ical support topped USD 58 billio3 whilst i3
2018 it is expected to climb over USD 67 billio3 Military aviatio3 tech3ologies are relatively
slowly updated thereIore gover3me3ts all over the world co3ti3ue to i3vest i3 obsolesce3t military
aircraIt Ileets This 3aturally implies growi3g mai3te3a3ce, support a3d spare parts` rotatio3 costs
Locatorycom experts have 3oticed that i3 the situatio3 whe3 there is a3 optio3 to pay USD 5
millio3 Ior moder3izi3g a3 old pla3e as opposed to spe3di3g USD 400 millio3 o3 a bra3d 3ew o3e
most orga3izatio3s choose to do the Iormer without much hesitatio3 However, whatever the
decisio3 a military orga3izatio3 arrives at, the te3de3cy to overpay Ior spare parts is still domi3a3t
There are several Iactors to take i3to accou3t use oI outdated agreeme3ts, lack oI proper market
a3alysis i3 spare parts platIorms` sector, orie3tatio3 towards large dealerships as opposed to direct
providers, etc
Accordi3g to Locatorycom, as most cou3tries aim at decreasi3g budget deIicie3cies they must
establish stro3ger strategic part3erships with the private aviatio3 sector Use oI seco3dary aviatio3
spare parts` sales platIorms a3d a deeper i3sight i3to prices oI a 3umber oI competitors would
sig3iIica3tly cut tech3ical mai3te3a3ce expe3ses

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