To list a few of the problems connected to low availability for the Puma:
- Lack of purchasement of spare parts (with initial spare part kits for some units only bought this(!) year)
- Same thing applies to the special tools needed to maintain the vehicle
- Faulty software, leading to the crew having to reboot the entire system.
- Different versions of certain parts and software being used for production vehicles
- Not enough trained maintenance personel who have been retrained to work on the Puma
The main issue of the entire program, which basically is the root for all these re-occuring problelms, is that the political side really pressed down on the price, resulting in a lower amount of vehicles, which raised prices even more.
This led to a huge cut in procurement and organisation on the logistics end to save costs in order to buy enough vehicles.
As we can all see this has backfired really badly.