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Impossible Certainty
RAND Corporation 2006; US$ 9.95Cost analysts must predict how much money the military will spend on weapon systems, often without perfect knowledge of tomorrow's technology, economic conditions, and events. This book addresses how such estimates can be made more realistic and offers recommendations to improve communication among analysts and decisionmakers. more...
The Shipbuilding and Force Structure Analysis Tool
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95To help the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Navy with force structure decisionmaking, RAND researchers developed the Shipbuilding and Force Structure Analysis Tool, a series of four linked models that provide an environment in which the user is able to understand the implications of force structure choices on resource requirements and the... more...
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities
RAND Corporation 2007; US$ 9.95For the first time since the design of the first nuclear submarine, the U.S. Navy has no nuclear submarine design program under way, which raises the possibility that design capability could be lost. Such a loss could result in higher costs and delays when the next submarine design is undertaken, as well as risks to system performance and safety. The... more...
Advanced SEAL Delivery System
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This short study examines the follow-on production of the Advanced Seal Delivery System (ASDS) for the Deep Submergence Directorate (PMS 395) of the Naval Sea Systems Command. Its objective is to assess cost-reduction opportunities and to identify areas for improvement. more...
Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95This analysis uses data from Selected Acquisition Reports to determine the causes of cost growth in 35 mature major defense acquisition programs. Four major sources of growth are identified: (1) errors in estimation and scheduling, (2) decisions by the government, (3) financial matters, and (4) miscellaneous. The analysis shows that more than two-thirds... more...
Military Jet Engine Acquisition
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This text adds new observations to the cost-estimating database from earlier RAND studies and presents a method for forecasting the development cost, development time, and production cost of future military engine programmes. more...
Refueling and Complex Overhaul of the USS "Nimitz"
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95The midlife refueling/complex overhaul (RCOH) of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) took five years to plan and three years to execute. This report identifies changes in processes and procedures that could lead to better cost and schedule performance for the nine remaining Nimitz-class RCOHs. more...
The Royal Navy's New-generation Type 45 Destroyer
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95The Type 45 is a new-generation destroyer that will become a main component in the Royal Navy's surface fleet. This work describes an analysis of strategies for the MOD to take in acquiring the Type 45. It examines issues such as whether the MOD should have it built by one company or by two. more...
Assembling and Supporting the Joint Strike Fighter in the UK
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95This report contains an analysis conductedfor the UK Ministry of Defence regarding its plan to buy up to 150 JointStrike Fighters. The authors found significant overlap between final assembly and repair and estimated the costs of various final assembly options. more...
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