Design-To-Cost: An Examination of Its Use in Weapon System

Abstract

The newness of design-to-cost in DoD acquisitions prevented the authors from making a quantitative evaluation of the success of the concept. The authors recommend that the concept be reexamined when the results of several system programs using design-to-cost are known. However, since there is presently limited information concerning the concept and its application to military procurement, the study should prove beneficial to DoD managers as they are attempting to implement design-to-cost.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0769199

Entities

People

  • Ray P. Linville
  • Warren M. Rose

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • Production Engineering
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Education
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design