The Cost of Conforming to Standard Military Specifications.

Abstract

The study was undertaken to determine the cost of conforming to standard military specifications in an electronic computer system. The prices of four configurations of a minicomputer system conforming to standard military specifications (MIL-E-16400 and MIL-E-5400) were compared with those of four configurations of an equivalent minicomputer system designed for commercial use. The price differences thus derived were assumed to be the cost of conforming to standard military specifications. These differences represented 42 to 49 percent of the price of the military system considered, depending upon the configuration. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0772790

Entities

People

  • Paul Douglas Mallett

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Midrange Computers
  • Specifications
  • Standards

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Petroleum Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems