Cost Effectiveness Program Plan for Joint Tactical Communications, Volume III. Life Cycle Costing.

Abstract

The purpose of Volume III is to provide the necessary guidelines and methodology for the preparation of Life Cycle Costs that are used in cost effectiveness analysis of tactical communication programs and in the optimization of communication system/equipment design. The Life Cycle Costing Volume contains the following information: The Basic structure of the LCC model; definitions of all the cost elements involved in the acquisition and ownership of communication equipment; general and specific TRI-TAC recommendations concerning certain ground rules and assumptions to be used in LCC analysis of TRI-TAC related programs; equations with appropriate cost factors to calculate operating and support costs; formats for the presentation of the cost data. In addition, general guidelines and information are presented on the treatment of learning curves, discounting and inflation in LCC analysis. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787533

Entities

People

  • Thomas J. Bellanca

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Equipment
  • Communication Systems
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Radio Equipment
  • Tactical Communications

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Tactical Satellite Communications Systems Engineering.