FORMULATING ANALYTICAL AND TECHNICAL ESTIMATES.

Abstract

Research into the rate of expenditure patterns of contracts for missile weapon systems items indicates that the great majority of such effort can be accurately described by curves of the general form of the logistic curve. Three master production curves presented in FATE describe the expenditure patterns for items of missile (airborne) hardware, solid propellant motor loading, and ground support equipment. Through the three master production curves, FATE provides a means of forecasting cost to the end of the contract (provided a firm delivery schedule is known), forecasting increases in cost due to schedule stretch-out or schedule telescoping, and forecasting a total program cost for an item of hardware. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0809013

Entities

People

  • James L. Gossett
  • Robert A. Harris

Organizations

  • United States Army Aviation and Missile Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne
  • Contracts
  • Delphi Method
  • Ground Support
  • Ground Support Equipment
  • Production
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Test Equipment
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space