Managing O and S Costs: A Framework to Consider

Abstract

For most weapon system program management offices (PMOs), dealing with cost, schedule, and technical trade-offs is a way of life. Although research, development, test and evaluation, and procurement costs tend to garner the attention, 60 to 70 percent of a weapon systems life cycle costs are associated with day-to-day operations and support (O and S) costs.Therefore, in todays austere budget environment, it should also come as no surprise that a weapon systems day-to-day O and S costs are a major focus area for DoD acquisition program managers as one way to achieve cost efficiency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1016050

Entities

People

  • C. J. Jaynes
  • Daniel Cikovic
  • Duane Mallicoat
  • James Francisco
  • Tim Simpson
  • Worth Mizell

Organizations

  • Naval Air Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Engineering
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Program Management
  • Reliability
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis