ImpartiaI Cost Effectiveness Studies Found Essential To Selecting New Weapons

Abstract

In the past decade the Department of Defense (DOD) has relied greatly on cost-effectiveness studies in selecting and acqu1r1ng new weapon systems costing billions of dollars DOD has used these studies to analyze the cost and effectiveness of weapons proposed to satisfy a predetermined military requirement by providing alternatives in order that the most suitable weapon might be chosen from competing weapons

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 21, 1972
Accession Number
AD1101581

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Cost Estimates
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Procurement
  • Tactical Air Support
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design