The Rising Cost of Developing, Producing, and Maintaining Marine Corps Aircraft

Abstract

The Marine Corps should focus on reducing capability requirements, providing greater upward mobility for acquisition Marines, and beginning to train Marines within the acquisitions field earlier in their careers. If the Marine Corps does not develop a more affordable fleet of aircraft then its future will be at risk.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 20, 2016
Accession Number
AD1176394

Entities

People

  • Justin Young

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Composite Materials
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Life Cycles
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine Corps
  • Materials
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Thermosetting Plastics
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.