Estimating Life-Cycle Costs: A Case Study of the A-7D,

Abstract

The report is concerned with the determination of costs incurred in acquiring and owning a weapon system and the data problems associated therewith. Incurred or historical costs can be used to anticipate future costs of operations and support, to compare forecast with incurred costs for evaluating forecasting techniques, or to estimate a weapon system's total life cycle costs (LCC) for use, along with the associated weapon system capability, in force structure planning. The principal objective of the study is to demonstrate the derivation of the life-cycle cost.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA011643

Entities

People

  • Marco Fiorello

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Case Studies
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Force Structure
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis