Cost-Estimating Relationships for Aircraft Airframes,

Abstract

This report presents generalized cost-estimating relationships for estimating development and production costs of aircraft airframes in a long-range planning context. It provides separate estimating equations for the following cost elements: engineering, development support, flight test operations, tooling, manufacturing labor, manufacturing material, and quality control. An additional set of estimating equations is presented for prototype development.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
ADA012091

Entities

People

  • D. P. Tihansky
  • F. Timson
  • G. S. Levenson
  • H. E. Boren Jr.

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials
  • Production
  • Production Engineering
  • Production Management Methods
  • Prototypes
  • Quality Control

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Software Engineering
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.