An Economic Analysis of Life Cycle Military Manpower Maintenance and Training Requirements in Avionics Minicomputer and Microcomputer Systems.

Abstract

The dramatic advances within the electronics industry over the last few decades have brought about several equally effective computer design alternatives for use in military avionics systems. This report is an attempt to examine the maintenance personnel and training Life Cycle Costs associated with three of these alternatives; (1) Consolidated Mission Computer, (2) Federated Homogeneous Computer System, and (3) Federated Heterogeneous Computer System. The computations indicate that the Federated Homogeneous System is the most cost effective alternative. This report is intended as an input to the research being conducted by LCDR James Buttinger and Associate Professor Uno Kodres for the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, titled A Study of Alternatives for VSTOL Computer Systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA052661

Entities

People

  • Dennis Harry Genovese

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Cost Models
  • Economic Analysis
  • Electronics Industry
  • Large Scale Integration
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Tactical Communications
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Training

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Research Science/Academic Research

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics