From Operational Needs to Notional Ships - A New Look,

Abstract

The purpose of this treatise is to contribute to the improvement of ship acquisition in the U.S. Navy by presenting a new look at the early stages of ship development and suggesting that certain management tools be applied. The thrust of the recommendation for management improvement is the attainment of a positive and orderly Pre-Acquisition Phase with the central theme of Integration. The lack of a coordinated effort to systematically examine operational needs and to assimilate the results of studies and ongoing developments creates a situation in which needs, gaps and/or shortfalls are not identified until a ship conceptual design begins. The result is that in many cases the products of development programs cannot meet the production schedule of the ship which prompted the development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058649

Entities

People

  • Axel William Schmidt
  • C. Atchison
  • C. Coghlan
  • F. O'hara
  • H. Applegate

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Base Lines
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Databases
  • Engineers
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Ship Design
  • Ships
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

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  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.