Lessons Learned from the Patrol Hydrofoil Missile (PHM) Program

Abstract

The PHM project began as a major NATO acquisition program consisting of 60 or more ships for international purchase. Today the program consists of just six ships for the United States alone. This thesis reviews the history of the program, the design considerations and the current problems experienced by the program manager. An analysis of the rationale behind the decisions which led to the reduction in scope of the program suggests that factors inherent to the current systems acquisition process caused the cut back in the program and that these were independent of the program manager's efforts. The results of the analysis suggest that these factors have the potential to affect the outcome of any acquisition program, no matter how well the hardware performs. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA068523

Entities

People

  • Edgar Scott Ball Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • California
  • Congress
  • Control
  • Control Systems
  • Hydrofoil Craft
  • Hydrofoils
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoils
  • Patrol Hydrofoil Missiles
  • Personnel Management
  • Ships
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Systems Analysis and Design