A Study of Time Constraints Related to Facilities Acquisition in Support of New Weapons Systems Initial Beddowns.

Abstract

This research investigated the interrelationships between the weapons system acquisition process and the facilities acquisition process. Independent PERT networks were developed for each acquisition process and a probability distribution was determined for each process. Comparison of the probability distributions showed that the facilities acquisition process could be expected to take approximately 13 months longer to reach an initial operational capability than the weapons system acquisition process when both are measured from the start of full-scale development for the weapons system being supported. The two independent PERT networks were then integrated into a single network which was analyzed to determine ways to compress the facilities acquisition process to meet the same initial operational capability as the weapons system acquisition process. Various alternatives to allow compression of the facilities acquisition process were examined, and a proposal to restructure the interface activity 'tie-in' points between the two acquisition process was developed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA109777

Entities

People

  • Kevin P. Hansen

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Test And Evaluation
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).