Determination of Optimal Aircraft Mix in an Air Force

Abstract

Determining a desired aircraft mix is a classical long-range planning problem for any air force. This report presents a decision model for this problem. The objective is to determine the aircraft mix which satisfies various requirements at minimal life cycle cost. The requirements (stated as constraints) represent factors such as mission needs, aircraft availability, and various resources and facilities required to maintain and operate the force. The mission neeeds are constructed from several wartime scenarios. Relevant components of life cycle costs are considered in the model. A detailed example is developed, solved as a non-linear, mixed-integer optimization model, and analyzed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA111735

Entities

People

  • Dan O. Bausch
  • Gerald G. Jerry Brown
  • Ran Goren

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Availability
  • California
  • Construction
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Organizations
  • Optimization
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Operations Research