Long Range Logistics Planning for VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Components.
Abstract
The Department of Defense is stimulating the research and development of vastly more complex and capable microelectronics to produce advance, militarized components in a timely and affordable manner. Through a six-year tri-service VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Program that began in 1979, it will develop a radically new technology base for low cost, high throughput integrated circuits. Approaching a systems-on-a-chip capability, these high density circuits will require much less power and space, but will yield far more reliability and performance. Because high technology developments have historically demonstrated less than optimum systems' readiness/availability due to degradations in logistics support, human factors and quality assurance, there has never been such an auspicious opportunity to realize the synergistic effects of integrated logistics planning on the implementation of VHSIC technology in weapons' design. This thesis explores that possibility and recommends specific actions for effective weapons systems' management. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA115181
Entities
People
- Ronald Passmore Reed
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School