The Impact of Tanker Support on Selection of Long-Range Combat Aircraft Size.

Abstract

This note addresses the problem of long-range combat aircraft (LRCA) size selection and the impact of tanker support. It examines two possible LRCA missions (the canonical SIOP requirement and the use of LRCAs for world wide force employment (WWFE) with nonnuclear ordnance) and airframe designs. Section II discusses the range/payload equations (with and without tankers) appropriate for SIOP-like missions. Section III describes the range shortfalls for the SIOP mission given specific airframe designs and mission-specific payload weights. Section IV translates these designs into total life-cycle costs, still concentrating on the SIOP-like mission requirements. That section presents the observations about preferred sizes for LRCA if the SIOP were the only mission to be considered. Finally, Section V discusses the impact of the WWFE mission on the above observations. The appendix presents details of the cost estimates upon which the cost estimating relationships used for the analysis were based. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA134570

Entities

People

  • A. A. Barbour
  • H. G. Massey
  • J. L. Birkler
  • R. D. Shaver

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Design
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Cost Estimates
  • High Altitude
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Munitions
  • Payload
  • Procurement
  • Refueling
  • Tanker Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Business Analytics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis