Improving System Affordability,

Abstract

This paper is an announcement of the expansion of the Navy's Standard Electronic Module Program (SEM) into a larger more comprehensive program to be known as SHARP for Standard Hardware Acquisition & Reliability Program. The paper is intended to discuss the factors which impact cost in all phases of the program's life; a common sense look at what major cost drivers are, and what can be done to control them. The paper will analyze standardization, quality, reliability, testability, and repairability with a look at their impacts on Navy life cycle costs. Special emphasis will be placed on the ability to standardization programs to adopt new technologies. In this day of increased costs and restriction of funds, it is imperative that weapons systems developers recognize the full impact of their efforts on overall life cycle costs and not concentrate solely on the development phase.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA142387

Entities

People

  • N. N. Riegle

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • American Revolution
  • Competition
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronics
  • Engineers
  • Governments
  • High Reliability
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Power Supplies
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Standardization
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics