Cost Estimating Relationships for Air and Sealift Mobility Forces

Abstract

This document describes the development of cost estimating relationships (CERs) for cargo aircraft and the different types of ships used by U.S. and USSR mobility forces. Both RDT&E and procurement cost CERs are presented for cargo aircraft, but only procurement cost for ships (because RD&T costs for non-combatant ships are relatively minor and are usually embedded in the procurement cost of the ships). The principal purpose for the derivation of these particular CERs is to estimate the costs of the USSR and the U. S. mobility systems in the same consistent manner for relative comparisons, a basic premise in their development being that they contain only those input values and/or parameters that could be estimated based on observable characteristics of USSR systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA153657

Entities

People

  • N. J. Asher
  • W. J. E. Shafer

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Engineering
  • Military Aircraft
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Vessels (Combatant)
  • Navy
  • Procurement
  • Security
  • Ships
  • Space Systems
  • Students
  • Transport Aircraft
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.