Aircraft Airframe Cost Estimating Relationships: All Mission Types

Abstract

This Note is part of a series of Notes that derive a set of equations suitable for estimating the acquisition costs of various types of aircraft airframes in the absence of detailed design and manufacturing information. A single set of equations was selected as being the most representative and applicable to the widest range of estimating situations. For all mission types, the equation set used empty weight types and speed as the basic size-performance variable combination. Keywords: Airframes; Cost estimates; Aircraft; Procurement; Equations; Military Aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA200262

Entities

People

  • H. P. Romanoff
  • R. W. Hess

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Databases
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Aircraft
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Swept Wings
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.