Operations and Maintenance Costs for New Major U.S. Coast Guard Platforms: Projected Versus Actual Costs

Abstract

This thesis examines the accuracy of the operations and maintenance budget models developed for new U.S. Coast Guard cutters and aircraft as part of life cycle cost analysis prior to acquisition. The HU-25A medium range search aircraft and HH-65A short range recovery aircraft were used along with the 270 foot medium endurance cutter and the 110 foot patrol boat. A regression method of estimating these costs using historical costs was explored as an alternative to the laborious task of identifying each major cost element. The results indicated that the budget models are poor predictors and that parametric methods may provide more accuracy. Additional research in developing cost estimating relationships for this purpose is needed. Keywords: Coast Guard aircraft; Cost models; Cost estimates; Theses; Operations & maintenance costs; U.S. Coast Guard; Aircraft; Cutters; Regression analysis; Life cycle costs; Budget models; Coast Guard ships.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212115

Entities

People

  • John E. Frost

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Coast Guard
  • Congress
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Cost Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Federal Budgets
  • Information Science
  • Investments
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Maintenance
  • Regression Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security