Operations Research in a New Spanish Air Force Planning System
Abstract
The focus of this research effort was to determine a new Spanish Air Force Planning System. Today's highly technological weapon systems are very expensive, and resources are very scarce. So its selection has to be done very carefully. This process can allow high flexibility, be helpful facing the budgetary problems for all the Air Forces, and also can be easily integrated in a joint defense system. The path defined in this thesis is able to be adapted for different situations. It can be useful for other Services or countries, when their own peculiarities have been set up on the defined process. The system could be used in two different ways: First, it can be useful defining the capabilities of the Air Force. Secondly it helps to define a Force Structure for the country, once the political commitments have been defined. This thesis can be included in the second case, when it is considered the acquisition of a new weapon system for the replacement of an old one maintaining a similar Force Structure. In this specific case, the system has been applied to determine, among two alternatives, which new weapon system could be more effective for the current Spanish Air Force.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA238889
Entities
People
- Antonio Valderrabano
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology