Studying the Cost Effects of The Shrinking Industrial Base

Abstract

Downsizing the Army has the effect of reducing the level of involvement of corporations in the defense contracting environment; thus, the size of the industrial base decreases. The paper analyzes the cost impacts of the shrinking industrial base with a discussion of the cause/effect issues involved in relating industrial base size to cost. In addition, the paper studies trends in the size of the industrial base over the past several years. Corporate data is used to determine the amount of assets devoted to a particular defense industry over time. Emphasis will be placed on tracked vehicles. The goal is to advance the state of cost analysis by anticipating cost changes on a macro level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA275786

Entities

People

  • Ron Dicesare

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Commerce
  • Competition
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Equations
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Learning
  • Models
  • Production
  • Systems Analysis
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • Vehicles

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  • Economics
  • Systems Analysis and Design