Affordability: The Key to a Strong Defense from Now On

Abstract

Major reductions to the defense budget will cause a radical restructuring of the defense industrial base. Understanding the cost implications of budget cutbacks is essential to manage this restructuring to assure that an appropriate force mix is available to defend our nation. Cost analysis must play a pivotal role in redefining our defense posture. But tools do not exist that can provide reasonable estimates of the effects of a greatly changed environment. Current tools will not adequately reflect structural changes to the defense base because they are retrospective (i.e., parametric) in nature. Therefore, a proper definition of the problems is required together with new tools for estimating that consider environmental shifts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276145

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People

  • Michael N. Beltramo

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Contractors
  • Corporations
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Budgets
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Production Rate
  • Security
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design