Life Cycle Cost Assessments for Military Transatmospheric Vehicles,

Abstract

The research objectives of one aspect of the Future Roles of the Air Force in Space projects include: (1) a review of potential military missions that TAVs could perform; (2) a list of enabling technologies to take advantage of; (3) differences between civil/commercial RLVs and military TAVs; and (4) rough order of magnitude (ROM) RDT&E and LCC assessment implementation strategies. The primary focus of this report is to document the preliminary cost assessments and implementation strategies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA333318

Entities

People

  • Daniel L Gonzales
  • Mel Eisman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Airframes
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Databases
  • Earth Orbits
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Maintenance
  • Materials Science
  • Payload
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Rocket Engines
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft Orbits
  • Tanker Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • Space