Surveying Cost Growth

Abstract

Cost growth that weapon systems incur throughout their acquisition life cycle concerns those who work in the acquisition environment. One way to reduce the amount of unexpected cost growth is to develop better cost estimates In attaining better cost estimates though, it is often helpful to understand and account for potential cost drivers. Several cost studies some of which specifically focus on the aircraft industry have been performed documenting and investigating these growth faders. Overviews of these various cost growth studies are presented as other tools for the cost estimators and program managers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA435330

Entities

People

  • Edward L White
  • Michael Greiner
  • Vince Sipple

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Data Science
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Risk Analysis
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.