The Agile Rapid Global Combat Support (ARGCS) System: A Cost and Benefit Analysis of Including the ARGCS Technologies in the Acquisition of the Enhanced Consolidated Support System (ECASS)

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to provide a final business case analysis of the technologies demonstrated in the Agile Rapid Global Combat Support (ARGCS) system. Three theses and one professional paper have previously analyzed the ARGCS Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) return on (proposed) investment. This project will review those works, provide a history of the ARGCS ACTD, discuss the goals for the ACTD and compare alternatives. In particular, this analysis builds on previous efforts, including the Discrete-Event Simulation Model developed in the Bello, Rios, Carpenter thesis (December 2006). The ultimate goal of this project is to assist in the analysis of the ARGCS technologies and what benefit they would provide if included in the proposed next generation of Naval Aviation test equipment, currently called the Enhanced Consolidated Automated Support System (ECASS).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA475956

Entities

People

  • John N. Lund

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Central Processing Units
  • Control Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Naval Aviation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare
  • Websites

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis