Defense Affordability

Abstract

Affordability is that characteristic of a product or service that enables military users to do the following: (1) Acquire it for a reasonable life-cycle cost that falls within their budget, and in the quantity required; (2) Use it to meet their performance requirements, at a level of quality that they demand; and (3) Use it whenever they need it, over the expected life span of the product or service. Implementation of a military cost requirement faces a paradigm shift from performance as a top priority, to cost with militarily-acceptable performance. Affordability AND Effectiveness CAN be achieved!

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563532

Entities

People

  • Jacques Gansler
  • Roger C. Lipitz

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Budgets
  • Commerce
  • Computer Science
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Engineering
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Procurement
  • Public Policy
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Economics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis