Improving Program Success Through Systems Engineering Tools in Pre-Milestone B Acquisition Phase

Abstract

Today, programs are required to do more with less. With 70 percent of a system's life-cycle cost set at pre-Milestone B, the most significant cost savings potential is prior to Milestone B. Pre-Milestone B efforts are usually reduced to meet tight program schedules. This article proposes a new Systems Engineering Concept Tool and Method (SECTM) that uses genetic algorithms to quickly identify optimal solutions. Both are applied to unmanned undersea vehicle design to show process feasibility. The method increases the number of alternatives assessed, considers technology maturity risk, and incorporates systems engineering cost into the Analysis of Alternatives process. While not validated, the SECTM would enhance the likelihood of success for sufficiently resourced programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA591339

Entities

People

  • Daniel Deitz
  • Shahryar Sarkani
  • Thomas H. Holzer
  • Timothy J. Eveleigh

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Complex Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Military Acquisition
  • Multiobjective Optimization
  • Shipbuilding
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Biotechnology