Fleet Sizing Analysis Methodologies for the Royal Australian Navy's Combat Helicopter Replacement Project

Abstract

This report describes methodologies used to conduct fleet sizing analysis for the Royal Australian Navy's combat helicopter replacement project, known as AIR 9000 Phase 8. An initial analysis utilises a simple approach to predict fleet size based on the binomial distribution. The sole aim is to predict the likelihood that a certain fleet size will provide a required number of embarked aircraft. A more complex analysis requires the development of a discrete-event simulation that can also incorporate the hours flown by the fleet. This simulation model includes the representation of individual aircraft moving between embarked and ashore states and through various types of maintenance, including unscheduled maintenance. This methodology is robust and easily allows for sensitivity and trade-off analysis.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA596891

Entities

People

  • Ana Novak
  • David Marlow

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Algorithms
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Attrition
  • Employment
  • Integer Programming
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Aircraft
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies