Life Cycle Costing Guide for System Acquisitions

Abstract

The Life Cycle Cost (LCC) of a system is the total cost to the Government of acquisition and ownership of that system over its full life. It includes the cost of development, acquisition, operation, support and where applicable, disposal. However, in certain applications of this Guide, such as LCC estimation for purposes of contractual commitments, source selection and choices among design alternatives, LCC is generally used to examine only relevant costs. For the purpose of this Guide, a complete system is defined as a major end item and all the components required for its operation and support, including relevant facilities, equipment, materiel, data, personnel and services. (Note: The Guide is applicable to hardware systems which are weapon systems, communication systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1973
Accession Number
ADA955006

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Models
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Production Engineering
  • Radar
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

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