Enhancing Weapon System Analysis

Author : Monti Callero
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Interactive computer systems.
ISBN : 0833015397

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Enhancing Weapon System Analysis by Monti Callero Pdf

The Department of Defense weapon system development and acquisition process requires that an operational effectiveness analysis be provided at every major decision point. The authors propose that these operational effectiveness analyses would be significantly enhanced by integrating the weapons system's manned research and development simulators with distributed interactive simulation (DIS) networks that provide large-scale, human-in-the-loop battlefield environments. Initial integrations should be designed to provide intellectual, hardware, and software "tool kits" for future integrations. The report outlines, and recommends as a proof of principle, the integration of the Crew Station Research and Development Facility (CSRDF) rotorcraft simulator operated by the Army and NASA with a fidelity-enhanced version of the Army Aviation Test Bed (AVTB) that incorporates the SIMNET-based simulator networking technology developed by ARPA. The integration emphasizes fidelity, validation, correlation, and calibration, which are the critical aspects of weapon systems analyses, and goes well beyond simply establishing communication interfaces to create a DIS environment.

Author : United States. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:D0002161016

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Army Weapon Systems Analysis by United States. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:227828989

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Enhancing Weapon System Analysis: Issues and Procedures for Integrating a Research and Development Simulator with a Distributed Simulation Network by Anonim Pdf

This report addresses the feasibility of applying simulator network technology to weapon system analysis in support of the weapon system development and acquisition process. The report should be of interest to personnel in the military services and defense offices and agencies involved in the weapon system development and acquisition process and in modeling and simulation activities.

Author : United States. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112101043955

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Army weapon systems analysis by United States. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command Pdf

Author : Obaid Younossi
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780833041357

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Is Weapon System Cost Growth Increasing? by Obaid Younossi Pdf

In recent decades, there have been numerous attempts to rein in the cost growth of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition programs. Cost growth is the ratio of the cost estimate reported in a program's final Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) and the cost-estimate baseline reported in a prior SAR issued at a particular milestone. Drawing on prior RAND research, new analyses of completed and ongoing weapon system programs, and data drawn from SARs, this study addresses the following questions: What is the cost growth of DoD weapon systems? What has been the trend of cost growth over the past three decades? To address the magnitude of cost growth, it examines cost growth in completed programs; to evaluate the cost growth trend over time, it provides additional analysis of a selection of ongoing programs. This sample of ongoing programs permits a look at growth trends in the more recent past. Changes in the mix of system types over time and dollar-weighted analysis were also considered because earlier studies have suggested that cost growth varies by program type and the cost of the program. The findings suggest that development cost growth over the past three decades has remained high and without any significant improvement.

Author : United States. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X030450281

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Army weapon systems analysis by United States. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command Pdf

Author : United States. Naval Ordnance Systems Command
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Weapons systems
ISBN : UOM:39015104956159

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Weapons System Fundamentals: Analysis of weapons by United States. Naval Ordnance Systems Command Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on an Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309216104

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Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on an Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives Pdf

The Committee on an Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives set forth to provide an assessment of the feasibility, practicality, and affordability of U.S. boost-phase missile defense compared with that of the U.S. non-boost missile defense when countering short-, medium-, and intermediate-range ballistic missile threats from rogue states to deployed forces of the United States and its allies and defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack. To provide a context for this analysis of present and proposed U.S. boost-phase and non-boost missile defense concepts and systems, the committee considered the following to be the missions for ballistic missile defense (BMD): protecting of the U.S. homeland against nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD); or conventional ballistic missile attacks; protection of U.S. forces, including military bases, logistics, command and control facilities, and deployed forces, including military bases, logistics, and command and control facilities. They also considered deployed forces themselves in theaters of operation against ballistic missile attacks armed with WMD or conventional munitions, and protection of U.S. allies, partners, and host nations against ballistic-missile-delivered WMD and conventional weapons. Consistent with U.S. policy and the congressional tasking, the committee conducted its analysis on the basis that it is not a mission of U.S. BMD systems to defend against large-scale deliberate nuclear attacks by Russia or China. Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense: An Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives suggests that great care should be taken by the U.S. in ensuring that negotiations on space agreements not adversely impact missile defense effectiveness. This report also explains in further detail the findings of the committee, makes recommendations, and sets guidelines for the future of ballistic missile defense research.

Author : Edward B. Berman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : System analysis
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118927529

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Toward a New Weapon System Analysis by Edward B. Berman Pdf

Author : Mark V. Arena
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780833039255

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Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs by Mark V. Arena Pdf

This report is one of a series from a RAND Project AIR FORCE project, "The Cost of Future Military Aircraft: Historical Cost Estimating Relationships and Cost Reduction Initiatives." The purpose of the project is to improve the tools used to estimate the costs of future weapon systems. It focuses on how recent technical, management, and government policy changes affect cost. This report focuses on the accuracy of cost estimates. For our analysis, we used a very specific sample of Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) data, namely only programs that are complete or are nearly so. The analysis indicates a systematic bias toward underestimating the costs and substantial uncertainty in estimating the final cost of a weapon system. In contrast to the previous literature, the cost growth was higher than previously observed. We also found few correlations with cost growth, but observed that programs with longer duration had greater cost growth and electronics programs tended to have lower cost growth. Although there were some differences in the mean cost growth factors among the military departments, the differences were not statistically significant. While newer programs appear to have lower cost growth, this trend appears to be due to factors other than acquisition policies.

Author : William P. Delaney
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262029353

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Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis by William P. Delaney Pdf

A guide to defense systems analysis by experts who have worked on systems that range from air defense to space defense. The Department of Defense and the military continually grapple with complex scientific, engineering, and technological problems. Defense systems analysis offers a way to reach a clearer understanding of how to approach and think about complex problems. It guides analysts in defining the question, capturing previous work in the area, assessing the principal issues, and understanding how they are linked. The goal of defense systems analysis is not necessarily to find a particular solution but to provide a roadmap to a solution, or an understanding of the relative value of alternative solutions. In this book, experts in the field—all of them with more than twenty years of experience—offer insights, advice, and concrete examples to guide practitioners in the art of defense systems analysis. The book describes general issues in systems analysis and analysis protocols in specific defense areas. It offers a useful overview of the process, a discussion of different venues, and practical advice running a study and reporting its results. It discusses red teaming (the search for vulnerabilities that might be exploited by an adversary) and its complement, blue teaming (the search for solutions to known shortcomings). It describes real-world defense systems analysis for both traditional and nontraditional areas, including air defense and ballistic missile defense systems, bioterrorism defense, space warfare, and interplanetary communications. Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis is a very readable resource for analysts and engineers in industry, government, and research.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Air Force Studies Board,Committee on USAF Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309675857

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Weapons System Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Air Force Studies Board,Committee on USAF Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle Pdf

According to the Government Accountability Office, sustainment of weapon systems accounts for approximately 70 percent of the total life-cycle costs. When sustainment is not considered early in the development process or as an integral part of the systems engineering design, it can negatively affect the ability of the Air Force to maintain and improve the weapon system once it enters service. At the request of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Weapons Systems Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle identifies at what point or phase of the development of a weapons system sustainment planning should be integrated into the program; examines and provides recommendations regarding how sustainment planning should be evaluated throughout the development process; investigates and describes the current challenges with sustainment planning and determines what changes have occurred throughout the acquisition process that may have eroded sustainment planning; and identifies opportunities for acquisitions offices to gain greater access to sustainment expertise.

Author : Charles Stephen Wilson,Georgia Tech Research Institute (1984- ). Project no. A-8055
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic countermeasures
ISBN : OCLC:20271671

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Threat Weapon System Analysis by Charles Stephen Wilson,Georgia Tech Research Institute (1984- ). Project no. A-8055 Pdf

Author : Jon Anton,Vivek Bapat,Bill Hall
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 155753182X

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Call Center Performance Enhancement Using Simulation and Modeling by Jon Anton,Vivek Bapat,Bill Hall Pdf

The management and design of call centres is increasing in complexity due to advancing technology and rising customer expectations. This guide provides managers with an understanding of the role, value and practical deployment of simulation in the planning, management and analysis of call centres.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCR:31210017811629

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Deputy secretary of defense, reprogramings, Safeguard antiballistic missile system, Strategic air command, Submarine launched ballistic missile program by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf