Research Catalog

Title

Do joint fighter programs save money? / Mark A. Lorell, Michael Kennedy, Robert S. Leonard, Ken Munson, Shmuel Abramzon, David L. An, Robert A. Guffey.

Author

Lorell, Mark A., 1947-

Publication

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013]
• ©2013

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Additional Authors

• Kennedy, Michael, 1949-
• Leonard, Robert S.
• Munson, Kenneth
• Abramzon, Shmuel
• An, David L.
• Guffey, Robert A.
• Project Air Force (U.S.), issuing body.
• Rand Corporation, issuing body.
• United States. Air Force, sponsoring body.

Description

xxv, 51 pages : color illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

In the past 50 years, the U.S. Department of Defense has pursued numerous joint aircraft programs, the largest and most recent of which is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Joint aircraft programs are thought to reduce Life Cycle Cost (LCC) by eliminating duplicate research, development, test, and evaluation efforts and by realizing economies of scale in procurement, operations, and support. But the need to accommodate different service requirements in a single design or common design family can lead to greater program complexity, increased technical risk, and common functionality or increased weight in excess of that needed for some variants, potentially leading to higher overall cost, despite these efficiencies. To help Air Force leaders (and acquisition decisionmakers in general) select an appropriate acquisition strategy for future combat aircraft, this report analyzes the costs and savings of joint aircraft acquisition programs. The project team examined whether historical joint aircraft programs have saved LCC compared with single-service programs. In addition, the project team assessed whether JSF is on track to achieving the joint savings originally anticipated at the beginning of full-scale development. Also examined were the implications of joint fighter programs for the health of the industrial base and for operational and strategic risk.

Uniform Title

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Subject

• United States. Department of Defense > Procurement > Costs
• United States. Department of Defense
• F-35 (Military aircraft)
• Fighter planes > United States > Costs
• Life cycle costing
• Armed Forces > Procurement > Costs
• Fighter planes > Costs
• United States

Note

• "RAND Project Air Force."
• "MG-1225-AF"--Page 4 of cover.
• "Prepared for the United States Air Force."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-51).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Contents

Introduction -- Historical Joint Fighter and Other Joint Aircraft Programs: Analysis of Savings and Costs -- Joint Strike Fighter Program: Analysis of Savings and Costs -- Additional Implications of Joint Aircraft Programs -- Conclusions.

Call Number

JBE 17-1533

ISBN

• 0833074563
• 9780833074560

LCCN

2013362477

OCLC

867478205

Author

Lorell, Mark A., 1947- author.

Title

Do joint fighter programs save money? / Mark A. Lorell, Michael Kennedy, Robert S. Leonard, Ken Munson, Shmuel Abramzon, David L. An, Robert A. Guffey.

Publisher

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2013]

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-51).

Additional Formats

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Connect to:

Online Access

Added Author

Kennedy, Michael, 1949- author.

Leonard, Robert S., author.

Munson, Kenneth, author.

Abramzon, Shmuel, author.

An, David L., author.

Guffey, Robert A., author.

Project Air Force (U.S.), issuing body.

Rand Corporation, issuing body.

United States. Air Force, sponsoring body.

Other Form:

Online version: Lorell, Mark A., 1947- Do joint fighter programs save money? Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013 9780833084880 (OCoLC)869853584

Report No.

RAND/MG-1225-AF

Research Call Number

JBE 17-1533