Download or read book Estimating Aircraft Depot Maintenance Costs written by Kenneth E. Marks and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes a series of parametric equations for use in estimating the depot maintenance cost of new Air Force aircraft, particularly for the five major maintenance categories: airframe rework, engine overhaul, airframe component repair, engine component and accessory repair, and avionics component repair. The equations are intended to provide cost estimates for Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council Milestone II, at which point some design details of major aircraft subsystems (airframe, engine, avionics) are available. The report presents a single set of equations that are the most representative and applicable to the widest range of estimating situations, but presents alternative equations and supporting data and analyses for use by the interested reader.

Download or read book Estimating Aircraft Depot Maintenance Cost written by Rand Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Model for Estimating Depot Maintenance Costs for Air Force Fighter and Attack Aircraft written by Michael P. Waker and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The model developed in this study has two cost estimating relationships (CERs) for estimating depot maintenance costs in its two categories: depot maintenance cost per Promary Authorized Aircraft (PAA); and, depot maintenance cost per flying hour. The data source used for depot maintenance costs is the Weapon Systems Cost Retrieval System (WSCRS) as developed by HQ AFLC. The CERs developed used empty weight of fighter and attack aircraft to predict the cost of depot maintenance per PAA. For depot maintenance cost per flying hour, the variables used were combat radius, thrust-to-weight ratio, and empty weight. The study found that the F-111 was a significant outlier with respect to the data set, but even when included in the data base the F-111 enhanced the values of the statistics for the model and improved the ability of the model to predict. The relationship found for depot maintenance cost per PAA in the CER developed, was not as strong a predictor as was the CER developed for depot maintenance cost per flying hour. This conclusion agrees with previous studies that have tried to determine significant relationships between depot maintenance costs and those costs attributed to the number of PAA. (Theses).

Download or read book A Model for Estimating Depot Maintenance Costs for Air Force Fighter and Attack Aircraft written by Michael P. Waker (CIVILIAN.) and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Valuing Programmed Depot Maintenance Speed written by Edward Geoffrey Keating and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a larger RAND Project Air Force study on capability-based programming, this report introduces a revealed preference methodology to estimate the value to the United States Air Force of expediting F-15 fighter jet programmed depot maintenance (PDM). Such a valuation estimate would be useful in depot-level cost-benefit analysis. The authors rely on the fact that the Air Force has chosen to pay for intermittent PDM on F-15s to assert that F-15s must have enough value after PDM visits to justify PDM costs. Air Force expenditure data suggest that a typical fiscal year 2005 PDM visit cost about $3.2 million. Using the aircraft valuation curves consistent with PDM being worthwhile, the authors find that expediting an F-15's last PDM visit by a month must be worth at least $60,000. However, using a plausible annual aircraft valuation decline rate, they find that expediting an old F-15's last PDM visit by a month would be worth around $75,000, while expediting a new F-15's first PDM visit by a month would be worth more than $180,000. This report also explores various robustness enhancements. Consideration of aging aircraft issues, for instance, tends to increase the estimated value of expedited PDM.

Download or read book Air Force privatizationinplace analysis of aircraft and missile guidance system depot repair costs report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Depot Maintenance Navy Has Revised Its Estimated Workforce Cost for Basing an Aircraft Carrier at Mayport Florida Report to Congress written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Air Force depot maintenance information on the costeffectiveness of B1 and B52 support options briefing report to the Honorable Don Nickles United States Senate written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Generalized Depot Maintenance Cost Estimating Relationships for Bomber and Fighter Aircraft written by Gene Harvey Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Estimating Aircraft Maintenance Costs written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Defense depot maintenance uncertainties and challenges DOD faces in restructuring its depot maintenance program written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report discusses the Department of Defense's (DOD) (1) plans for eliminating costly depot maintenance excess capacity, (2) progress in finalizing a new depot workload allocation policy, (3) current approach for allocating maintenance workloads for new and existing systems, and (4) estimates that billions can be saved by outsourcing depot maintenance.

Download or read book Estimating Depot Maintenance Resources Consistent with Changing Force Structure Policies written by John Michael Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Air Force Depot Maintenance written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of the Air Force Depot Maintenance Cost Allocation for Cost Factor Development written by Patricia M. Larson and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis attempts to determine the proportion of depost maintenance costs for cargo aircraft that is flying hour related and the proportion that is inventory related. Currently arbitrary proportions, such as 65 percent to flying hours and 35 percent to inventory, are used. Air Force Directorate of Cost (AF/ACC) uses these allocated costs to prepare life cycle cost and budget year factors for Air Force Regulation (AFR) 173-13, USAF Cost and Planning Factors. Budget factors are used annually in the budget development cycle and directly affect aircraft operating budgets. Life cycle cost factors provide aircraft average yearly operating costs over the lifespan of each aircraft and are used extensively in decision making studies. The analysis is accomplished using ordinary least-squares regression and ridge regression analyses on nine years of actual depot maintenance costs from the Air Force Logistics Command Weapon Systems Cost Retrieval System (WSCRS) for cargo aircraft.

Download or read book Air Force Privatization in place written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Aircraft Maintenance written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Budget Estimating Relationships for Depot level Reparables in the Air Force Flying Hour Program written by Gregory G. Hildebrandt and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Budget estimating relationships (BERs) for flying depot-level reparables (DLRs) explain the direct effect of specified variables on obligated funds associated with spare parts that directly support the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Flying Hour Program. In FY02, net sales of DLRs to Air Force commands hit historic highs. To provide the Air Force Cost Analysis Improvement Group with a tool to better understand the commands-- budgetary submissions, we develop several explanatory BERs to understand why flying DLRs are at their particular levels. Using longitudinal regression statistical methods, we explain the historical net sales of flying DLRs using estimating models that relate net sales to the contemporaneous values of aircraft characteristics, operational tempo, and time-related variables. This is but one part of a larger project to develop better estimating methods for use by the acquisition community and to examine the impact of Air Force and DoD policies on weapon system costs. The findings will also be of interest to those in the national security community who are involved in analyzing alternative military postures, and to members of the aircraft industry's analytical community.