An analysis of the economic impact of the AN/APS-134 FLAR retrofit on Coast Guard HC-130 aircraft

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Dunn, Robert Earl
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Carrick, Paul M.
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Forrest, R. Neagle
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Coast Guard FLAR
AN/APS-134
HC-130 aircraft
Date of Issue
1984-12
Date
December 1984
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
Concern over the growing drug smuggling problem and improved national defense capability is manifest in the need for a new forward looking airborne radar (FLAR) for Coast Guard HC-130 aircraft, with a capability of detecting a target of 1 square meter radar cross section. This thesis reexamines the analysis that selected the AN/APS-134 FLAR performance over other contenders based on mission need, radar performance and life cycle cost criteria. This thesis presents a better understanding of the resulting HC-130 force structure based on the impact of FLAR technology.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/19133
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Administrative Sciences
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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