The A-7 ALOFT cost model : a study of high technology cost estimating
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Authors
Johnson, Ronald Lloyd
Knobloch, Earle William
Subjects
Cost estimating
Life cycle cost
Fiber optics
A-7 ALOFT
Economic analysis
High technology cost estimating
Life cycle cost
Fiber optics
A-7 ALOFT
Economic analysis
High technology cost estimating
Advisors
Jones, Carl R.
Date of Issue
1975-12
Date
December 1975
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This analytical study contains the development of an appropriate life cycle cost (LCC) model for
the A-7 Airborne Light Optical Fiber Technology (ALOFT) system as defined in the Naval Electronics Laboratory Center Technical Document 435. The model was developed to support an A-7 ALOFT economic analysis which will compare the total systems costs and performance benefits of an A-7 fiber optic linked navigation and weapons delivery system to existing or proposed wire interconnect designs. Major features of this study include the development of: (1) a process to derive cost estimates of a high technological development in the early conceptual stage, (2) an appropriate LCC model for the A-7 ALOFT economic analysis, and (3) fiber optic costing methodology to support the LCC analysis. This analysis is a follow-on study to "An Approach to the Estimation of Life Cycle Costs of a Fiber Optic Application in Military Aircraft" by J. M. McGrath and K. R. Michna which is recommended reading for background
information essential to this study.
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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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.