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Author Drew, John G., 1956- author.

Title Enabling early sustainment decisions : application to F-35 depot-level maintenance / John G. Drew, Ronald G. McGarvey, Peter Buryk
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 27 pages) : color illustrations
Series Research report
Research report (Rand Corporation)
Contents Introduction -- TCA and current Air Force sustainment efforts -- Application of the framework to the F-35 -- Conclusions and potential extensions of this analysis
Summary "The U.S. Air Force has long struggled to incorporate new weapon system logistics requirements and support system design considerations into its broader sustainment enterprise early in the acquisition process. To help inform Air Force decisionmaking with regard to sustainment sourcing, RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers explored and adapted lessons from the transaction cost accounting literature. The result is a powerful economic-based framework that has three primary benefits when it comes to addressing sustainment planning challenges: It is a repeatable, analytically driven decision tool that does not require large amounts of data; it considers repair source decisionmaking in the context of the broader Air Force enterprise; and it is potentially applicable to other aspects of sustainment planning, such as managing government-mandated repair sourcing mixes and informing other Air Force sustainment community responsibilities. This report demonstrates how the framework can be used to select among depot maintenance strategies by applying it to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the largest acquisition program in U.S. Department of Defense history. Although the U.S. government will retain the capability to perform the range of depot-level repairs for the F-35, 40 percent of the workload -- known as "above core"--Can be considered for sourcing to an organic Air Force facility, another military service's facility, a foreign partner, or the private sector. The framework helps planners visualize program data and compare new acquisition programs with legacy Air Force systems. In this way, it offers the Air Force additional leverage in responding to technology developments and vetting contractors's engineering, reliability, and maintainability projections for new weapon systems."--Page 4 of cover
Notes "RAND Project Air Force."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-27)
Notes English
Print version
Subject United States. Air Force -- Equipment -- Maintenance and repair
United States. Air Force -- Operational readiness
United States. Air Force -- Procurement.
United States. Air Force -- Weapons systems -- Maintenance and repair.
SUBJECT United States. Air Force fast
Subject F-35 (Military aircraft) -- Maintenance and repair
TRANSPORTATION -- Aviation -- Repair & Maintenance.
Armed Forces -- Equipment and supplies -- Maintenance and repair
Armed Forces -- Operational readiness
Armed Forces -- Procurement
Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- Maintenance and repair
Form Electronic book
Author McGarvey, Ronald G., author
Buryk, Peter, author
Project Air Force (U.S.). Resource Management Program
Rand Corporation, publisher.
United States. Air Force
ISBN 9780833084675
0833084674