Accession Number:

ADA021426

Title:

The Economics of Naval Ship Automation: An Analysis of Proposed Automation of the DE-1052. Executive Summary

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Shishko, Robert

Report Date:

1975-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

Abstract:

The objective of this study is to provide an economic analysis of a proposal to automate the DE-1052 class destroyer escort. Although the study is directed toward a specific proposal from the Purdue Laboratory for Applied Industrial Control, several larger lessons can be drawn from it concerning future naval ship automation. The principal benefit of shipboard automation is the reduction in the manpower necessary for operation and maintenance of the ship. To realize this reduction, R and D expenditures must be made and automation hardware must be acquired, installed, and brought to operational status.

Descriptors:

• *AUTOMATION
• *DESTROYER ESCORTS
• *ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
• COMPARISON
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• COST ANALYSIS
• COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
• ECONOMIC MODELS
• ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• INVESTMENTS
• MANPOWER
• SAVINGS
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE