Accession Number:

ADA021913

Title:

The A-7 ALOFT Cost Model: A Study of High Technology Cost Estimating.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Johnson,Ronald Lloyd
• Knobloch,Earle William

Report Date:

1975-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

271.0

Abstract:

This analytical study contains the development of an appropriate life cycle cost LCC model for the A-7 Airbrone Light Optical Fiber Technology ALOFT system. 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 AD-A019 379.

Descriptors:

• *FIBER OPTICS
• *COST ESTIMATES
• *LIFE CYCLE COSTS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• AVIONICS
• UNCERTAINTY
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
• COST ANALYSIS
• COMPARISON
• FORECASTING
• THESES
• NAVIGATION
• CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTIONS
• NAVAL PLANNING
• DATA LINKS
• DELPHI TECHNIQUES
• AIRCRAFT FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS
• ATTACK BOMBERS
• ECONOMIC MODELS
• COAXIAL CABLES

Subject Categories:

• Bombers
• Attack and Fighter Aircraft
• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE