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Aircraft

2009


Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of Modernizing the KC-10 to Meet Global Air Traffic Management Mandates — 2009

Challenges and Issues with the Further Aging of U.S. Air Force Aircraft: Policy Options for Effective Life-Cycle Management of Resources — 2009

An Examination of the Relationship Between Usage and Operating-and-Support Costs of U.S. Air Force Aircraft — 2009

Titanium: Industrial Base, Price Trends, and Technology Initiatives — 2009

2008


Insights on Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance: An Analysis of F-15 PDM — 2008

Why Has the Cost of Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen? A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs over the Past Several Decades — 2008

Cost-Benefit Analysis of the 2006 Air Force Materiel Command Test and Evaluation Proposal - 2008

Opportunities for Systems Engineering to Contribute to Durability and Damage Tolerance of Hybrid Structures for Airframes - 2008

2007


Airlift Capabilities for Future U.S. Counterinsurgency Operations - 2007

2006


Valuing Programmed Depot Maintenance Speed An Analysis of F-15 PDM — 2006

A Survey of Aircraft Structural-Life Management Programs in the U.S. Navy, the Canadian Forces, and the U.S. Air Force — 2006

2005


Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations — 2005

Aging Aircraft Repair-Replacement Decisions with Depot-Level Capacity as a Policy Choice Variable — 2005

Lessons Learned from the F/A-22 and F/A-18 E/F Development Programs — 2005

2004


Test and Evaluation Trends and Costs for Aircraft and Guided Weapons — 2004

2003


Investigating Optimal Replacement of Aging Air Force Systems — 2003

The Effects of Advanced Materials on Airframe Operating and Support Costs — 2003

Investigating Optimal Replacement of Aging Air Force Systems — 2003

Aging Aircraft: USAF Workload and Material-Consumption Life-Cycle Patterns — 2003

The Effects of Advanced Materials on Airframe Operating and Support Costs — 2003

Engine Maintenance Systems Evaluation (EnMasse): A User’s Guide — 2003

2002


An Economic Framework for Evaluating Military Aircraft Replacement — 2002

Military Jet Engine Acquisition: Technology Basics and Cost-Estimating Methodology — 2002

2001


Military Airframe Costs: The Effects of Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes — 2001

1999


Lean Logistics: High-Velocity Logistics Infrastructure and the C-5 Galaxy — 1999

Aging Aircraft: Implications for Programmed Depot Maintenance and Engine-Supported Costs — 1999

1998


The Cutting Edge: A Half Century of U.S. Fighter Aircraft R&D — 1998

1997


The Next-Generation Attack Fighter: Affordability and Mission Needs — 1997

Proceedings of the RAND Project AIR FORCE Workshop on Transatmospheric Vehicles — 1997

Life Cycle Cost Assessments for Military Transatmospheric Vehicles — 1997

1996


Next-Generation Attack Fighter: Design Tradeoffs and Notional System Concepts — 1996

Government Contracting Options: A Model and Application — 1996

Application of F-117 Acquisition Strategy to Other Programs in the New Acquisition Environment — 1996

1995


Troubled Partnership: An Assessment of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter — 1995

The New European Fighters: A Gray Threat to the U.S. Fighter — 1995

Bomber R&D Since 1945: The Role of Experience — 1995

Evaluations of Alternative Approaches to Central Stock Leveling — 1995

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