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In October 2001, the Department of Defense (DoD) awarded the System Development and Demonstration contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation to proceed with the next phase of the $300 billion, two-decade-long development and production of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Congress later directed DoD, which in turn asked RAND, to examine reasonable alternative locations and strategies for the final assembly and checkout (FACO) process. The authors considered alternatives to the current single-site approach in which Lockheed Martin will perform all JSF FACO at its Fort Worth, Texas, plant. RAND looked at single- and multiple-site options for carrying out FACO among four plants nationwide, including the Fort Worth site. The authors found that no efficiency, effectiveness, or cost reasons exist to split FACO operations between two sites or across multiple sites. In addition, moving some or all FACO from Fort Worth to another location would result in additional costs to DoD. The analysis also assessed reasons for splitting FACO that might reflect benefits not included in the authors' cost estimates, including such issues as the distribution of economic benefits to more than one region and the facilitation of competition among alternative sites. However, none of these was compelling enough to consider splitting the process.
Table of Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments PDF
Abbreviations PDF
Chapter One
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two
Splitting Production PDF
Chapter Three
Site Selection Issues: Plant and Major Facility Requirements for FACO PDF
Chapter Four
JSF Workforce Issues PDF
Chapter Five
Indirect Costs PDF
Chapter Six
State and Local Tax Credits and Incentives PDF
Chapter Seven
Environmental Costs PDF
Chapter Eight
Other Cost Factors: Stealth, Suppliers, and Energy PDF
Chapter Nine
Modeling the Cost Implications of Alternative FACO Strategies for JSF Production PDF
Chapter Ten
Results PDF
Chapter Eleven
Conclusions PDF
Appendix A
Legislative Language: The Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 PDF
Appendix B
JSF FACO Site Assessment PDF
Appendix C
Wage Comparisons PDF
Appendix D
Environmental Regulatory Process PDF
Bibliography PDF
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