| Options for and Costs of Retaining C-17 Aircraft Production-Only Tooling |
Jan 2012 |
72 pages |
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John C Graser; Edward G Keating; Guy Weichenberg; Michael Boito; Soumen Saha; Robert G DeFeo; Steven Strain; RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE SANTA MONICA CA
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 | The U.S. Air Force (USAF) asked the RAND Corporation to analyze the desirability of storing government-funded, production-only tooling when production of the C-17A cargo aircraft ends. To address this question, we focused on weapon system-specific production-only tooling, i.e., tooling not used in weapon system sustainment and useful only for producing C-17s, that is, not readily convertible for use on a different weapon system. Immediate disposal of weapon system-specific production-only tooling ... |
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| Funding Ammunition Ports |
Jan 2012 |
57 pages |
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Edward G Keating; Daniel Sommerhauser; RAND ARROYO CENTER SANTA MONICA CA
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| The U.S. Army s Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) asked RAND Arroyo Center to assess the mechanisms by which SDDC funds its two ammunition ports, Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) and Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU). With a legacy of different histories, the two ports currently have different funding approaches and accounting systems. With both now managed by SDDC, consolidation to a single approach would seem desirable. The ... |
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| Naval Aviation Budgeting: Cost Adjustment Sheets and the Flying Hour Program |
Jan 2012 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Edward G Keating; Sarah H Bana; Michael Boito; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| In this report, we examine Cost Adjustment Sheets (CASs) that modify the Navy s Flying Hour Program (FHP) budget to assess whether process reforms may be appropriate. CASs modify the FHP baseline budget of a Type Model Series (T/M/S). There are two ways in which a T/M/S baseline budget is formulated: For a newer aircraft lacking representative historical data, the T/M/S managers develop a budget more than a year in ... |
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| A Methodology for Comparing Costs and Benefits of Management Alternatives for F-22 Sustainment |
Jan 2011 |
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| Authors:
Cynthia R Cook; Michael Boito; John C Graser; Edward G Keating; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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 | In 2007, the U.S. Air Force planned to contract with Lockheed Martin, which would act as the product support integrator (PSI) to manage weapon system sustainment for the F-22 air vehicle, and with Pratt & Whitney, which would fulfill the same role for the F119 engine. (The contracts would continue the existing sustainment approach featuring public-private partnerships, in which most depot repair work is managed by the contractors but is ... |
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| Small Business and Defense Acquisitions: A Review of Policies and Current Practices |
Jan 2011 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Clifford A Grammich; Thomas Edison; Nancy Y Moore; Edward G Keating; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| For much of the past century, the federal government has consistently sought to boost small businesses. These efforts have included, in recent years, a federal government-wide statutory goal for 23 percent of prime contract dollars on goods and services to be spent with small businesses. Recent federal policies have also set spending goals with more narrow categories of women-owned businesses and small disadvantaged businesses as certified by the Small Business ... |
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| An Analysis of the Populations of the Air Force's Medical and Professional Officer Corps |
Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
Edward G Keating; Hugh G Massey; Judith D Mele; Benjamin F Mundell; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The U.S. Air Force has seven medical and professional officer corps: the BSC, the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the JAG Corps (attorneys), the Medical Corps (physicians), the MSC, and the Nurse Corps. The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of all seven Air Force medical and professional officer corps and their relative statuses with regard to end strengths, accession levels, promotion flow, and attrition since the ... |
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| Evaluating the Desirability of Navy F/A-18E/F Service Life Extension Programs (SLEPs) |
Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
Edward G Keating; Irv Blickstein; Michael Boito; Jess Chandler; Deborah Peetz; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This report resulted from a U.S. Navy request to the RAND Corporation to assess the cost effectiveness of prospective service life extension programs (SLEPs) on F/A-18E/F fighter jets and C-2A transport aircraft. The Navy's request and the methodology we present in this report assume that a SLEPed aircraft and the potential replacement aircraft have comparable capabilities. SLEPs are complex depot-level overhauls in which an aircraft is extensively inspected, cracked or ... |
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| United States Air Force Aircraft Fleet Retention Trends. A Historical Analysis |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Timothy L Ramey; Edward G Keating; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| An extensive body of literature highlights the challenges of aging aircraft. The basic concern is that aircraft become more expensive to maintain and less available for operations as they age. Dixon (2006) presents a review of this literature. In this technical report, we do not directly examine the age of the United States Air Force's (USAF's) aircraft. Instead, we provide historical, contextual information on the ages of aircraft designs operated ... |
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| Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay: Current Status and Potential Reforms |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Edward G Keating; Marygail K Brauner; Lionel A Galway; Judith D Mele; James J Burks; Brendan Saloner; RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ARLINGTON VA
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| Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, the U.S. Air Force has struggled with how best to attract and retain physicians and dentists. Both populations have declined in recent years. Multiyear Special Pay (MSP) is intended to keep physicians and dentists in the Air Force after their initial service obligations have expired. MSP has been successful in that eligible dentists, in particular, have often accepted it. Although most eligible physicians ... |
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| The Department of the Navy's Civilian Acquisition Workforce: An Analysis of Recent Trends |
Jan 2009 |
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| Authors:
Susan M Gates; Edward G Keating; Bryan Tysinger; Adria D Jewell; Lindsay Daugherty; Ralph Masi; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| While workforce issues in general - human capital strategic planning efforts in particular-are important throughout the DoD, the AT&L workforce has received special attention. The strategic human capital plan for the AW, which is currently in its third revision (see DoD, Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 2007), emphasizes several critical workforce issues: the eventual loss of retirement-eligible personnel and their knowledge, understanding the differences in the workforce generations (aging baby-boomers compared ... |
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| Using the Steel Vessel Material-Cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder Risk |
23-Apr-2008 |
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| Authors:
Edward G Keating; Robert Murphy; John F Schank; John Birkler; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This paper describes how the US Navy structures fixed-price and fixed-price, incentive-fee shipbuilding contracts and how labor- and material-cost indexes can mitigate shipbuilder risk in either type of contract. The Navy frequently uses the Steel Vessel material-cost index, a Bureau of Labor Statistics-derived cost index based on the mix of materials in a typical commercial cargo ship constructed in the 1950s. The Steel Vessel Index has excessive weighting on iron ... |
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| Insights on Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance: An Analysis of F-15 PDM |
Jan 2008 |
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| Authors:
Edward G Keating; Adam C Resnick; Elvira N Loredo; Richard Hillestad; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This technical report describes the F-15 programmed depot maintenance (PDM) process as it was performed at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) in the FY 2004 through FY 2006 time frame. The F-15 is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable tactical fighter designed to permit the Air Force to gain and maintain superiority in aerial combat. F-15s are on a 6-year PDM cycle (i.e., they are to return for PDM within ... |
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