Wartime Roles and Capabilities for the Unified Logistic Staff (Rand Report)

Schank, John F.

Stucker, James P.

RAND Corporation

Moore, S. Craig

Reference

UNKNO

Can the U.S. Navy save money by increasing its use of simulators without sacrificing readiness?  The authors look at the use of simulators in the Air Force, the Marines, and French and British forces to see if the Navy's current mix of simulator and live training should be changed substantially for the first time since the 1970s. After presenting the data for each service branch and type of simulator, the authors conclude that the Navy must first decide how it wants to measure readiness before an increased use of simulators will yield tangible returns in the form of increased proficiency at lower cost.

Finding Right Balance:Simulato

History

Thie, Harry J.

Graff, Clifford M.

Beel, Joseph

Sollinger, Jerry M.

Military

Improving the planning and execution of the refuleing and complex overhaul of the Navy's nuclear aircraft carriers.

Refuelilng and Complex Overhaul of the Uss Nimitz (CVN 68): Lessons for the Future

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Rand Publishing

Advised how the United Kingdom should best use modern outsourcing and outfitting practices for shipbuilging in teh years to come.

Outsourcing and Outfitting Practices: Implications for the Ministry of Defense Shipbuilding Programmes (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Business & Money

Economics

In 2012 and 2015, respectively, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence will replace its three Invincible-class aircraft carriers with two Future Aircraft Carriers (CVFs), the largest ships ever constructed for the Royal Navy. The research described in this report focuses on possible reductions in whole-life costs and manpower requirements of the carriers.

Options for Reducing Costs in the United Kingdom's Future Aircraft Carrier Programme.

Recommends strategies to efficiently sustain and operate the United Kingdom's submarine industrial base.

The United Kingdom's Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base: Sustaining Design and Production Resources (Vol.1)

Recommends measures and structures the U.K. Ministry of Defense can adopt to better amanage its risks and responsibilities in submarine acquistion.

The United Kingdom's Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base, Volume 2: Ministry of Defence Roles and Required Technical Resources

MURPHY, Robert

Cook, Cynthia R.

Chiesa, James

Pung, Hans

To achieve a more responsive and more readily deployable fleet of surface combatants, the Navy adopted the Fleet Response Plan (FRP) in 2003 to replace its traditional two-year ship maintenance cycle. The authors of this report look at the effects the FRP has had thus far and determine whether maintenance resources are meeting maintenance demands and whether related industry resources have been coordinated effectively.

Impacts of the Fleet Response Plan on Surface Combatant Maintenance (Technical Report)

Riposo, Jessie

Yardley, Roland J.

Raman, Raj

Nuclear submarine design resources at the shipyards,their suppliers, and the Navy may erode for lack of demand. Analysis of alternative workforce and workload management options suggests that the U.S. Navy should stretch out the design of the next submarine class and start it early or sustain design resources above the current demand, so that the next class may be designed on time, on budget, and with low risk.

Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities

Arena, Mark V.

DeLuca, Paul

Curry, Kimberly

The more accurately a cost index captures a shipbuilder1s risk, the less the Navy should have to pay its shipbuilders. The Navy uses such indexes to correct for significant cost risks outside its shipbuilders1 control. A longtime material-cost index in Navy shipbuilding is the steel-vessel index, but it is outdated and volatile. The authors urge the Navy to develop a modern-vessel index that more appropriately represents the materials used today.

Using the Steel-Vessel Material-Cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder Risk (Technical Report. (Rand Corporation), Tr-520-Navy)

Birkler, John

Keating, Edward G.

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