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1. A method for providing a system health operations analysis model, comprising:determining a first system health operations analysis of a first fleet of vehicles;determining a second system health operations analysis of a second fleet of vehicles, the second system health operations analysis including an alternative health operations system and at least one of hypothetical operational data and hypothetical maintenance data for the second fleet of vehicles;comparing the first and second system health operations analyses; andgenerating a system health operations output of first and second system health operations analyses, wherein the output of the comparison contains data enabling a determination of the impact of the alternative health operations device on the second fleet of vehicles. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second system health operations analyses include mission data and maintenance data for the first and second fleet of vehicles, respectively. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the maintenance data of at least one of the first and second fleet of vehicles includes at least one of fault forwarding, event horizon, and condition based maintenance. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second system health operations analyses incorporates actual data relating to an operational fleet of vehicles. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second system health operations analyses includes generating assumption data for at least one untested fleet characteristic relating to a corresponding at least one of the first and second fleet of vehicles. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second system health operations analyses includes:production processes and metrics;mission processes and metrics;maintenance processes and metrics;command and control processes and metrics; andfleet management processes and metrics. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the generated output includes deriving an optimum health management solution for at least one of the first and second fleet of vehicles. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of determining a first system health operations analysis and determining a second system health operations analysis includes:providing a plurality of inputs to a computer-based model of system health operations of a vehicle fleet, the plurality of inputs including at least one of actual data and hypothetical data;providing a plurality of system sensitivities to the computer-based model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each system sensitivity being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs;providing a plurality of health management solution assumptions to the computer-based model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each health management solution assumption being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs;providing a plurality of benefit sensitivities to the computer-based model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each benefit sensitivity being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs; andcomputing a system health operations analysis of the vehicle fleet using the computer-based model of system health operations based on the plurality of inputs, the plurality of system sensitivities, the plurality of health management solution assumptions, and the plurality of benefit sensitivities. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein computing a system health operations analysis of the vehicle fleet includes parametrically varying one or more of the plurality of inputs, the plurality of system sensitivities, the plurality of health management solution assumptions, and the plurality of benefit sensitivities. 10. A computer-based system for providing a system health operations analysis comprising:an analysis component configured to compute a first system health operations analysis of a first fleet of vehicles and a second system health operations analysis of a second fleet of vehicles, the system health operations analysis including an alternative health operations system and prognostic data to anticipate unscheduled fleet maintenance;a comparator configured to receive the system health operations analyses from the analysis component and to perform a comparison between the first and second system health operations analyses; andan output component configured to receive the comparison from the comparator and to provide a visual display of the comparison between the first and second system health operations analyses, wherein the output of the comparison contains data enabling a determination of the impact of the alternative health operations device on the second fleet of vehicles. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first and second system health operations analyses includes mission data inputs and maintenance data inputs. 12. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one of the first and second system health operations analysis is configured to implement design maintenance policies and decision tools to support condition based maintenance concepts. 13. The system of claim 10, wherein the second fleet of vehicles includes the alternative health operations system, design, or capability which is not included in the first fleet of vehicles. 14. The system of claim 10, wherein the output provided by the output component includes cost metrics and reliability metrics. 15. The system of claim 10, wherein the analysis component is configured to provide the system health operations analyses based on mission requirements, maintenance requirements, prognostic health indicators, maintenance schedules, and fleet resource availability, and is further configured to determine an optimum health management solution for at least one of the first and second fleet of vehicles. 16. The system of claim 10, wherein the analysis component is configured to provide the system health operations analysis based on a condition-based maintenance. 17. The system of claim 10, wherein the analysis component is further configured to:receive a plurality of inputs into a model of system health operations of a vehicle fleet, the plurality of inputs including at least one of actual data and hypothetical data;receive a plurality of system sensitivities into the model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each system sensitivity being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs;receive a plurality of health management solution assumptions into the model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each health management solution assumption being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs;receive a plurality of benefit sensitivities into the model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each benefit sensitivity being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs; andcompute a system health operations analysis of the vehicle fleet using the model of system health operations based on the plurality of inputs, the plurality of system sensitivities, the plurality of health management solution assumptions, and the plurality of benefit sensitivities. 18. The system of claim 17, wherein the analysis component is further configured to compute the system health operations analysis of the vehicle fleet by parametrically varying one or more of the plurality of inputs, the plurality of system sensitivities, the plurality of health management solution assumptions, and the plurality of benefit sensitivities. 19. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method of health operations analysis, comprising:determining a system health operations analysis of a first fleet of vehicles to determine the operational costs of the first fleet of vehicles;determining a system health operations analysis of a second fleet of vehicles to determine the operational costs of the second fleet of vehicles, the second system health operations analysis including an alternative health operations system, and whereindetermining the system health operations analysis of at least one of the first and second fleets includes determining the system health operations analysis based on at least one of an actual operational data, an actual maintenance data, a hypothetical operational data, and a hypothetical maintenance data;comparing the first and second system health operations analyses and operational costs; andgenerating a system health operations output of the compared first and second system health operations analyses including at least one of cost metrics and reliability metrics, wherein the output of the comparison contains data enabling a determination of the impact of the alternative health operations device on the second fleet of vehicles. 20. The computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein determining the system health operations analysis at least one of at least one of the first and second fleets of vehicles includes:providing a plurality of inputs to a model of system health operations of a vehicle fleet, the plurality of inputs including at least one of actual data and hypothetical data;providing a plurality of system sensitivities to the model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each system sensitivity being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs;providing a plurality of health management solution assumptions to the model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each health management solution assumption being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs;providing a plurality of benefit sensitivities to the model of system health operations of the vehicle fleet, each benefit sensitivity being associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of inputs; andcomputing a system health operations analysis of the vehicle fleet using the model of system health operations based on the plurality of inputs, the plurality of system sensitivities, the plurality of health management solution assumptions, and the plurality of benefit sensitivities.