The Royal Navy's new-generation Type 45 destroyer
Subtitle: acquisition options and implications
By: John Birkler [et al.].
Contributors: Birkler, J. L., 1944-; Rand Corporation.; RAND Europe.; Great Britain. Ministry of Defence.
Publisher: RAND Europe
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Procurement; Destroyers (Warships) -- Great Britain; Destroyers (Warships) -- Finance -- Great Britain
Other titles: Type 45 destroyer
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108).
"Prepared for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence."
"MR-1486-MOD."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Chapter One; title: INTRODUCTION; title: Background and Study Objectives; title: The Alliance Forms; title: The Alliance Dissolves; title: The Domestic Industrial Context; title: RAND Is Asked to Step In; title: Type 45 Destroyer; title: Sources of Evidence We Drew Upon to Meet the Study Objectives; title: Limitations on the Scope of the Study; title: Organisation; title: Chapter Two; title: THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE AND THE MOD SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMME; title: Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom: 1900 to 1970; title: Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom: 1970 to 2000; title: Royal Navy: Current Snapshot; title: MOD Naval Procurement: Current and Future; title: Production Plans; title: Astute-Class Submarine; title: Future Surface Combatant; title: Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF); title: Landing Platform Dock (Replacement) [LPD(R)]; title: Future Offshore Patrol Vessels (FOPVs); title: Survey Vessels; title: Type 45 Destroyer; title: RFA Procurements; title: Alternative Landing Ship Logistics; title: Auxiliary Oilers (AO); title: Roll-On-Roll-Off Vessels; title: Planned Schedule of Future Ship Production; title: Distribution of Ship Construction Across Shipyards; title: Chapter Three; title: IDENTIFYING AND ANALYSING MOD'S; title: ACQUISITION CHOICES; title: Issues and Options; title: Quantitative Effect of Using Two Shipyards; title: Our Analytic Approach; title: Shipyard Labour Model; title: Methodology; title: Data; title: Specific Assumptions; title: Break-Even Approach; title: Chapter Four; title: ANALYSIS OF PROCUREMENT ALTERNATIVES; title: Cases Examined in the Cost Analysis; title: Comparison of Labour Costs Across Strategies; title: The Reference Case: Sole-Source Production; title: Dual-Source, Competitive Procurement of Whole Ships; title: Dual-Source, Competitive Procurement: Alliance Proposal; title: Comparison of Dual-Source, Competitive Procurement with Sole-Source Procurement; title: Break-Even Analysis for Competition; title: Dual-Source, Directed Buy of Whole Ships; title: Dual-Source, Directed Buy of Ship Blocks; title: Summary of Cost Analysis; title: Other Factors Affecting the Type 45 Procurement; title: Decision; title: Risks and Rewards to the Type 45 Programme; title: Risks and Rewards to Other Programmes; title: Risks and Rewards to the UK Shipbuilding; title: Industrial Base; title: Overall Integration of Analysis and Observations; title: Chapter Five; title: THE APPROVED TYPE 45 PROGRAMME; title: Chapter Six; title: ISSUES REQUIRING FURTHER STUDY; title: What Is the Future Manpower Demand and Supply; title: Picture?; title: Is the Distribution of Ownership and Management; title: Responsibility Among the Shipyards, PCO,; title: and MOD Appropriate?; title: Which Acquisition Strategies Are Most Viable for Future; title: Programmes?; title: Number of Ships to Be Procured; title: Distribution of Other Business Across Available Shipyards; title: How Can Innovation Be Encouraged in the Absence of Competition?; title: How Can Core Industrial Base Capability Best Be Sustained?; title: What Are the Issues When Block Production Is Performed Separately from Final Assembly?; title: Appendix; title: A. SENSITVITYANALYSIS; title: B. LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF A LACK OF; title: COMPETITION; title: C. BUILDING SHIPS IN BLOCKS AT MULTIPLE SITES:; title: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TYPE 45 PROGRAMME.