Do joint fighter programs save money?
Subtitle: technical appendixes on methodology
By: Mark A. Lorell, Michael Kennedy, Robert S. Leonard, Ken Munson, Shmuel Abramzon, David L. An, Robert A. Guffey
Contributors: Kennedy, Michael, 1949- author; Leonard, Robert S. author; Munson, Kenneth. author; Abramzon, Shmuel. author; An, David L. author; Guffey, Robert A. author; Project Air Force (U.S.); Rand Corporation; United States. Air Force
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Santa Monica, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
ISBN-13: 9780833079329; 9780833084873
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Procurement; Costs; F-35 (Military aircraft); Fighter planes; Life cycle costing; United States. Department of Defense; United States
Description: These appendixes explain the methodology used in an analysis of the costs and savings of joint aircraft acquisition programs. They illustrate calculations for theoretical maximum savings in acquisition and in operations and support, historical joint aircraft cost-growth premiums, savings needed to offset premiums, and two cost-comparison methodologies.
Notes: "RAND Project Air Force."

"MG-1225/1-AF"--Page 4 of cover.

"Prepared for the United States Air Force."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-66).

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
Table of contents: title: Appendix A: Calculation of Theoretical Maximum Joint Aircraft Acquisition Program Savings; title: Appendix B: Calculation of the Joint Acquisition Cost-Growth Premium from Historical Aircraft Programs; title: Appendix C: Calculation of Maximum Joint O&S Savings from an "Ideal" Joint Fighter Program; title: Appendix D: Exploring the Magnitude of Joint O&S Savings Needed to Offset Joint Acquisition Cost-Growth Premium; title: Appendix E: Primary Methodology for Comparing JSF Costs with Those of Three Notional Single-Service Fighters; title: Appendix F: Alternative Procurement Methodology and Results for Comparing JSF Costs with Those of Three Notional Single-Service Fighters.