Learning from Experience Volume IV: Lessons from Australia's Collins Submarine Program

• Main Author: Schank, John F. (auth)
• Other Authors: Ip, Cesse Cameron (auth), Kamarck, Kristy N. (auth), Murphy, Robert E. (auth), Arena, Mark V. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2011
• Subjects: Australasian & Pacific history; Treaties & other sources of international law; Military engineering; Technology; History; Political Science
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This volume presents a set of lessons learned from Australia's Collins submarine program that could help inform future program managers. Collins was the first submarine built in Australia. RAND investigated how operational requirements were set for the Collins class; explored the acquisition, c...