Enabling Early Sustainment Decisions Application to F-35 Depot-Level Maintenance

• Main Author: Drew, John G. (auth)
• Other Authors: McGarvey, Ronald G. (auth), Buryk, Peter (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Management of real estate, property & plant; Military engineering; Aircraft: general interest; Aerospace & aviation technology; Technology; Transportation Studies; Business
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To inform Air Force sustainment sourcing decisionmaking, RAND researchers adapted lessons from the transaction cost accounting literature to develop a framework that helps planners visualize sustainment data and compare new programs with legacy Air Force systems early in the acquisition process. Thi...