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An Analysis of F-15 PDM
Part of a larger RAND Project Air Force study on capability-based programming, this report introduces a revealed preference methodology to estimate th...
The more accurately a cost index captures a shipbuilder's risk, the less the Navy should have to pay its shipbuilders. The Navy uses such indexes to c...
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Different Levels, Different Roles
In response to more than a decade of downsizing and restructuring, the Department of Defense (DoD) is engaged in a human-resources strategic planning ...
Challenges and Opportunities
This report examines recent patterns in military-to-civilian conversion--that is, converting military positions to government civilian positions--to i...
This documented briefing discusses A-76, the Office of Management and Budget's circular that outlines the procedures for conducting a cost comparison ...
This technical report describes the F-15 programmed depot maintenance (PDM) process as performed at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) in...
This documented briefing examines the history of A-76 public/private cost comparisons in the DoD using data covering fiscal years 1978-1994....
Current and Historical Patterns
The briefing finds there is a great heterogeneity in the current use of contractors at Air Force installations, both across and within commands and fu...
Current Status and Potential Reforms
Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, the U.S. Air Force has struggled with how best to attract and retain physicians and dentists. Both popula...
The U.S. Air Force has seven medical and professional officer corps: the BSC, the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the JAG Corps (attorneys), the Med...
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."...
Tactics and Technology for 21st Century Military Superiority
A Useful, But Limited, Tool
RAND researchers consider the advantages and disadvantages of funding the Defense Finance and Accounting Service through a Defense Working Capital Fun...
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) provides a variety of finance and accounting services to military customers. Because DFAS received c...
Analysis of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) provides finance and accounting services to customers within the Department of Defense. The authors ...
Understanding U.S. Forest Service Requirements for Large Aircraft
"An aging fleet of contracted fixed-wing airtankers and two fatal crashes in 2002 led the U.S. Forest Service to investigate how to recapitalize its f...
Insights from Expenditures and Flying Hour Data
Although both flying hours and Depot Maintenance Activity Group (DMAG) expenditures for component repair vary considerably month-to-month, there is no...
As part of a continuing project on aging aircraft and the replacement-or-repair decision, the authors develop a parsimonious model of the decision and...
Case Studies in the United States and Sweden
"The Economic Consequences of Investing in Shipbuilding: Case Studies in the United States and Sweden assesses the economic consequences of shipbuildi...
Process Effectiveness and Opportunities for Improvement
"The RAND National Defense Research Institute examined Department of Defense depot-level reparable (DLR) supply chain management to assess how it coul...
As Navy aircraft age, leaders must decide whether to modify and upgrade the aging systems or replace them. Preliminary planning has begun as to the fe...
Insights from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS), created in 1991 through the consolidation of military service-specific accounting and finance opera...
Researchers analyzed expenditure data from the eight major installations (Forts Bragg, Campbell, Carson, Drum, Hood, Lewis, Riley, and Stewart) and vi...
A Model and Application
This report asks the question, How should the Air Force design its repair contracts to ensure high-quality, responsive repair?...
A Historical Analysis
This report provides historical contextual information on the ages of aircraft designs operated by the Air Force. The authors find that, since the end...
When is it more cost efficient to replace an aircraft rather than continue to maintain it?...