Over the last ten years, the MITRE Corporation has been involved in the life cycle cost (LCC) evaluation of proposed and implemented systems for the AFSATCOM and MILSTAR Programs. In particular, LCC computer models have been created to represent the logistics structure and associated operation and support costs of airborne satellite communications systems. These LCC Models allow for the representation of differing equipment configurations on multiple platform types (both airborne and ground) and for variable platform deployments at bases worldwide. The LCC Models are also flexible enough to analyze differing maintenance concepts, including two versus three-level repair and centralized intermediate maintenance facilities. These LCC Models have been provided to contractors both for their in-house use in conducting LCC analysis and for reporting LCC results to the Government. The prime purposes these LCC Models have served are to: Identity support concepts. Serve as a LCC trade off high LCC drivers in both equipment design an analysis tool, and Provide a Government-approved and uniform framework for LCC analysis by competing contractors (i.e., avoiding 'apples versus oranges' comparisons). Several specific examples of cost savings generated by this LCC analysis are illustrated, including an analysis of AFSATCOM support equipment deployment.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Life cycle cost analysis of satellite communications systems


    Additional title:

    Lebensdauer-Kostenanalyse von Satelliten-Kommunikationssystemen


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 1 Bild, 2 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English