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RAND report raps Raptor program estimates
RAND report is at http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG276/
Mike The document, titled "Lessons Learned from the F/A-22 and F/A-18E/F Development Programs," was released Oct. 10 by Rand Corp. It is part of a series called "The Cost of Future Military Aircraft: Historical Cost-Estimating Relationships and Cost Reduction Initiatives" that Rand is doing for the Air Force. The result: The Super Hornet's cost and schedule estimate were relatively accurate and remained stable throughout the development phase of the program when compared with the Raptor. The lessons learned in the report also included: - Reducing the cost and risk associated with an aircraft's avionics should be a chief priority of the development phase. - An "evolutionary" approach to developing avionics will help moderate the risk because the development is taken in smaller steps. - The weight of the airframe should be carefully monitored because its getting heavier is a sign of problems to come. - Manufacturing the aircraft before testing is finished puts the program at considerable risk because of the costs associated with retrofitting aircraft with fixes found as a result of testing. - Putting together a "stable" development team with the right expertise is "critical" to success. |
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RAND report raps Raptor program estimates
Re the last two bullets: It never ceases to astound me that contractors fail
to apply what in essence are Project Management 101-grade practices. Plus ça change! -- Mike Kanze "A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights." - Time magazine's Lance Morrow, written after the September 11 attacks. "Mike" wrote in message oups.com... RAND report is at http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG276/ Mike The document, titled "Lessons Learned from the F/A-22 and F/A-18E/F Development Programs," was released Oct. 10 by Rand Corp. It is part of a series called "The Cost of Future Military Aircraft: Historical Cost-Estimating Relationships and Cost Reduction Initiatives" that Rand is doing for the Air Force. The result: The Super Hornet's cost and schedule estimate were relatively accurate and remained stable throughout the development phase of the program when compared with the Raptor. The lessons learned in the report also included: - Reducing the cost and risk associated with an aircraft's avionics should be a chief priority of the development phase. - An "evolutionary" approach to developing avionics will help moderate the risk because the development is taken in smaller steps. - The weight of the airframe should be carefully monitored because its getting heavier is a sign of problems to come. - Manufacturing the aircraft before testing is finished puts the program at considerable risk because of the costs associated with retrofitting aircraft with fixes found as a result of testing. - Putting together a "stable" development team with the right expertise is "critical" to success. |
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