LEADER 03697oam 2200457zu 450 001 9910220155403321 005 20220908151359.0 010 $a0-8330-8467-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000315344 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001529702 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12519281 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001529702 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11523317 035 $a(PQKB)10035664 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000315344 100 $a20160829d2013 uh 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnabling early sustainment decisions $eapplication to F-35 depot-level maintenance /$fJohn G. Drew [et al.] 210 31$aSanta Monica, CA :$cRand Corporation ;$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 27 pages) $ccolor illustrations 225 0 $aResearch report Enabling early sustainment decisions 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 1 $a0-8330-8165-9 327 $aIntroduction TCA and current Air Force sustainment efforts Application of the framework to the F-35 Conclusions and potential extensions of this analysis 327 $aBackground and purpose -- Application to the F-35 -- Organization of this report -- TCA and current Air Force sustainment efforts -- Transaction cost accounting -- Application of the Framework to the F-35 -- Other considerations -- Conclusions and potential extensions of this analysis. 330 $a"The U.S. Air Force has long struggled to incorporate new weapon system logistics requirements and support system design considerations into its broader sustainment enterprise early in the acquisition process. To help inform Air Force decisionmaking with regard to sustainment sourcing, RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers explored and adapted lessons from the transaction cost accounting literature. The result is a powerful economic-based framework that has three primary benefits when it comes to addressing sustainment planning challenges: It is a repeatable, analytically driven decision tool that does not require large amounts of data; it considers repair source decisionmaking in the context of the broader Air Force enterprise; and it is potentially applicable to other aspects of sustainment planning, such as managing government-mandated repair sourcing mixes and informing other Air Force sustainment community responsibilities. This report demonstrates how the framework can be used to select among depot maintenance strategies by applying it to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the largest acquisition program in U.S. Department of Defense history. Although the U.S. government will retain the capability to perform the range of depot-level repairs for the F-35, 40 percent of the workload -- known as "above core" -- can be considered for sourcing to an organic Air Force facility, another military service's facility, a foreign partner, or the private sector. The framework helps planners visualize program data and compare new acquisition programs with legacy Air Force systems. In this way, it offers the Air Force additional leverage in responding to technology developments and vetting contractors's engineering, reliability, and maintainability projections for new weapon systems."--Page 4 of cover. 606 $aF-35 (Military aircraft)$xMaintenance and repair 615 0$aF-35 (Military aircraft)$xMaintenance and repair 676 $a623.74/63 700 $aDrew$b John G$01244036 702 $aBuryk$b Peter 702 $aMcGarvey$b Ronald G 712 02$aRand Corporation 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220155403321 996 $aEnabling early sustainment decisions$92909077 997 $aUNINA