TY  - BOOK
AU  - Younossi,Obaid
AU  - Stem,David E.
AU  - Lorell,Mark A.
AU  - Lussier,Frances M.
ED  - Rand eBooks.
TI  - Lessons learned from the F/A-22 and F/A-18 E/F development programs
SN  - 0833037498 (pbk.)
AV  - UG1123 .L48 2005
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - United States
KW  - Air Force
KW  - Procurement
KW  - Evaluation
KW  - Navy
KW  - Airplanes, Military
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Costs
KW  - F-22 (Jet fighter plane)
KW  - Hornet (Jet fighter plane)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "RAND Project Air Force."; "The project ... was conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface; Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-72); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - How can the Air Force and the other services profit from the experience of these two very different development programs? The F/A-18E/F is a new platform, but it incorporates some of the key components of the legacy platform. The F/A-22, on the other hand, is completely new, but the authors believe the divergent histories of the two-the F/A-22 has been delayed 52 months and has experienced cost overruns while the F/A-18E/F was developed on time and on budget-have lessons to teach future acquisition decisionmakers. In this report, the authors present a detailed history of the two programs and conclude that these decisionmakers can take several steps to reduce risk and improve the acquisition process, including setting realistic schedule and cost estimates, establishing a stable and experienced development team, being aware of the risks entailed in concurrent development of new technology, and carefully monitoring airframe weight
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