TY  - BOOK
AU  - Birkler,J.L.
AU  - Schank,John F.
AU  - Smith,Giles K.
AU  - Timson,F.S.
AU  - Chiesa,James
AU  - Goldberg,Marc D.
AU  - Mattock,Michael G.
AU  - Mackinnon,Malcolm
ED  - National Defense Research Institute (U.S.).
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - United States.
TI  - The U.S. submarine production base: an analysis of cost, schedule, and risk for selected force structures 
SN  - 0833015486
AV  - V858 .U2 1994
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Submarine forces
KW  - Yards and naval stations
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Defense industries
KW  - Shipbuilding industry
KW  - Submarines (Ships)
N1  - "RAND National Defense Research Institute."; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- Background -- Effects of a Production Gap on Shipyards -- Effects of a Production Gap on Nuclearcomponent Vendors -- Effects of a Production Gap on Nonnuclearcomponent Vendors -- Alternative Fleet Replacement Strategies -- Comparing the Cost of Alternative Strategies -- Risk -- Conclusions and Recommendations --; Appendix; Design Considerations -- Supplementary Background Information -- Shipyard Effects: Additional Cases -- British Production Restart Experience -- French Production Experience -- Workforce Reconstitution Model and Generic Results -- Operating and Support Costs -- Comparing Costs: Additional Cases; Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - In January 1993, RAND's National Defense Research Institute was asked by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to compare the practicality and cost of two approaches to future submarine production: (1) allowing production to shut down as currently programmed submarines are finished, then restarting it when more are needed, and (2) continuing low-rate production. The research was motivated by concerns that the submarine production base might not be easily reconstituted if production is shut down and by the countervailing recognition that deferring new submarine starts might yield substantial savings, particularly over the short term
UR  - http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR456/index.html
ER  -