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Sustaining U.S. nuclear submarine design capabilities /

For the first time since the design of the first nuclear submarine, the U.S. Navy has no nuclear submarine design program under way, which raises the possibility that design capability could be lost. Such a loss could result in higher costs and delays when the next submarine design is undertaken, as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schank, John F. (John Frederic), 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2007.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1: Introduction
  • ch. 2: The submarine design process
  • ch. 3: Framing the analysis
  • ch. 4: Effect of different options for managing design resources
  • ch. 5: Critical skills
  • ch. 6: Suppliers
  • ch. 7: The Navy's roles and responsibilities in submarine design
  • ch. 8: Effect of a design gap on the Navy's technical community
  • ch. 9: Conclusions and recommendations
  • Appendix A: Workforce simulation model
  • Appendix B: Survey instrument for electric boat and Northrop Grumman Newport News
  • Appendix C: Survey instrument provided to vendors
  • Appendix D: U.S. Navy's technical warrant holders
  • Appendix E: Net present value analysis.