Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2008
Abstract
Within the Department of Defense, with changing missions to counter dynamic and asymmetrical threats, the acquisition workforce strives to maximize capability for joint warfighting. How acquisition professionals measure and select capability improvements for the nation’s weapon systems is a perpetual challenge, made even more complex with constrained defense budgets. This study identifies a method for determining which upgrades should be purchased (production) for which aircraft in the F- 15C fleet by optimizing a capability proxy measure. Each upgrade’s “necessity” for a given mission area was obtained by conducting a survey of over 250 experienced F-15C pilots. The solution presented in this article should be extensible to other weapon system capability decisions.
Source Publication
Defense Acquisition Research Journal
Recommended Citation
Colombi, J.M., Jacques, D.R, & Strouble, D.D. (2008). Maximizing Warfighter Capability Using Surveyed Necessity Measurement: Application to the USAF F-15C Fleet. Defense Acquisition Research Journal: A Publication of the Defense Acquisition University. 15 (3). 240-259.
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Defense and Security Studies Commons, Design of Experiments and Sample Surveys Commons, Management and Operations Commons, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Commons, Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics Commons, Probability Commons
Comments
The Defense Acquisition Research Journal (Defense ARJ, or ARJ) is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal published by Defense Acquisition University (DAU). The archive of Defense ARJ is available here.