| Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Places Program on Firmer Footing, but Progress Is Still Lagging |
19 May 2011 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Sullivan; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC ACQUISITION AND SOURCING MANAGEMENT
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 | The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is the Department of Defense's (DOD) most costly and ambitious aircraft acquisition, seeking to simultaneously develop and field three aircraft variants for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners. The JSF is critical for recapitalizing tactical air forces and will require a long-term commitment to very large annual funding outlays. The estimated total investment cost ... |
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| The Effect of Processes and Incentives on Acquisition Cost Growth |
30 Apr 2011 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Doug Bodner; Bill Rouse; I H Lee; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA
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| Cost growth continues to be a serious concern in major acquisition programs. A variety of causes have been identified for cost growth, including low initial cost estimates, complex acquisition processes, and immature technologies. Incentive-based systems have been employed in an attempt at cost savings, with mixed results at best. This paper examines the role of process and incentive characteristics in cost growth. In particular, we study process concurrency, types of ... |
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| International Perspectives of the Impact of Export Control and Technology Transfer Regimes: The F/A-18 Case Study |
30 Apr 2011 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Raymond Franck; Ira Lewis; Bernard Udis; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This report-in-progress is part of a joint project on export control and technology which involves collaboration efforts between teams of researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School and the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Cranfield University. As the U.S. group, we are reporting on our case study of the F/A-18 Hornet--with a view to gleaning insights into contemporary issues pertaining to export control and technology transfer regimes. |
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| The Impact of U.S. Export Control and Technology Transfer Regime on the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Project - A UK Perspective |
30 Apr 2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
David Moore; Peter Ito; STUART YOUNG; Kevin Burgess; Peter Antill; CRANFIELD UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| The research assessed the international impact of the U.S. export control and technology transfer regime, with a focus on the UK experience with the U.S. requirements as they relate to the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and the impact on logistical support for the JSF fleet. UK government and industry representatives indicated agreement with the goals of U.S. policy, skepticism regarding the impact of those policies on effective project management, and ... |
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| F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
26 Apr 2011 |
60 pages |
| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The largest procurement program in the Department of Defense (DOD), the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lightning II, is a new aircraft being procured in different versions for the United States Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. Current DOD plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 JSFs. Hundreds of additional F-35s are expected to be purchased by several U.S. allies, eight of which are cost-sharing partners ... |
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| F-35 Alternate Engine Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
20 Apr 2011 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| For four successive years, Congress has rejected Administration proposals to terminate the program to develop the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine as an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that currently powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The Administration's FY2012 budget submission again requests no funds for the program. The alternate engine program began in FY1996, when defense authorization conferees directed DOD to ensure that the JSF (then ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions: CH-53K Helicopter Program has Addressed Early Difficulties and Adopted Strategies to Address Future Risks |
Apr 2011 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Sullivan; Bruce Thomas; Noah Bleicher; Marvin Bonner; Laura Greifner; Laura Jezewski; Robert Miller; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The CH-53K helicopter mission is to provide combat assault transport of heavy weapons, equipment, and supplies from sea to support Marine Corps operations ashore. The CH-53K is a new-build design evolution of the existing CH-53E and is expected to maintain the same shipboard footprint, while providing significant lift, reliability, maintainability, and cost-of-ownership improvements. Its major improvements include upgraded engines, redesigned gearboxes, composite rotor blades and rotor system improvements, fly-by-wire flight ... |
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| Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Should Improve Outcomes, but Progress is Still Lagging Overall |
15 Mar 2011 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Sullivan; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is the Department of Defense's (DOD) most costly and ambitious aircraft acquisition, seeking to simultaneously develop and field three aircraft variants for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners. The JSF is critical for recapitalizing tactical air forces and will require a long-term commitment to very large annual funding outlays. The estimated total investment cost ... |
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| WSARA One Year Later |
Feb 2011 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
William R Fast; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| If the Weapon System Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (WSARA, enacted May 22, 2009) is to have any lasting effect, the behaviors of the defense acquisition workforce must change. One of my major concerns is how we can better train our major defense acquisition program (MDAP) managers and support staffs in the practical application of the tenets or principles of WSARA, most of which are really not new; they just ... |
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| F-35 Alternate Engine Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
10 Jan 2011 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| For four successive years, Congress has rejected administration proposals to terminate the program to develop the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine as an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that currently powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The administration's FY2011 budget submission again proposes to terminate the program. The alternate engine program began in FY1996, when defense authorization conferees directed DOD to ensure that the JSF (then JAST) ... |
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| Retaining F-22A Tooling: Options and Costs |
Jan 2011 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
John C Graser; Kevin Brancato; Guy Weichenberg; Soumen Saha; Akilah Wallace; RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ARLINGTON VA
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| In April 2009, the Secretary of Defense announced that production of the F-22A fighter would stop at 187 aircraft. In the fiscal year (FY) 2010 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress stipulated a requirement for several reports about the F-22A. One, for example, required an evaluation of the feasibility of creating an export version of the F-22A. Section 133 of the NDAA also required a plan to deal with the ... |
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| Investment Strategies for Improving Fifth-Generation Fighter Training |
Jan 2011 |
87 pages |
| Authors:
John A Ausink; William W Taylor; James H Bigelow; Kevin Brancato; RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ARLINGTON VA
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| The U.S. Air Force is finding it increasingly difficult to safely and affordably train combat air force (CAF) aircrews so that they will be prepared for combat conditions. Increased combatant commander (CCDR) requirements coupled with reduced force structure are stretching the ability of units to support sufficient training. Reduced flying hours are insufficient to meet Ready Aircrew Program (RAP) training requirements, and training ranges are insufficient to properly train and ... |
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| Defense Management: DOD Needs to Monitor and Assess Corrective Actions Resulting from Its Corrosion Study of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter |
16 Dec 2010 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| This report responds to House Report 111-166 to accompany the House bill (H.R. 2647) that later became the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.1 The House Report noted the House Armed Services Committee?s concerns that the lessons learned regarding the prevention and management of corrosion in the F-22 Raptor had not been fully applied to the development and acquisition of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The House Report ... |
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| The P-51 Mustang: A Case Study in Defense Acquisition |
Oct 2010 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Alan Haggerty; Roy Wood; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| In the rapidly changing global situation, defense acquisition needs to be equally agile and innovative. We must look to every source--government, industry, and academia--for ideas to make warfighter systems more capable and affordable. This article presents a historical case study of the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter plane development that illustrates ways the aircraft designers embraced the challenge to build a world-class fighter aircraft in the face of a ... |
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| A Good Idea Comes to Fruition: The F/A-18 Center Barrel Replacement-Plus Program |
Oct 2010 |
4 pages |
| Authors:
Jim Boone; Conroy; William F III; Mark Darrah; Rick Devore; Fred Hepler; Mark Skinner; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| Naval jets live hard. That point is well illustrated by the U.S. Navy's premier fighter/attack aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet. Achieving initial operating capability in 1984, the Hornet was designed to fly 6,000 hours and accumulate 2,000 arrested landings and 8,300 total landings. Day after day, the jets are stressed to the edges of the engineering envelope, and the toll of repeated oscillating G-forces isn't easily predicted when the structures are ... |
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| Joint Strike Fighter: Assessment of DOD's Funding Projection for the F136 Alternate Engine |
15 Sep 2010 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The $2.9 billion funding projection cited by DOD as the additional funding required to support an alternate engine program was intended to provide a general sense of the funding needed. As such, the projection does not include the same level of fidelity and precision normally associated with a detailed, comprehensive estimate. DOD analysts relied largely on data, assumptions, and methodologies from an analysis done 3 years ago and have characterized ... |
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| Optimizing Assignments of Strike-Fighter Squadrons to Carrier-Airwing Deployments |
Sep 2010 |
63 pages |
| Authors:
Rebecca L Madson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Department of the Navy currently has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVN), which are the centerpiece of carrier strike groups (CSG). The Fleet Response Plan (FRP) dictates CSG deployment and readiness cycles. Based on the FRP, the Navy produces a Master Aviation Plan that assigns 10 carrier-airwings (CVW) to CVNs and carrier-based squadrons to CVWs. At any given time, there are at most 38 strike-fighter squadrons to fill 40 possible ... |
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| Defense Management: DOD Needs Better Information and Guidance to More Effectively Manage and Reduce Operating and Support Costs of Major Weapon Systems |
Jul 2010 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Edwards; Tom Gosling; Tracy Burney; Sandra Enser; Kevin Keith; James Lackey; Charles Perdue; Richard Powelson; Janine Prybyla; Jennifer Spence; Alyssa Weir; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) spends billions of dollars each year to sustain its weapon systems. These operating and support (O&S) costs can account for a significant portion of a system's total life-cycle costs and include costs for repair parts, maintenance, and personnel. The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 directs GAO to review the growth in O&S costs of major systems. GAO's report addresses the following: (1) the ... |
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| Preparing Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Graduates for F-35A Training |
11 Jun 2010 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Todd J Lafortune; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| In 2015, the U.S. Air Force plans to start its first class of F-35A Initial Qualification Training (IQT) students immediately following their graduation from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT). This class will signify the beginning of F-35A pilot production with a steady increase to over 180 F-35A pilots per year. These pilots will require certain skills to fly the F-35A, skills that will be somewhat different from the skills required ... |
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| F/A-18(A-D) Wing Root Fatigue Life Expended (FLE) Prediction Without the Use of Strain Gage Data |
Jun 2010 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Jason M Lindauer; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| U.S. Navy and Marine Corps F/A-18 aircraft are subject to two life-limiting metrics--actual flight hours and fatigue life expended (FLE). While flight hours can be mitigated, fatigue on the airframe cannot. The fatigue expended per flight varies based on the mission; it is recorded by seven strain gages throughout the airframe. Because strain gages are unmonitored systems, they are subject to drift and/or failure. Consequently, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) ... |
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| Optimizing Marine Corps Pilot Conversion to the Joint Strike Fighter |
Jun 2010 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Shannon V Holloway; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The United States Marine Corps is replacing its fixed wing fighter and attack aircraft with the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Retirement of F/A-18 Hornets and AV-8B Harriers will make their associated military occupational specialties obsolete. The conversion of personnel to the new aircraft must be carefully managed to ensure appropriate manning levels for the Joint Strike Fighter, while maintaining adequate quantities of experienced personnel in the legacy communities. The ... |
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| Multiple Aptitude Battery-II Normative Intelligence Test Data That Distinguish U.S. Air Force AC-130 Gunship Sensor Operators |
Jun 2010 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Wayne Chappelle; Kent McDonald; William Thompson; Katharine McMillian; Mark Marley; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB BROOKS CITY-BASE TX HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING (711TH)
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| U.S. Air Force (USAF) AC-130 Gunship sensor operators (SOs) represent a unique group of enlisted aircrew in a challenging and high-risk profession. Aside from motivation and key personality traits, cognitive ability is considered to have a pivotal role in succeeding as a gunship SO (Chappelle, et aI., 2009). This study evaluated intelligence test scores from volunteers in the current inventory of Gunship SOs. The purpose of such intelligence testing was ... |
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| Pacer Calibration of F-16D USAF Serial Number 87-0391 (Project Pace Maker) |
Jun 2010 |
142 pages |
| Authors:
Jimmy A Jones; Michael B Baker; Andrew D Anderson; Jonathan P Majo; James A Pate; Charles M McNiel; AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER EDWARDS AFB CA
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| This report presents the results of test efforts to calibrate F-16D USAF serial number 87-0391 Pitot-static system (Project Pace Maker). The objectives of this project were to determine the calibration of the test aircraft with a flight test noseboom and to calibrate the trailing cone system. The USAF Test Pilot School, Class 09B, conducted eight sorties in an F-16D Block 40 aircraft totaling 13.4 hours at Edwards AFB, CA from ... |
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| Cushion Effects During Low Frequency Jet Aircraft Vibration Exposure |
May 2010 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Suzanne D Smith; Jennifer G Jurcsisn; HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS DIRECTORATE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH 711 HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING
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| The purpose of this study was to compare the biodynamic, subjective comfort, and occupant performance effects of a prototype active air bladder cushion, a prototype contoured rate-sensitive foam cushion, and a standard flat aircraft cushion during exposure to low level vibration. Methods: Subjects were exposed to 30 minutes of low level F-15 aircraft vibration for each seat pan cushion while performing the Multi-Attribute Task Battery in the laboratory. Following the ... |
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| Strategies for Maintaining the Navy's and Marine Corps Inventories of Fighter Aircraft |
May 2010 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| The United States Navy and Marine Corps maintain a fleet of more than 1,100 tactical fighters that provide capabilities for air-to-air combat and air-to-ground attack. As of January 2010, that force consisted of about 640 F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornets, nearly 400 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, and roughly 150 AV-8B Harriers. Current modernization plans call for replacing all of the Hornets and Harriers with about 100 more Super Hornets and 680 F-35B/C Joint Strike ... |
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| NORAD CONUS Fighter Basing |
13 Apr 2010 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Will Hay; Tim Phillips; Mat Thomas; AIR FORCE ACADEMY COLORADO SPRINGS CO
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| PROBLEM STATEMENT: * Fighter basing optimization -- 75 bases: AF bases, airports -- 49 defended cities: Continental US (CONUS) state capitals and Washington DC -- Minimize total distance from bases to cities * Unclassified version * Use Microsoft Office products to conduct an analysis. -- Access database supplied by client --- The database comes from last years project --- Provide documentation * Will provide a base for future projects. * ... |
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| Air Force's Combat Aircraft: A Future Holding into the Past |
07 Apr 2010 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Gordon P Greaney; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| America's AF has adopted a strategy that reduces and then modernizes its remaining legacy fleet of combat aircraft. The strategy attempts to free up the necessary funding required to procure a modernized AF with all stealth bombers and fighters. It has been plagued with setbacks because of production delays and cost overruns. The newly attained stealth aircraft have also fallen short of their projected and required mission capable rates and ... |
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| Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G Aircraft Procurement and Strike Fighter Shortfall: Background and Issues for Congress |
05 Apr 2010 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | The Navy's proposed FY2011 budget requests about $1.8 billion for the procurement of 22 F/A- 18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters and about $1.0 billion for the procurement of 12 EA-18G Growler electric attack aircraft. The FY2011 Navy budget does not request a new multiyear procurement (MYP) arrangement for procuring F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs in FY2011-FY2015. Some Members of Congress are interested in the option of procuring additional F/A-18E/Fs in FY2011 to ... |
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| F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
02 Apr 2010 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The largest procurement program in the Department of Defense (DOD), the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), also called the Lightning II, is a new aircraft being procured in different versions for the United States Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy. Current DOD plans call for acquiring a total of 2,456 JSFs. Hundreds of additional F-35s are expected to be purchased by several U.S. allies, eight of which are cost-sharing partners ... |
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| F-35 Alternate Engine Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
22 Mar 2010 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| For four successive years, Congress has rejected administration proposals to terminate the program to develop the General Electric/Rolls-Royce F136 engine as an alternative to the Pratt & Whitney F135 engine that currently powers the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The administration's FY2011 budget submission again proposes to terminate the program. The alternate engine program began in FY1996, when defense authorization conferees directed DOD to ensure that the JSF (then JAST) ... |
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| Filling the Fighter Gap |
18 Mar 2010 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Justin DeMarco; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The purpose of this paper is to suggest how the Air Force can mitigate the risk presented by the delays in fielding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by procuring a fleet of generation 4.5 fighter aircraft. The obstacles posed by the enormous cost of acquiring generation 5 fighter technology forced the Air Force to cut the number of F-22 Raptors they had requested from an original requirement of 648 aircraft ... |
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| Joint Strike Fighter: Significant Challenges Remain as DOD Restructures Program |
11 Mar 2010 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Sullivan; Bruce Fairbairn; Ridge Bowman; Charlie Shivers; David Adams; Lindsay Taylor; W K Roberts; Matt Lea; Greg Campbell; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The JSF program continues to struggle with increased costs and slowed progress?negative outcomes that were foreseeable as events have unfolded over several years. Total estimated acquisition costs have increased $46 billion and development extended 2 years, compared to the program baseline approved in 2007. DOD is now taking some positive steps that, if effectively implemented, should improve outcomes and provide more realistic cost and schedule estimates. Officials increased time and ... |
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| Joint Strike Fighter: Significant Challenges and Decisions Ahead |
Mar 2010 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Sullivan; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is the Department of Defense's (DOD) most costly and ambitious aircraft acquisition, seeking to simultaneously develop and field three aircraft variants for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners. The JSF is critical for recapitalizing tactical air forces and will require a long-term commitment to very large annual funding outlays. The current estimated investment is ... |
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| Joint Strike Fighter: Additional Costs and Delays Risk Not Meeting Warfighter Requirements on Time |
Mar 2010 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Sullivan; Bruce Fairbairn; Charlie Shivers; David Adams; Lindsay Taylor; W K Roberts; Matt Lea; Karen Richey; Jason Lee; Greg Campbell; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is the Department of Defense's (DOD) most costly and ambitious aircraft acquisition, seeking to simultaneously develop and field three aircraft variants for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners. The JSF is critical for recapitalizing tactical air forces and will require a long-term commitment to very large annual funding outlays. The current estimated investment is ... |
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| Critical Review of the Generalised Frost-Dugdale Approach to Crack Growth in F/A-18 Hornet Structural Materials |
Mar 2010 |
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| Authors:
R Jones; L Molent; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA) AIR VEHICLES DIV
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| The F/A-18 Hornet is one of the ADF's premier defence assets. It utilises a highly optimised metallic structure to assist in achieving its performance objectives. Thus the structure (particularly the fracture critical wing attachment bulkheads or the centre barrel) is uniformly highly stressed and thus susceptible to fatigue cracking. In order to help assess the fatigue critical regions of the aircraft it is essential that the tools used to predict/assess ... |
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| The Airman and the State: An F-22 Pilot's Perspective on Civil-Military Relations |
18 Feb 2010 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Alexus G Grynkewich; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The F-22 case study demonstrates how adherence to current civil-military relationship models creates discord and can lead to a sub-optimization of national strategy. Throughout the F-22 program, Department of Defense (DoD) civilian leadership exercised their prerogative to discount and undervalue Air Force military advice, ultimately overruling the Air Force as to the future of the program. Conversely, Air Force leaders viewed their management of the F-22 program as part of ... |
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| Optimization of the F-35 Acquisition |
05 Jan 2010 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
B A Byers; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE SCHOOL
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| Historically, the Marine Corps has diversified its aviation combat element's (ACE) tactical aviation (TACAIR) assets in order to ensure flexibility across its missions in support of the Marine air ground task force (MAGTF). During WWII, the Marine Corps employed the F-4F and F-4U Corsair to support the MAGTF. In the 1960's and 70's, the MAGTF was supported by the A-4 Skyhawk, F-4 Phantom, and the A-6 Intruder. Currently, the Marine ... |
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| Ending F-22A Production: Costs and Industrial Base Implications of Alternative Options |
Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
Obald Younossi; Kevin Brancato; John C Graser; Thomas Light; Rena Rudavsky; Jerry M Sollinger; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The U.S. Air Force's F-22A Raptor is the world's most advanced fighter aircraft. Currently, Congress has authorized the procurement of 187 F-22As. The final production funding for the program of record is in fiscal year (FY) 2009, with the last delivery about two years later. After this, the Air Force will continue with contracts that provide for some modernization and sustainment work but no new production. Since Congress has prohibited ... |
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| Aircraft Survivability: Live Fire Test and Evaluation, Spring 2010 |
Jan 2010 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY PROGRAM OFFICE ARLINGTON VA
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| Aircraft Survivability is published three times a year by the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO) chartered by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center and U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command. Articles in this issue include: F-35 fire test: full-up systems level testing, JSF live fire test--pilot-in-the-loop simulator testing, One-of-a-kind testing at NAWCWD means more survivable aircraft, Arcing survivability, excellence in survivability, and ... |
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| Evaluating the Desirability of Navy F/A-18E/F Service Life Extension Programs (SLEPs) |
Jan 2010 |
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| Authors:
Edward G Keating; Irv Blickstein; Michael Boito; Jess Chandler; Deborah Peetz; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| This report resulted from a U.S. Navy request to the RAND Corporation to assess the cost effectiveness of prospective service life extension programs (SLEPs) on F/A-18E/F fighter jets and C-2A transport aircraft. The Navy's request and the methodology we present in this report assume that a SLEPed aircraft and the potential replacement aircraft have comparable capabilities. SLEPs are complex depot-level overhauls in which an aircraft is extensively inspected, cracked or ... |
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| Air Force F-22 Fighter Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
22 Dec 2009 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Procurement of Air Force F-22 fighters began in FY1999, and a total of 187 have been procured through FY2009. The issue for Congress is whether to approve the Administration's proposal in the FY2010 budget to end F-22 procurement at 187 aircraft, or reject that proposal and provide funding in FY2010 for the procurement of additional F-22s in FY2010 and/or subsequent years. The White House has vowed to veto any bill ... |
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| Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G Aircraft Procurement and Strike Fighter Shortfall: Background and Issues for Congress |
22 Dec 2009 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The Navy has been procuring F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters since FY1997. Super Hornets and older F/A-19A/B/C/D Hornets currently account for the majority of the aircraft in the Navy's 10 active-duty aircraft carrier air wings (CVWs) -- of the 70 or so aircraft in each CVW, more than 40 typically are Hornets and Super Hornets. The Navy in FY2006 also began procuring the EA-18G Growler, an electronic warfare version of ... |
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| F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
22 Dec 2009 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget requested about $10.4 billion in research and development and procurement funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. This would fund the procurement of 10 F-35As for the Air Force, 16 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps, and four F-35Cs for the Navy. The administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget also proposed terminating the F-35 alternate engine program, which is intended to develop the General ... |
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| F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
07 Dec 2009 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget requested about $10.4 billion in research and development and procurement funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. This would fund the procurement of 10 F-35As for the Air Force, 16 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps, and four F-35Cs for the Navy. The administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget also proposed terminating the F-35 alternate engine program, which is intended to develop the General ... |
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| Preparing for Irregular Warfare: The Future Ain't What It Used to Be |
01 Dec 2009 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
John D Jogerst; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIRPOWER JOURNAL
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| Contrary to doctrine and direction, the Air Force's actions make clear that it does not consider IW a priority. It's now fashionable in the Pentagon for airpower advocates to dismiss COIN as the last war and call for an all-out push for modernization to prepare for war with a technologically sophisticated peer or near-peer enemy. Despite an inability to predict our involvement in insurgencies after the initial phases of Operations ... |
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| Analyzing the Multi-national Cooperative Acquisition Aspect of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program |
Dec 2009 |
134 pages |
| Authors:
Levent Ozdemir; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is a cooperative acquisition program intended to design, develop, and produce a next-generation fighter that involves the United States and eight partner nations. Although the program is led by the United States, the participant nations cooperate to produce an affordable yet advanced aircraft by exchanging technology and information as well as investing in the program and receiving commensurate returns. The allied nations will then ... |
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| F-22 versus UCAV: Fixing Today's Deficiencies Leaves Questions about Tomorrow's Dominance |
Dec 2009 |
92 pages |
| Authors:
Brian O Beales; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| This thesis evaluates the U.S. Government's decision to end F-22 production and shift procurement toward first-generation Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). Since September 11, 2001, the U.S. military has been in a constant asymmetric battle with violent extremists. UCAVs, like the MQ-1 and MQ-9, have provided a persistent air power presence and have grown in popularity because of their low cost and versatility. At the same time, the F-22 has ... |
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| F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
27-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah J Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget requested about $10.4 billion in research and development and procurement funding for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. This would fund the procurement of 10 F-35As for the Air Force, 16 F-35Bs for the Marine Corps, and four F-35Cs for the Navy. The administration's proposed FY2010 defense budget also proposed terminating the F-35 alternate engine program, which is intended to develop the General ... |
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| Navy F/A-18E/F and EA-18G Aircraft Procurement and Strike Fighter Shortfall: Background and Issues for Congress |
25-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah J Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget requests about $1.0 billion for the procurement of nine F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters. The Navy's FY2009 budget had projected that 18 F/A-18E/Fs would be requested in FY2010. The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget also requests about $1.6 billion for the procurement of 22 EA-18G Growler electric attack aircraft. The Navy's proposed FY2010 budget does not request a new multiyear procurement (MYP) arrangement for procuring F/A-18E/Fs ... |
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| Air Force F-22 Fighter Program: Background and Issues for Congress |
25-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Jeremiah J Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Procurement of Air Force F-22 fighters began in FY1999, and a total of 187 have been procured through FY2009. The issue for Congress is whether to approve the Administration's proposal in the FY2010 budget to end F-22 procurement at 187 aircraft, or reject that proposal and provide funding in FY2010 for the procurement of additional F-22s in FY2010 and/or subsequent years. The White House has vowed to veto any bill ... |
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Attack and Fighter Aircraft
