DEVELOPMENT OF THEATER LEVEL COST EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS NO ADEQUATE WAY OFCALCULATING THE COST EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS OR STRUCTURES USED IN MODERN WEAPON SYSTEMS, WHERE THE EFFFECTIVENESS IS DEFINED IN TERMS OF OUTCOMES ON THE BATTLEFIELD. STR STRONGLY BELIEVES THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THE COST EFFECTIVENESS IN TERMS OF BATTLEFIELD OUTCOMES AND, FURTHER, THAT THE CORRECTLEVEL FOR BATTLEFIELD OUTCOMES IS AT THE THEATER LEVEL. WITH THE CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF GEN. GLENN A. KENT'S "STRATEGIES TO TASK" ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF STR CORPORATION'S OME-III METHODOLOGY WHICH TREATS THE ABSOLUTELY DOMINANT "OPERATIONAL ART," AND WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF STR'S FORCE PLANNING ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO COMPUTE COST EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES FOR MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE SAME FRAMWORK THAT CALCULATES THE SAME MEASURES FOR OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS. FURTHER, THE FPAF ASSURES THATBOTH SIDES OPTIMALLY USE THEIR FORCES TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF THE WEAPON SYSTEMS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE SYSTEMS. STR WILL USE THE FPAF TO DEMONSTRATE, USING A SINGLE SCENARIO, A SELECTED SET OF COMPONENTS, AND A SAMPLE SET OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, THAT BATTLEFIELD COST EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT. WHEN IMPLEMNETED, THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM WILL BEUSEFUL TO ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENTOF ADVANCED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES. EXAMPLES MIGHT BE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DECISION MAKERS, DIRECTORS WITHIN DARPA, DIRECTORS AND ENGINEERS IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES, AND