ASSESSMENT OF MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT USING ADVANCED COMBAT MODELS

THE PROPOSED PHASE I EFFORT WILL EXAMINE CURRENTCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES. FROM THIS REVIEW, A METHOD WILL BEDEVELOPED, WHICH WILL INCORPORATE THE RESULTS FROM ADVANCED COMBAT SIMULATIONS TO PERFORM A TRUE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS. A HYPOTHETICAL WEAPON SYSTEM WILL BE EVALUATED YIELDING A FINAL "FIGURE OF MERIT" (FOM) AND DEMONSTRATING THE ABILITY TO USE WARGAMING RESULTS TO PERFORM COST-BENEFIT EVALUATIONS OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND COMPONENTSIN MODERN WEAPON SYSTEMS. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIALAPPLICATIONS - AN ANTICIPATED BENEFIT IS THE DEMONSTRATION OF A COST-EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR EVALUATING NEW MATERIALS, STRUCTURES, AND COMPONENTS IN BATTLEFIELD SITUATIONS BEFORE SUCH AN ENHANCEMENT IS DEVELOPED.