Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarine
Title | Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarine PDF eBook |
Author | John Frederic Schank |
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Release | 2007 |
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This research brief summarizes an analysis of workforce and workload management options to suggest ways to constrain the cost, schedule, and risk involved in the design of the U.S. Navy's next nuclear submarine class.
Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarines
Title | Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarines PDF eBook |
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Release | 2007 |
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This research brief summarizes an analysis of workforce and workload management options to suggest ways to constrain the cost, schedule, and risk involved in the design of the U.S. Navy's next nuclear submarine class.
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities
Title | Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities PDF eBook |
Author | John Frederic Schank |
Publisher | Rand Corporation |
Pages | 235 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0833041606 |
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 well as risks to system performance and safety. The authors estimate and compare the costs and delays of letting design capability erode vs. those of alternative means of managing the workload and workforce over the gap in design demand and beyond. The authors recommend that the Navy consider stret.
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities
Title | Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities PDF eBook |
Author | John Frederic Schank |
Publisher | Rand Corporation |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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The U.S. submarine eet currently numbers more than 50 fast attack submarines (SSNs) and 18 submarines built to launch ballistic missiles (SSBNs). All are nuclear powered to maximize the duration and speed of underwater operations. While the submarine eet has been decreasing in size since the end of the Cold War, it is anticipated that the U.S. Navy will sustain a force of several dozen boats into the foreseeable future. Submarines are almost continually being built to replace older ones that must be retired. As is the case with surface ships, submarines are built in classes sets of boats constructed to a common design. Designing a new class of nuclear submarines is a very large and complex endeavor, lasting 15 years or longer and requiring 15,000 to 20,000 man-years at the prime shipyard contractor alone.
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities
Title | Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities PDF eBook |
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Pages | 47 |
Release | 2007 |
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The U.S. submarine eet currently numbers more than 50 fast attack submarines (SSNs) and 18 submarines built to launch ballistic missiles (SSBNs). All are nuclear powered to maximize the duration and speed of underwater operations. While the submarine eet has been decreasing in size since the end of the Cold War, it is anticipated that the U.S. Navy will sustain a force of several dozen boats into the foreseeable future. Submarines are almost continually being built to replace older ones that must be retired. As is the case with surface ships, submarines are built in classes sets of boats constructed to a common design. Designing a new class of nuclear submarines is a very large and complex endeavor, lasting 15 years or longer and requiring 15,000 to 20,000 man-years at the prime shipyard contractor alone.
The Nuclear Submarine Force--past, Present and Future
Title | The Nuclear Submarine Force--past, Present and Future PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Projection Forces Subcommittee |
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Pages | 98 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Nuclear Submarines of Advanced Design
Title | Nuclear Submarines of Advanced Design PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy |
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Pages | 264 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Nuclear submarines |
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