Comparing Management Approaches for Automatic Test Systems: A Strategic Missile Case Study

By William C. Ford

From 1980 to 1992, the DoD spent over $50 billion acquiring Automatic Test Systems (ATS) used to test weapon systems. At that time, procuring unique ATS to support single weapon systems was the norm. In 1994, the DoD made a dramatic change to their ATS acquisition policy;common ATS that supported multiple weapon systems was preferred over ATS tailored to support a single weapon system. Expected benefits of thisnew policy included: more reliable equipment, increased supportability, decreased cost, smaller logistics footprint, and decreased manning. To date, the common ATS initiative has garnered little support AF-wide due to lack of substantive data supporting the expected benefits in a practical setting.The majority of the ATS procured in the 1980-1992 "bubble" is still in service but is facing severe aging and obsolescence issues.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1249590981
• ISBN13: 9781249590989
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
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