Littoral Combat Ships Relating Performance to Mission Package Inventories, Homeports, and Installation Sites,9780833041463

Littoral Combat Ships Relating Performance to Mission Package Inventories, Homeports, and Installation Sites

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ISBN13: 9780833041463
ISBN10: 0833041460
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-06-16
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary

Alkire et al. provide a clear understanding of the operational, logistics, and cost trade-offs between three interdependent elements of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program: the number of LCSs in the fleet, the number of mission packages that those LCSs would require in order to perform a range of missions, and the number and locations of LCS homeports and mission package installation sites.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. iii
Figuresp. xi
Tablesp. xv
Summaryp. xvii
Acknowledgmentsp. xxix
Abbreviationsp. xxxi
Introductionp. 1
Three Primary Missions for the LCSp. 3
Modular Capabilitiesp. 6
RAND's Analysisp. 6
Scenario and LCS Employment Option Analysesp. 7
Transit, Logistics, and Cost Analysesp. 9
Organization of the Monographp. 10
Employing the LCS: Scenarios and Concepts of Operationp. 11
How LCSs Will Be Employedp. 11
Scenarios That LCSs Will Encounterp. 12
Major Combat Operationsp. 13
Stability Operationsp. 14
Global War on Terrorismp. 15
Homeland Defensep. 15
Initial Locations and Readiness of LCSs and Related Assetsp. 16
Methodology and Analytical Frameworkp. 19
Analytical Models That We Usedp. 19
Littoral Combat Ship Transshipment Model (LCSTSM)p. 19
Cost Modelsp. 24
Analyses That We Performedp. 24
Preferred LCS Homeports and Mission Package Installation Sitesp. 25
The Navy's Expected LCS fleetp. 25
Criteria for Choosing Suitable Homeports and Installation Sitesp. 26
Selecting Preferred Homeports and Installation Sitesp. 27
Initial Analysis of 15 Sitesp. 27
Initial Analysis of Preferred Sites for the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Term: 15 Sitesp. 27
Second-Order Analysis of Preferred Sites for the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Term: Eight Sitesp. 28
Testing the Sensitivity of Performance of Second-Order Sites to Removal or Retention of Japan in the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Termp. 32
Choosing Between Guam and Japan: Cost Comparisonp. 35
Testing the Sensitivity of Performance of Second-Order Sites to Removal or Retention of Singapore in the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Termp. 36
Conclusion: The Same Five Sites Are Preferred for Each Time Frame for Homeports and Mission Package Installation Sitesp. 40
Preferred LCS Mission Package Inventoriesp. 45
Assumed LCS Seaframe Inventories in the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Termp. 45
LCS Mission Package Inventories in the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Termp. 46
The Proportion of Mission Package Types Needed in the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Termp. 46
Minimum Number of Each Mission Package Type Needed in the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Termp. 47
Quantities of LCS Mission Packages, by Type, That the Navy Will Need in the Short Term, Middle Term, and Long Termp. 49
Locations Where LCS Mission Packages Change-Outs Will Occurp. 51
Conclusion: The Number of Mission Packages the Navy Will Need and Where They Should Be Keptp. 54
Projected LCS and Mission Package Costs and Performancep. 59
Cumulative Procurement Costs for LCS Seaframes, Mission Packages, and Facilities Constructionp. 59
Performance of LCS With Our Recommended Inventories and Locationsp. 60
Additional Considerationsp. 63
Risks and Benefits Involved With Storing and Installing Mission Packages at Different Sitesp. 63
Sealiftp. 64
Airliftp. 65
Maintaining Performance With Fewer Mission Packages and More Installation Sitesp. 68
Homeport Locations and Mission Package Proportions for Scenarios Involving MCOs Versus Scenarios Not Involving MCOsp. 69
Recommendationsp. 75
Homeports and Installation Sitesp. 75
Inventories of Mission Packagesp. 76
Theater Transit Timesp. 76
Costs and Schedule of Acquisitionsp. 76
Emerging Issuesp. 80
Appendix
Mathematical Details of the LCS Transshipment Modelp. 83
LCS Investment Cost Analysisp. 89
LCS Performance Assumptionsp. 99
Navy Special Operations Forces Perspective on LCSp. 103
Bibliographyp. 105
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