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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jerett Fazendine | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-31T20:12:55Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-31T20:12:55Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | APA | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/4731 | - |
dc.description | Student thesis | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The United States Marine Corps (USMC) currently operates 28 operational support airlift (OSA) aircraft. The USMC must maintain the requirements set forth by the Department of Defense in a cost-effective way to ensure the OSA aircraft and personnel accomplish the mission. In this thesis, I use a cost-benefit analysis to examine the current OSA fleet, specifically the UC-12W and UC-35D platforms and several feasible alternative courses of action (COAs). In my analysis, by estimating the costs associated with operations, support, and personnel, I find that there are cost-saving opportunities of approximately $2 million over the five-year cost projection by implementing an alternative COA that adds three additional UC-12W aircraft to the OSA fleet. The findings of the cost-benefit analysis provide evidence that the current structure of medium- and short-range aircraft is not the most cost-effective; therefore, a restructuring of the UC-12W and UC-35D must be undertaken to ensure the OSA program maximizes cost savings. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Acquisition Research Program | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Acquisition Research Program | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Cost Estimation;NPS-CE-22-217 | - |
dc.subject | cost-benefit analysis | en_US |
dc.subject | naval aviation | en_US |
dc.subject | Marine Corps | en_US |
dc.subject | operational support airlift | en_US |
dc.subject | OSA | en_US |
dc.title | Cost-Benefit Analysis of Marine Corps Operational Support Airlift: Alternative Acquisition and Force Structures for Marine Corps Operational Support Airlift | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | NPS Graduate Student Theses & Reports |
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NPS-CE-22-217.pdf | Student Thesis | 1.53 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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