This paper examines the management of spares acquisition and logistics support activities for the Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) engine. A SIMSCRIPT II.5 simulation model of the ALCM system is developed and the probable ranges of five relevant factors (transportation time, maintenance duration, engine failure rate, test duration and test loss rate) are determined. The model is manipulated using a factorial design with the five factors at the extremes of their ranges. An ANOVA is used to determine if changes in these of the ALCM engine. This capability is expressed as the average number of days an engine must be used as an operational asset past the manufacturer's warranty period without an overhaul. The ANOVA indicated that changes in transportation time and maintenance duration had a significant effect on the operational capability of the ALCM engine and thus required further investigation to refine their range of values. The model is used to test the effects (on a number of variables of interest) of changes in maintenance policies and timing. The model should easily be adaptable to reflect the environment of the Ground Launched Cruise Missile and the Submarine Launched Cruise Missile Systems. It could then be used to estimate the number of spare engines required in these systems to meet various engine capability levels and other management goals.
Simulation Model for Air Launched Cruise Missile Engine Management
1984
146 pages
Report
No indication
English
Underwater Launched Missiles , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Surface Launched Missiles , Logistics management , Computerized simulation , Cruise missiles , Engines , Maintenance , Spare parts , Supply depots , Performance tests , Air launched , Weapon systems , Air Force procurement , Acquisition , Logistics support , Production , Transportation , Computer programs , Programming languages , Input output models , Computer printouts , Validation , Theses , ALCM(Air Launched Cruise Missile)
Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) Restraint Assembly
NTIS | 1986
|The air launched cruise missile flight test status
AIAA | 1979
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