Evaluating the Desirability of Navy F/A-18E/F Service Life Extension Programs (SLEPs)

Edward G. Keating ; Irv Blickstein ; Michael Boito ; Jess Chandler ; Deborah Peetz

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Fighter Aircraft;    Military Aircraft;    Military Acquisition and Procurement;   

ISBN  :  9780833051042
RP-ID  :  TR-844-NAVY

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

As Navy aircraft age, leaders must decide whether to modify and upgrade the aging systems or replace them. The Navy wants to make such aging-aircraft management decisions in an objective and analytical manner that provides the most military efficacy to the department for a given level of spending. While the F/A-18E/F is relatively new, preliminary planning has begun as to the feasibility and desirability of a service life extension program (SLEP) on the aircraft. This report sets forth a methodology to compare the value of doing an E/F SLEP to the alternative of buying replacement Joint Strike Fighters (JSFs). The report presents ranges of parameter values that favor versus oppose undertaking E/F SLEPs.