Increasing aircraft carrier forward presence : changing the length of the maintenance cycle / Roland J. Yardley ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yardley, Roland J.

United States. Navy.

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Series:

Rand Corporation monograph series.

Rand Corporation monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft carriers--United States--Maintenance and repair.

Aircraft carriers.

United States. Navy--Operational readiness.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Navy?s aircraft carriers allow the nation to deter adversaries, bring airpower to bear against opponents, engage friends and allies, and provide humanitarian assistance. However, these powerful and versatile systems need continuous and regularly scheduled maintenance, and their crews require a great deal of training to attain and sustain readiness levels. The length of the carrier?s training, readiness, deployment, and maintenance cycle, the type of maintenance needed, and the timing of events within the cycle affect the carrier?s availability to meet operational needs. Over the past

Contents:

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; The Challenge; Analytical Approach; Organization of the Monograph; Chapter Two - Past, Current, and Potential Carrier Cycles; The U.S. Carrier Fleet; Initial Maintenance Cycles for Nimitz-Class Carriers; Introduction of the Fleet Response Plan; Recent Changes to the FRP Cycle Length; Meeting Forward-Presence Demands; Potential Cycles for Evaluation; Recent Navy Decisions to Meet Presence Requirements; Technical Feasibility of the Potential Cycles

Chapter Three - The Impact of Different Cycles on OperationalAvailabilityRelationship Between Cycle Length and OperationalReadiness; Application of Alternative Cycles to the Carrier Fleet; Chapter Four - The Impact of Different Cycles on theMaintenance Industrial Base; Estimating the Magnitude of Depot Work Packages; Impact on the Depots; Chapter Five - Findings and Recommendations; Appendix - Workload Graphs for the Norfolk and PugetSound Naval Shipyards; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

"Prepared for the United States Navy."

"MG-706-NAVY"--P. [4] of cover.

Research conducted within the Rand National Defense Research Institute.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-70).

ISBN:

1-281-73650-3

9786611736507

0-8330-4595-4

OCLC:

476182794