Life-cycle cost trade studies for hardness assurance

Author

Millward, Douglas G.

Author_Institution

Millward Res., Poway, CA, USA

Volume

43

Issue

6

fYear

1996

fDate

12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

3133

Lastpage

3138

Abstract

Based on hardness assurance (HA) cost trade studies conducted on a low-cost/high-volume tactical military system with moderate radiation environments, conventional strategies for design hardening and HA can result in higher life-cycle costs (LCC) than alternate approaches. The trade studies used variables designed to investigate LCC as a function of several critical parameters, including semiconductor procurement option, system quantity, HA testing option, and other variables. An LCC model and sample problem are included to illustrate the key results. Following the results of the trade studies, limitations of the simplified cost model are presented, the relationship of these results to current procurement practices are discussed, and the application of the results to modern military and commercial systems is discussed

Keywords

costing; design engineering; military systems; radiation hardening (electronics); commercial systems; design hardening; hardness assurance; life-cycle cost trade studies; moderate radiation environments; semiconductor procurement option; simplified cost model; system quantity; tactical military system; Costs; Guidelines; Human computer interaction; Modems; Procurement; Production systems; Radiation hardening; Semiconductor device testing; Standards publication; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.556916

Filename

556916