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Title: WHY HAS THE COST OF NAVY SHIPS RISEN?
A MACROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE TRENDS IN U.S. NAVAL SHIP COSTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES
By: Mark V Arena, Irv Blickstein, Obaid Younossi
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0833039210
ISBN 13: 9780833039217
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Publisher: RAND
Pub. date: 15 May, 2006
Pages: 106
Synopsis: Over the past several decades, increases in acquisition costs for U.S. Navy combatants have outpaced the rate of inflation. To understand why, the authors of this book examined two principal source categories of ship cost escalation (economy-driven factors and customer-driven factors) and interviewed various shipbuilders. Based on their analysis, the authors propose some ways the Navy might reduce ship costs in the future.
Publication: US
Imprint: RAND
Returns: Non-returnable
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