The Use of the Maurer Factor for Estimating the Cost of a Turbine Engine in the Early Stages of Development

Military managers are faced with increasing systems costs. One area where this increasing cost is especially true is in the acquisition of aircraft weapon systems. A driving factor in the aircraft cost is the turbine engine, and therefore acquisition managers have been tasked with developing cost es...

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Main Authors: Barrett, Charles W , Jr, Koenig, Michael J
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
COST ESTIMATES
COST MODELS
Economics and Cost Analysis
Jet and Gas Turbine Engines
MAURER FACTOR
PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
THESES
TURBOJET ENGINES
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Summary:Military managers are faced with increasing systems costs. One area where this increasing cost is especially true is in the acquisition of aircraft weapon systems. A driving factor in the aircraft cost is the turbine engine, and therefore acquisition managers have been tasked with developing cost estimating methods that will more accurately predict turbine engine cost. At present, several parametric costing models available are briefly discussed in this report. However, the primary objective of this report, is to evaluate a costing technique used extensively by the Navy--the Maurer Factor (MF) technique. The MF technique is a parametric costing technique based on the materials in a turbine engine. The report includes the following: (a) a detailed description of the MF technique; (b) a validation of the MF technique; (c) the development of an estimated MF (EMF) model using engine performance parameters; and (d) statistical analysis and validation of the EMF models.