Weapon System Environmental Life Cycle Cost Methodologies and Models

Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) cost billions of dollars and have 30 to 50 year life spans. Numerous (federal, state, etc.) laws, Environmental Protection Agency regulations, and Executive Orders have driven DoD to develop and implement significant environmental policies within the past ten to fifteen years. Congressional mandate now requires each MDAP to evaluate its environmental life cycle cost (ELCC) to minimize these costs. This research focuses on the current methodologies and models used to predict and calculate the ELCC of a MDAP. This thesis analyzed the difficulties associated with using ELCC methodologies and models and examined several case studies of organizations that have used ELCC methodologies and models. Environmental cost categories from three DoD organizations were analyzed and benchmarked to develop a standardized work breakdown structure (WBS) for all MDAP. A set of criteria was developed to evaluate ELCC methodologies and models and then applied to three existing DoD ELCC methodologies and models (Army ELCC Methodology, Navy ELCC Model, and National Defense Center of Environmental Excellence Environmental Cost Analysis Methodology). A recommendation is provided to the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security to develop a new foundation for MDAP by adopting the three existing DoD ELCC methodologies and models and the standardized environmental WBS. Finally, suggestions are provided to help MDAP overcome common difficulties associated with the implementation and use of ELCC methodologies and models.Air Force Inst of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB OH School of Engineering and Management is the author of 'Weapon System Environmental Life Cycle Cost Methodologies and Models', published 2001 under ISBN 9781423528241 and ISBN 1423528247.