Stryker Suitability Study; Research rept

摘要

The primary purpose of this research study was to determine the operating and support costs of the Stryker family of vehicles and compare those costs to predicted and/or budgeted costs. The secondary purpose of this study was to investigate general suitability performance issues of this recently deployed system, which was accelerated into combat in 2003. Researchers used field maintenance reports to gather support cost data for Stryker vehicles. Researchers then developed an independent methodology for estimating cost per mile values for CONUS and deployed vehicles. The methodology and assumptions resulted in cost estimates similar to other estimating techniques, demonstrating that this new methodology provides an independent verification of operating cost estimates. Data was not available from the government program office or the contractor to allow a direct comparison of operating costs estimates to predicted and/or budgeted support costs. The contract costs for labor and operational readiness cannot be broken down to enable a meaningful comparison.