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Automation as a manpower reduction strategy in navy ships

Powers, Roxane (Roxane Bloodworth) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)

Since the early 2000's, the US Navy has endeavored to decrease the Total Ownership Cost (TOC) of their ships through a decrease in Operating and Support costs. This led to a large-scale effort by ship program managers to ...

Using the principles of set-based design to realize ship design process improvement

Genta, John (John Anthony) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)

Set-based design (SBD) is a relatively new complex product development method. Its use has been well researched in the automotive and aerospace industries and, although it requires an upfront investment in resources, it ...