Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) Surface Effect Ship: Cost Estimate (Class F) 15 July 1981 (Draft) (0103)
This report addresses all elements of program cost for a 14-ship build of the Rapid Deployment Force (RDF) Surface Effect Ship (SES). These elements of cost include (1) Basic Construction Cost expressed in FY 81 $ (with profit), (2) inflation anticipated between now and the time of contract award, (3) program support costs, and (4) escalation from contract award to ship delivery. In order to estimate both inflation and escalation. Overall, the estimate quality is consistent with that required of a Class F estimate (defined by NAVSEAINST 7300.14 of 3 June 1980 as an estimate based on technical feasibility studies and/or extrapolated from higher quality estimates of similar items).