Committee for the Reusable Booster System: Review and Assessment

View Report:  Reusable Booster System: Review and Assessment

Statement of Task

This study will review and assess the SMC/AFRL concept for a Reusable Booster System (RBS) for the U.S. Air Force. Among the items the committee will consider in carrying out this review are:

• the criteria and assumptions used in the formulation of current RBS plans;
• the methodologies used in the current cost estimates for RBS;
• the modeling methodology used to frame the business case for an RBS capability including:
• the data used in the analysis,
• the models’ robustness if new data become available, and
• the impact of unclassified government data that was previously unavailable and which will be supplied by the USAF;
• the technical maturity of key elements critical to RBS implementation and the ability of current technology development plans to meet technical readiness milestones.

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Past Meetings

February 15, 2012 - February 17, 2012
SCITOR Corporation
Colorado Springs, CO

March 28, 2012 - March 30, 2012
Keck Center
Washington D.C.
 

May 7, 2012 - May 9, 2012
Keck Center
Washington D.C. 20001
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Committee Membership

Committee Biographical Information

Project Staff

John Wendt
Senior Program Officer