Updating old armored vehicles vs. buying new products. Experimental research - making decision in updating

Vilau Radu

Impact of Socio-economic and Technological Transformations at National, European and International Level (ISETT), 2015, vol. 8

Abstract: The paper introduces a methodology, further applied to a specific situation, to assess the advantages of using the experimental research in order to make the decision between updating the existing military automotive and buying new ones. The existing equipment, within the context of a permanent change of the armament system's requirements and the public road traffic regulations, can be partially updated without major modifications, after performing a thorough analysis of the updating costs vs. buying a new product. The older amphibious personnel carriers have non-ABS braking systems. To establishing the opportunity of equipping them with ABS, we proceeded in developing an experimental research program that allowed us to determine the braking process parameters that help in deciding whether to buy an aftermarket ABS for the existing carriers. The tests were performed according to some specific procedures and qualified equipment of the LACEBAT laboratory of the MTA.

Keywords: experimental research; modernization costs; acquisition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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