This report analyzes the costs, benefits, and risks of some of the options the Navy might consider. This report should be of interest to the Office of the Secretary of Defense and to Navy policymakers involved in the present and future direction of naval aviation. This research was carried out in the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the National Defense Research Institute, RAND’s federally funded research and development center supporting the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the unified commands, the defense agencies, and the Navy
