OSCAM is already in use with the US Department of Defense and offers a number of benefits:

- The model provides a rapid analysis tool for the investigation of alternative policies and strategies. It enables many cases to be studied in a few hours leading to the creation of robust strategies that provide contingencies against a wide range of scenarios;

- The user-friendly front end ensures that the model is usable with the minimum of training and, more importantly, provides an audit trail for any analysis conducted with it.

 

- Full O&S coverage

- A time based simulation of equipment operation that allows VAMOSC based data bases to be used for forward projection

- The ability to assess and understand O&S costs and drivers

- The ability to explore new strategies for reducing O&S costs

- Tools for data storage and disaggregation

- Means of identifying key data and cost research requirements

- Standardized, yet flexible approach to estimating/analyzing O&S costs for new and in-service equipment

- Facilitates understanding of O&S activities and initiatives and their interdependencies