Author: Merton J. PeckPublisher: Boston, Harvard U
ISBN:
Category : Arms race
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
The Weapons Acquisition Process
Author: Merton J. PeckPublisher: Boston, Harvard U
ISBN:
Category : Arms race
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309174198
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
For every weapons system being developed, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must make a critical decision: Should the system go forward to full-scale production? The answer to that question may involve not only tens of billions of dollars but also the nation's security and military capabilities. In the milestone process used by DOD to answer the basic acquisition question, one component near the end of the process is operational testing, to determine if a system meets the requirements for effectiveness and suitability in realistic battlefield settings. Problems discovered at this stage can cause significant production delays and can necessitate costly system redesign. This book examines the milestone process, as well as the DOD's entire approach to testing and evaluating defense systems. It brings to the topic of defense acquisition the application of scientific statistical principles and practices.
The Weapons Acquisition Process
Author: Frederic M. SchererPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Based on the author's thesis, Harvard University. Bibliography: p. 433-438.
The Weapons Acquisition Process
Author: Frederic M. SchererPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Based on the author's thesis, Harvard University. Bibliography: p. 433-438.
New Weapons, Old Politics
Author: Thomas L. McNaugherPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815718703
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Americans spend more than $100 billion a year to buy weapons, but no one likes the process that brings these weapons into existence. The problem, McNaugher shows, is that the technical needs of engineers and military planners clash sharply with the political demands of Congress. McNaugher examines weapons procurement since World War II and shows how repeated efforts to improve weapons acquisition have instead increased the harmful intrusion of political pressures into that technical development and procurement process. Today's weapons are more complicated than their predecessors. So are the nation's military forces. The design of new systems and their integration into the force structure demand more care, time, and flexibility. Yet time and flexibility are precisely what political pressures remove from the acquisitions process. In a series of case studies and conceptual discussions, McNaugher tackles concerns at the heart of the debate about acquisition—the slow and heavily bureaucratic approach to development, the preference for ultimate weapons over well-organized and trained forces, and the counterproductive incentives facing the nation's defense firms. He calls for changes that run against the current fashion—less centralization or procurement, less haste in developing new weapons, and greater use of competition as a means of removing the development process from political oversight. Above all, McNaugher shows how the United States tries to buy research and development on the cheap, and how costly this has been. The nation can improve its acquisition process, he concludes, only when it recognizes the need to pay for the full exploration of new technology.
Weapons Acquisition Policy and Procedures
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Panel on Defense Procurement ProceduresPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Management of Defense Acquisition Projects
Author: Rene G. RendonPublisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Incorporated
ISBN: 9781624105098
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Written for both students and practitioners, Management of Defense Acquisition Projects enables the reader to understand the broad range of disciplines and activities that must be integrated in order to achieve successful acquisition outcomes. This second edition features significant updates throughout, and totally new chapters.
Providing the Means of War
Author: Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160876219
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Strategies for Acquisition Agility
Author: Philip S. AntonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781977404367
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
The authors analyze various approaches to speed acquisition of military capabilities and keep pace with evolving threats, assess these approaches' suitability for different conditions and acquisition types, and identify implementation issues.
Arms Procurement Decision Making: China, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea and Thailand
Author: Ravinder Pal SinghPublisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
ISBN: 9780198292791
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
SCOTT (copy 1): From the John Holmes collection.