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Critics of weapon system acquisition frequently claim that management process changes during the 1960s and 1970s caused the acquisition cycle to lengt...
An Acquisition History
This report has two objectives: (1) to record in some detail how the Cruise Missiles Project was organized and managed; and (2) to provide a prelimina...
The time required to divine and develop a new weapon system is an important element of the overall acquisition process. This study identifies the majo...
Department of Defense Experience in the 1970s
Surveys acquisition of 32 major weapon systems that entered full scale development during the 1970s. Changes occurred in both acquisition practice and...
Many managers and executives responsible for weapons acquisition, both in industry and the Department of Defense, argue that regulations are inhibitin...
We conducted this assessment by performing a detailed examination of 21 projects, comprising about one-third of the total population that had accumula...
A Project Air Force Report
This study examines the role of prototypes in the contemporary environment of weapon system acquisition. The research draws on case studies of four sy...
This study test the contention that the commercial sector consistently manages acquisition programs better than the military, by examining management ...
The authors concluded that, although it was unlikely that the special set of circumstances surrounding the F-117 procurement could be fully replicated...
A companion piece to MR-1526 that examines the pros and cons of applying advance appropriations across a broader segment of the Navy shipbuilding prog...
This report examines methods for improving the effectiveness of competition in the acquisition of major weapon systems. Use of competition at the conc...