Download or read book A Strategy to Improve the Early Production Phase in Air Force Acquisition Programs written by Allen D. Lee and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new major weapon systems enter production with immature designs that provide less effectiveness and generate higher maintenance costs than anticipated. In the long-run, the military must either accept reduced effectiveness and higher costs or mature the design through design modifications. One proposed approach for providing mature systems in a cost-effective manner recommends (1) extending the initial, low rate production phase, (2) intensifying early testing and operations, and (3) using test and operating data quickly to develop design modifications. This dissertations investigates the characteristics of such a approach, the conditions which favor its application, and the potential costs and benefits of applying the approach in the Air Force context. Additional keywords: Life cycle costs; C-5A aircraft; F-11 aircraft; Cargo aircraft; F-15 aircraft; and Aircraft models.
Download or read book Defense Management Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition Reform written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolutionary Acquisition written by Mark A. Lorell and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "So far, EA implementation of military space programs has produced mixed results. The capabilities and requirements definition and management processes are major challenges in all EA programs. EA programs require an evolutionary costing approach; most cost analysts interviewed expressed generally positive views about EA."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Restructuring American Foreign Policy written by John D. Steinbruner and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final days of this century, the United States will need to amend the core of its foreign policy—a formidable task in a large democracy. American thinking, still grounded in post-World War II perceptions, has failed to keep pace with the demands of a changing world. New realities in the U.S. and international economies, in security conditions, and in world politics call for restructuring American foreign policy. The policy experts contributing to this volume state the process of public debate that must precede the hard political choices ahead. Barry P. Bosworth and Robert Z. Lawrence consider the ramifications of an American economy no longer an implicit source of leverage in pursuing policy objectives. William W. Kaufmann prescribes ways to preserve international commitments and ensure American security in spite of fiscally constrained defense budgets. John D. Steinbruner discusses efforts to achieve a more stable military balance. In a related chapters, Kenneth Flamm and Thomas L. McNaugher propose a redraft of American investment patterns to make the defense technology more consistent with contemporary security requirements. All of this domestic restructuring will take place within the constraints and opportunities created by recent changes in China and the Soviet Union, continued economic expansion in Japan, and persistent unrest in the Middle East. Harry Harding and Ed A. Hewett review the prospects for reform in China and the Soviet Union. Harry Harding and Edward Lincoln describe the surge in many Asian economies and the increased importance of Japan as a world power. And in the final chapter, Harold H. Saunders turns attention to the Middle East, where identifying desirable solutions continues to be far easier than finding realistic methods for achieving them. The inauguration of a new administration creates an opportunity for political debate, a new conceptual focus, and effective political consensus. Restructuring American F
Download or read book Improving Operational Suitability Through Better Requirements and Testing written by William L. Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report proposes prescriptive actions that could increase the contribution made by requirements and test-and-evaluation (T & E) aspects of the weapon system acquisition process to the fielding of more operationally suitable Air Force systems. Actions are needed that will (1) correct chronic problems in the expression of operational suitability needs and requirements, (2) address the problem of fragmented operational requirements documentation, (3) expand contractual accountability for reliability-and-maintainability and logistics-support characteristics, (4) adjust acquisition policies to enhance T & E's contribution to decisionmaking and to the identification and correction of deficiencies, and (5) structure tests to demonstrate new operating concepts and capabilities. These actions could facilitate the consideration of suitability factors in acquisition process activities that address difficult tradeoffs among operational suitability, functional performance, cost, and development time."--Rand abstracts.
Download or read book Trade and Technology Promotion Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1986 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Defense and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Defense Department Authorization and Oversight written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 1987 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 1058 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
