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Mark A. LorellSanta Monica Office Senior Political Scientist EducationPh.D. in modern European military and diplomatic history, University of Washington; M.A. in European military and diplomatic history, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in modern European history, Yale University |
Biography
Mark A. Lorell is a Senior Political Scientist in the International Security and Policy Group at the RAND Corporation. Mark has been at RAND for thirty years. He specializes in weapon system acquisition policies, defense industrial base issues, international weapon system collaboration, defense trade, and weapons procurement and industrial base policies of allies. He is the lead author or co-author of over forty major RAND reports and books. He is also the author of a variety of published articles, book chapters, and a widely reviewed commercial book on the collaborative development of the FS-X fighter with Japan (Troubled Partnership: A History of US-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter, Transaction Publishers [Rutgers University], New Brunswick and London, 1996). His current work focuses on optimal weapon system acquisition and cost analysis policies, with an emphasis on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), tactical fighter aircraft, and space systems. In February 2008, James Thomson, RAND CEO, awarded Mark the prestigious RAND President's Award in recognition of "his significant collection of research on strategies and processes for acquiring complex defense systems, both in the United States and other countries, and his production of numerous reports that are now standard military-history reference sources." Mark's research is also surveyed and reviewed in a feature article in the 2008 RAND Project Air Force Annual Report.
Research Focus
Weapon system acquisition policies; contracting; and cost analysis policies; defense industrial base policies; globalization; and defense trade; european NATO and other foreign acquisition and force structure planning/issues; international collaborative weapons procurement and technology transfer policies
RAND Research Areas
International Affairs; National Security; Science and Technology
Recent Projects
- Future Roles & Missions For UAS: Acquisition Policy Issues sponsored by USAF ACC CC & A8U
- Contract Incentives and Award Fees sponsored by USAF SAF/AQ
- Implementing Evolutionary Acquisition: Predator & Global Hawk sponsored by USAF SAF/AQ
- Multi-Year Procurement of the F-22: Cost Savings sponsored by OSD
- Implementation challenges for defense space system acquisition programs sponsored by USAF SMC CC
Selected Publications
Obaid Younossi, Mark A. Lorell, et.al., Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems: Past Lessons and Future Recommendations, RAND Corporation, 2008
Obaid Younossi, Mark Arena, Kevin Brancato, John C. Graser, Ben Goldsmith, Mark A. Lorell, F.S. Timson, F-22A Multiyear Procurement Program: An Assessment of Cost Savings, RAND Corportation, 2007
Mark A. Lorell et al., Price-Based Acquisition: Issues and Challenges for Defense Department Procurement of Weapon Systems, RAND Corporation, 2005
Mark Lorell et al., "Headlines over the Horizon: Defense Industry Goliaths", The Atlantic Monthly, 2003
Mark A. Lorell et al., The U.S. Combat Aircraft Industry 1909-2000: Structure, Competition, Innovation, RAND Corporation, 2003
Mark A. Lorell et al., Going Global? U.S. Government Policy and the Defense Aerospace Industry, RAND Corporation, 2002
Mark A. Lorell, Julia Lowell, Michael Kennedy, Hugh Levaux, Cheaper, Faster, Better? Commercial Approaches to Weapons Acquisition, RAND, 2000
Mark A. Lorell, Troubled Partnership: A History of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter, Transaction Publishers, 1996
Honors & Awards
- RAND President's Award awarded by James Thomson, CEO, RAND
- Yale Book Award awarded by Yale University
Research Focus
Weapon system acquisition, contracting, and cost analysis policies, defense industrial base policies, globalization, and defense trade, european NATO and other foreign acquisition and force structure planning/issues, international collaborative weapons procurement and technology transfer policies
Recent Projects
- Implementation challenges for defense space system acquisition programs
Selected Publications
Price-Based Acquisition: Issues and Challenges for Defense Department Procurement of Weapon Systems, Mark A. Lorell et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
"Headlines over the Horizon: Defense Industry Goliaths," Mark Lorell et al., The Atlantic Monthly, July/Aug 2003
The U.S. Combat Aircraft Industry, 1909-2000: Structure, Competition, Innovation, RAND Corporation, 2003
Going Global? U.S. Government Policy and the Defense Aerospace Industry, Mark A. Lorell et al., RAND Corporation, 2002
Troubled Partnership: A History of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter, Transaction Publishers, 1996
Recent Media Appearances
Interviews: Chicago Tribune; History Channel
To arrange an interview:
Contact the RAND Office of Media Relations, (703) 413-1100, x5117 or (310) 451-6913, or send an email to media@rand.org.
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