2013-04-14T12:36:53Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/l/lorell_mark_a.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1133.html 2012-01-16T09:30:00Z 2012-01-16T09:30:00Z

Evaluates the near-term and long-term risks and costs of the United States having little or no competition among companies involved with designing, developing, and producing fixed-wing military aircraft and related systems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB312.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB603.html 2012-02-22T09:45:00Z 2012-02-22T09:45:00Z

Recent bid protests have caused large disruptions in resource and operational planning in the Air Force, even leading to the cancellation of the Combat Search and Rescue helicopter program, and the Air Force needs tactics to counter such protests.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1596.html 2003-01-01T12:05:21Z 2003-01-01T12:05:21Z

Adds new observations to the cost-estimating database from earlier RAND studies and presents a method for forecasting the development cost, development time, and production cost of future military engine programs

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1537.html 2002-01-01T12:01:50Z 2002-01-01T12:01:50Z

An examination of the effects of consolidation and globalization on the aerospace defense industry.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP161.html 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outlines a strategy that generates new concepts to perform needed tasks, forces the involvement of multiple nations, maintains competitive forces, and has equitable financial structuring, minimizing the inevitable penalties of collaboration.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR101.html 1993-01-01T12:01:46Z 1993-01-01T12:01:46Z

This report assesses how changes in the domestic, regional, and international environments are likely to affect future Japanese security policies and defense cooperation between Japan and the U.S.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1147.html 2000-01-01T12:01:00Z 2000-01-01T12:01:00Z

Based on an analysis of the commercial aerospace industry and on the experiences of various acquisition reform pilot programs, the authors conclude that a commercial-like acquisition approach could benefit major Air Force acquisition programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1656.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Responds to Senate's concerns that further consolidation in the military-aircraft industry, which has dropped from 11 prime contractors in 1960 to the current three, will pose risks to innovation and cost through limited or no competition in contracting f

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1656z0-1.html 2002-01-01T12:01:41Z 2002-01-01T12:01:41Z

This document has been superseded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1696.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines what the U.S fixed-wing combat aircraft industry looked like in the past and how it evolved over time, emphasizing particularly the nature of competition among prime contractors and integrators and the history of innovation in fixed-wing combat a

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1362z0.html 2001-01-01T12:01:41Z 2001-01-01T12:01:41Z

This document has been superseded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1362.html 2001-01-01T12:01:47Z 2001-01-01T12:01:47Z

Defense policymakers in the United States expect that the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will play a critical role in U.S. and allied military forces through the first half of this century.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1329.html 2001-01-01T12:01:46Z 2001-01-01T12:01:46Z

This report focuses specifically on acquisition reform (AR), or the institution of changes either in government acquisition processes or in the relationship between the government and Department of Defense (DoD) primes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/issue_papers/IP120.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

In response to enormous pressures to economize, the Department of Defense has set out to reform the logistics and acquisition system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR670.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They conclude that relevant experience does, indeed, matter -- firms develop valuable system-specific knowledge in ongoing work, and experience in important new technologies has a distinct advantage.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR565.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This monograph presents an overview, illustrated by case study evidence, of the pros and cons of international collaborative weapons procurement programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR612z1.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, the FS-X program has failed to meet many of the original U.S. expectations, and Japan has reaped an unexpected reward -- experience in developing a world-class fighter aircraft. This book summarizes and assesses the program.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR612z2.html 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, the FS-X program has failed to meet many of the original U.S. expectations, and Japan has reaped an unexpected reward -- experience in developing a world-class fighter aircraft. This book presents a history of the program.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG276.html 2005-09-13T12:00:00Z 2005-09-13T12:00:00Z

Examining these two programs illustrates the real difficulties and successes of the U.S. military aircraft acquisition process.