Military Acquisition and Procurement

Research Brief

New Processes for the Estimation of Military Airframe Costs — Jan 1, 2001

The generation of more timely cost-estimating models would thus appear to form the cornerstone of sound acquisition policy. Address this issue by updating existing cost-estimating methodologies in the critical area of military airframes.

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Changing Bureaucratic Behavior: Acquisition Reform in the United States Army — Jan 1, 2000

This study applies a theoretical model of volitional behavior — called the theory of planned behavior (TPB) — to bureaucratic behavior in the Army.

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Cheaper, Faster, Better? Commercial Approaches to Weapons Acquisition — Jan 1, 2000

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.

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The Arsenal Ship Acquisition Process Experience: Contrasting and Common Impressions from the Contractor Teams and Joint Program Office — Jan 1, 1999

The Arsenal Ship acquisition program was unique in two respects: it represented a new operational concept for Navy weapon systems, and its management structure and process represented a significant departure from traditional military ship-building...

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Taiwan's National Security, Defense Policy, and Weapons Procurement Processes — Jan 1, 1999

Examines Taiwan's national security decisionmaking structure and process and the primary factors guiding its defense strategy, force structure, and military procurement decisions.

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Innovative Management in the DARPA High Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program: Phase II Experience — Jan 1, 1999

The High Altitude Endurance UAV (HAE UAV) joint program incorporates several innovative elements in its acquisition strategy that depart radically from traditional acquisition approaches.

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Improving the Army Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES): The Programming Phase — Jan 1, 1999

The principal objective in this work was to improve the Army's Program Objective Memorandum (POM) development process.

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Modernizing Procurement: An International Comparison — Jan 1, 1999

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Innovative Acquisition Approaches: Lessons Learned from the HAE UAV Program — Jan 1, 1999

Focused on understanding how the acquisition innovations have affected program outcomes so far and on identifying lessons learned that might be applied to improve DoD acquisition strategies.

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Aging Aircraft: Implications for Programmed Depot Maintenance and Engine-Supported Costs — Jan 1, 1999

Testimony presented to the Procurement Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee on February 24, 1999.

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Smart Procurement: Report on Procurement Reform and Acquisition Reorganisation in the United Kingdom — Jan 1, 1998

Commissioned by the UK Ministry of Defence, the aim was to critically review the Smart Procurement draft and associated documents in order to strengthen the final products and their subsequent implementation.

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Facilitating Effective Reform in Army Acquisition — Jan 1, 1997

This documented briefing examines both the acceptance/progress of current acquisition reform efforts and the factors affecting the support for these efforts within the Army's acquisition work force.

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Arms Proliferation Policy: Support to the Presidential Advisory Board — Jan 1, 1996

This report discusses trends in the international arms markets, how transfers of weapons and technology are controlled, the economics of arms exports, and the relationship between arms exports and a country's economy.

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Shaping and Integrating the Next Military: Organization Options for Defense Acquisition and Technology — Jan 1, 1996

This briefing offers several options for Acquisition and Technology to restructure itself for the new world of defense management.

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California's Shrinking Defense Contractors: Effects on Small Suppliers — Jan 1, 1996

Case studies of 25 small defense suppliers in southern California were used to examine the hypothesis that such firms have been especially hard-hit by the Pentagon's budget cutbacks between 1989 and 1994.

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Application of F-117 Acquisition Strategy to Other Programs in the New Acquisition Environment — Jan 1, 1996

Two elements of F-117 program management not only could be but also should be applied more broadly: greater delegation of authority to the program office and requiring only a very few performance requirements by contract.

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Acquisition Lessons of the Stealth Fighter — Jan 1, 1996

Although it was unlikely that the special set of circumstances surrounding the F-117 procurement could be fully replicated for many other programs, two elements of F-117 program management not only could be but also should be applied more broadly.

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Ensuring Adequate Intelligence Support for the Acquisition of New Weapon Systems — Jan 1, 1995

This documented briefing examines how intelligence support is provided to the existing DoD requirements and acquisition process and then discusses the adequacy of that support.

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Dual-Use Technology Program for a Passenger-Cargo Rotorcraft — Jan 1, 1995

Declining budgets are reducing the number of new military acquisition starts. The Army needs to consider new ways of doing business that will permit it to get the most from the acquisition dollars available.

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Pros and Cons of International Weapons Procurement Collaboration — Jan 1, 1995

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

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