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A Cost Estimating Framework for U.S. Marine Corps Joint Cyber Weapons 2023
The Technology Promotion and Protection Decision Tool: Introduction and User Manual 2023
Establishing a Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise for Australia: International and Domestic Lessons Learned 2022
Is the National Nuclear Enterprise Workforce Postured to Modernize the Triad? Insights and Options from a Quick-turn Assessment 2022
A Methodology for Quantifying the Value of Cybersecurity Investments in the Navy 2022
Using Metrics to Understand the Performance of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework 2022
Prototyping Using Other Transactions: Case Studies for the Acquisition Community 2020
Assessing Bid Protests of U.S. Department of Defense Procurements: Identifying Issues, Trends, and Drivers 2018
Benchmarking Schedules for Major Defense Acquisition Programs 2018
Acquisition of Space Systems, Volume 7: Past Problems and Future Challenges 2015
Australia's Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise: Preparing for the 21st Century 2015
Joint Precision Approach and Landing System Nunn-McCurdy Breach Root Cause Analysis and Portfolio Assessment Metrics for DoD Weapons Systems, Volume 8 2015
DoD and Commercial Advanced Waveform Developments and Programs with Multiple Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, Volume 5 2014
Identifying Acquisition Framing Assumptions Through Structured Deliberation 2014
Keeping Major Naval Ship Acquisitions on Course: Key Considerations for Managing Australia's SEA 5000 Future Frigate Program 2014
Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, Volume 6: Contractor Motivations and Anticipating Breaches 2014
An Excel Tool to Assess Acquisition Program Risk 2013
Implications of an Air Force Budget Downturn on the Aircraft Industrial Base: An Exploratory Analysis 2013
Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, Volume 4: Program Manager Tenure, Oversight of Acquisition Category II Programs, and Framing Assumptions 2013
A Risk Assessment Methodology and Excel Tool for Acquisition Programs 2013
Strengthening the Shipbuilding Industry 2013
Are Ships Different? Policies and Procedures for the Acquisition of Ship Programs 2011
Australia's Domestic Submarine Design Capabilities: Options for the Future Submarine 2011
Australia's Submarine Design Capabilities and Capacities: Challenges and Options for the Future Submarine 2011
Changing Aircraft Carrier Procurement Schedules: Effects That a Five-Year Procurement Cycle Would Have on Cost, Availability, and Shipyard Manpower and Workload 2011
Learning from Experience: Volume II: Lessons from the U.S. Navy's Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia Submarine Programs 2011
Learning from Experience: Volume III: Lessons from the United Kingdom's Astute Submarine Program 2011
Learning from Experience: Volume I: Lessons from the Submarine Programs of the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia 2011
Learning from Experience: Volume IV: Lessons from Australia's Collins Submarine Program 2011
From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change: Rethinking Weapon System Acquisition 2010
Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Military Aircraft Industry 2010
Sustaining Key Skills in the United Kingdom's Military Aircraft Industry 2010
Controlling the Cost of C4I Upgrades on Naval Ships 2009
Determining When Competition Is a Reasonable Strategy for the Production Phase of Defense Acquisition 2009
RAND Review: Vol. 33, No. 1, Spring 2009 2009
Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth: Analysis of 35 Major Defense Acquisition Programs 2008
Sustaining Key Skills in the UK Naval Industry 2008
U.S. Navy Shipyards: An Evaluation of Workload- and Workforce-Management Practices 2008
Why Has the Cost of Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen? A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs over the Past Several Decades 2008
Does Buying the F-22A Under A Multiyear Contract Save Money? 2007
F-22A Multiyear Procurement Program: An Assessment of Cost Savings 2007
Is Weapon System Cost Getting Better or Worse? 2007
Is Weapon System Cost Growth Increasing? A Quantitative Assessment of Completed and Ongoing Programs 2007
Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarines 2007
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities: Executive Summary 2007
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities 2007
Better Methods of Analyzing Cost Uncertainty Can Improve Acquisition Decisionmaking 2006
Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs 2006
Impossible Certainty: Cost Risk Analysis for Air Force Systems 2006
Why Has The Cost of Navy Ships Risen? A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Naval Ship Costs Over the Past Several Decades 2006
Why Have Navy Ship Costs Risen? 2006
Building Ships On Time: How Can the Defence Procurement Agency More Accurately Monitor Progress? 2005
Can the United Kingdom Rebuild Its Naval Fleet? Challenges and Opportunities for the UK Shipbuilding Industrial Base, 2005–2020 2005
Commercial Shipbuilding Techniques: Can They Be Applied to Warship Production in the United Kingdom? 2005
Differences Between Military and Commercial Shipbuilding: Implications for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence 2005
Diversifying the Customer Base for Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom 2005
Modernizing the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Fleet: Accelerating CVN 21 Production Versus Mid-Life Refueling 2005
Monitoring the Progress of Shipbuilding Programmes: How Can the Defence Procurement Agency More Accurately Monitor Progress? 2005
Options for Reducing Costs in the United Kingdom’s Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) Programme 2005
Outsourcing and Outfitting Practices: Implications for the Ministry of Defence Shipbuilding Programmes 2005
Reducing the Cost of Aircraft Carrier Acquisition 2005
The United Kingdom’s Naval Shipbuilding Industrial Base: The Next Fifteen Years 2005
The Shipbuilding and Force Structure Analysis Tool: A User's Guide 2004
Assembling and Supporting the Joint Strike Fighter in the UK: Issues and Costs 2003
Military Jet Engine Acquisition: Technology Basics and Cost-Estimating Methodology 2003
The Eyes of the Fleet: An Analysis of the E-2C Aircraft Acquisition Options 2002
Final Assembly and Checkout Alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter 2002
Refueling and Complex Overhaul of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68): Lessons for the Future 2002
The Royal Navy's New-Generation Type 45 Destroyer: Acquisition Options and Implications 2002
Advanced SEAL Delivery System: Perspectives and Options 2001
Assessing Competitive Strategies for the Joint Strike Fighter: Opportunities and Options 2001

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