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Cynthia R. Cook — Publications

West Coast Aerospace Forum 2022 2023
Ensuring Mission Assurance While Conducting Rapid Space Acquisition 2022
Systematic Method for Prioritizing Investments in Game-Changing Technologies: The Evaluation and Comparison Process Framework 2022
A Clean Sheet Approach to Space Acquisition in Light of the New Space Force 2021
Improving Intelligence Support to the Future Warfighter: Acquisition for the Contested Environment 2021
Developing Recovery Options for Puerto Rico's Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan: Process and Methodology 2020
Recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Progress, Challenges, and Options for the Future 2020
Contestability Frameworks: An International Horizon Scan 2016
The Air Force's Experience with Should-Cost Reviews and Options for Enhancing Its Capability to Conduct Them 2012
Managing Air Force Joint Expeditionary Taskings in an Uncertain Environment 2011
A Methodology for Comparing Costs and Benefits of Management Alternatives for F-22 Sustainment 2011
Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND's 1993 Study 2010
Sexual Orientation and U.S. Personnel Policy Revisited 2010
Contractor Logistics Support in the U.S. Air Force 2009
Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems: Past Lessons and Future Recommendations 2008
What the Army Needs to Know to Align Its Operational and Institutional Activities: Executive Summary 2007
What the Army Needs to Know to Align Its Operational and Institutional Activities 2007
Commercial Purchasing and Supply Management Practices Can Help the Air Force Reduce Costs 2006
The Air Force Should Rethink Its Plan for Sustainment Surge 2005
Building A Successful Palestinian State 2005
Can the United Kingdom Rebuild Its Naval Fleet? Challenges and Opportunities for the UK Shipbuilding Industrial Base, 2005–2020 2005
Price-Based Acquisition: Issues and Challenges for Defense Department Procurement of Weapon Systems 2005
Price-Based Acquisition May Have Only Limited Benefits for the Purchase of Major Weapon Systems 2005
Rethinking How the Air Force Views Sustainment Surge 2005
The United Kingdom’s Naval Shipbuilding Industrial Base: The Next Fifteen Years 2005
The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base, Volume 2: Ministry of Defence Roles and Required Technical Resources 2005
Using a Spend Analysis to Help Identify Prospective Air Force Purchasing and Supply Management Initiatives: Summary of Selected Findings 2004
Assembling and Supporting the Joint Strike Fighter in the UK: Issues and Costs 2003
Final Assembly and Checkout Alternatives for the Joint Strike Fighter 2002
Implementing Best Purchasing and Supply Management Practices: Lessons from Innovative Commercial Firms 2002
Assessing Competitive Strategies for the Joint Strike Fighter: Opportunities and Options 2001
Lean Manufacturing and the Defense Industry: Lessons for Cost Analysts 2001
Military Airframe Acquisition Costs: The Effects of Lean Manufacturing 2001
Principles for Determining the Air Force Active/Reserve Mix 1999