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Strategies for Acquisition Agility: Approaches for Speeding Delivery of Defense Capabilities 2020
F-35 Block Buy: An Assessment of Potential Savings 2018
F-35 Block Buy — An Assessment of Potential Savings: Appendix B, Historical Case Studies of Multiyear Procurement and Block Buy Contracts 2018
Program Characteristics That Contribute to Cost Growth: A Comparison of Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs 2017
A Review of Selected International Aircraft Spares Pooling Programs: Lessons Learned for F-35 Spares Pooling 2016
Extreme Cost Growth: Themes from Six U.S. Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs 2015
U.S.–Japan Alliance Conference Series Proceedings 2015
The Department of Defense Should Avoid a Joint Acquisition Approach to Sixth-Generation Fighter 2014
RAND Review: Vol. 38, No. 1, Spring 2014 2014
Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money? Technical Appendixes on Methodology 2013
Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money? 2013
Understanding Why a Ground Combat Vehicle That Carries Nine Dismounts Is Important to the Army 2013
Government Accountability Office Bid Protests in Air Force Source Selections: Evidence and Options 2012
Government Accountability Office Bid Protests in Air Force Source Selections: Evidence and Options — Executive Summary 2012
Keeping a Competitive U.S. Military Aircraft Industry Aloft: Findings from an Analysis of the Industrial Base 2011
Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems: Past Lessons and Future Recommendations 2008
Does Buying the F-22A Under A Multiyear Contract Save Money? 2007
F-22A Multiyear Procurement Program: An Assessment of Cost Savings 2007
Evolutionary Acquisition: Implementation Challenges for Defense Space Programs 2006
"Evolutionary Acquisition" Is a Promising Strategy, But Has Been Difficult to Implement 2006
The Challenges of Developing New Weapon Systems: Lessons Learned from the F/A-22 and F/A-18E/F 2005
Lessons Learned from the F/A-22 and F/A-18 E/F Development Programs 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
Competition and Innovation in the U.S. Fixed-Wing Military Aircraft Industry 2003
Military Jet Engine Acquisition: Technology Basics and Cost-Estimating Methodology 2003
The U.S. Combat Aircraft Industry, 1909-2000: Structure, Competition, Innovation 2003
Going Global? U.S. Government Policy and the Defense Aerospace Industry 2002
Assessing Competitive Strategies for the Joint Strike Fighter: Opportunities and Options 2001
An Overview of Acquisition Reform Cost Savings Estimates 2001
Reforming Mil-Specs: The Navy Experience with Military Specifications and Standards Reform 2001
Cheaper, Faster, Better? Commercial Approaches to Weapons Acquisition 2000
The Cutting Edge: A Half Century of U.S. Fighter Aircraft R&D 1998
Innovation and Technological Leadership: Fifty Years of Competition in U.S. Aircraft R&D 1998
Smart Procurement: Report on Procurement Reform and Acquisition Reorganisation in the United Kingdom 1998
Formulating Strategies for International Collaboration in Developing and Producing Defense Systems 1997
Troubled Partnership: A History of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter 1996
Bomber R&D Since 1945: The Role of Experience 1995
Conflicting U.S. Objectives in Weapon System Codevelopment: The FS-X Case 1995
Maintaining Experience in Military R&D 1995
Pros and Cons of International Weapons Procurement Collaboration 1995
Troubled Partnership: A History of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter 1995
Troubled Partnership: An Assessment of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the FS-X Fighter 1995
DoD Centralization: An Old Solution for a New Era? 1993
The Wary Warriors: Future Directions in Japanese Security Policies 1993
The Wary Warriors: Future Directions in Japanese Security Policies 1993
The Future of Allied Tactical Fighter Forces in NATO's Central Region 1992
Trends in NATO Central Region Tactical Fighter Inventories: 1950-2005 1990
Airpower in Peripheral Conflict: The French Experience in Africa 1989
The Use of Prototypes in Selected Foreign Fighter Aircraft Development Programs: Rafale, EAP, Lavi, and Gripen 1989
The RAND Strategy Assessment System's Green Agent Model of Third-Country Behavior in Superpower Crises and Conflict 1986
Avoiding Nuclear War: A RAND Research Approach and Agenda 1985
Casualties, Public Opinion, and Presidential Policy During the Vietnam War 1985
Second-Area Operations: A Strategy Option 1984
The Utility of Confidence-Building Measures in Crisis Situations: Some Case Studies 1984
Preplanned Product Improvement and Other Modification Strategies: Lessons From Past Aircraft Modification Programs 1981
Multinational Development of Large Aircraft: The European Experience 1980

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