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Acquisition and Competition Strategy Options for the DD(X): The U.S. Navy’s 21st Century Destroyer 2006
Modernizing the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Fleet: Accelerating CVN 21 Production Versus Mid-Life Refueling 2005
Competition and Innovation in the U.S. Fixed-Wing Military Aircraft Industry 2003
Assessing the Use of “Other Transactions” Authority for Prototype Projects 2002
Options for Funding Aircraft Carriers 2002
A Preliminary Analysis of Advance Appropriations as a Budgeting Method for Navy Ship Procurements 2002
The Royal Navy's New-Generation Type 45 Destroyer: Acquisition Options and Implications 2002
Assessing Competitive Strategies for the Joint Strike Fighter: Opportunities and Options 2001
An Acquisition Strategy, Process, and Organization for Innovative Systems 2000
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule, and Technology Issues for CVN77 1998
The Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Acquisition Process: A Summary of Phase I Experience 1997
Acquisition Lessons of the Stealth Fighter 1996
Application of F-117 Acquisition Strategy to Other Programs in the New Acquisition Environment 1996
The U.S. Submarine Production Base: An Analysis of Cost, Schedule, and Risk for Selected Force Structures: Executive Summary 1994
The U.S. Submarine Production Base: An Analysis of Cost, Schedule, and Risk for Selected Force Structures 1994
DoD Centralization: An Old Solution for a New Era? 1993
Reconstituting a Production Capability: Past Experience, Restart Criteria and Suggested Policies 1993
Maintaining Future Military Aircraft Design Capability 1992
An Analysis of Weapon System Acquisition Schedules 1990
The Cost and Performance Implications of Reliability Improvements in the F-16A/B Aircraft 1988
A Preliminary Perspective on Regulatory Activities and Effects in Weapons Acquisition 1988
Using the Air Force Maintenance Data Collection System Data to Identify Candidates for Improvement in Reliability and Maintainability 1987
Warranties for Weapons: Theory and Initial Assessment 1987
Commercial and Military Communication Satellite Acquisition Practices 1985
Improving Initial Logistics Support to Foreign Military Sales 1984
The Joint Cruise Missiles Project: An Acquisition History 1982
The Joint Cruise Missiles Project: An Acquisition History: Appendixes 1982
Factors Affecting the Use of Competition in Weapon System Acquisition 1981
The Use of Prototypes in Weapon System Development 1981
An Analysis of Weapon System Acquisition Intervals, Past and Present 1980
Acquisition Policy Effectiveness: Department of Defense Experience in the 1970s 1979
Air Force acquisition options for the 1980s : a briefing on study plans 1979
The Computer Resources Management Study 1976
Long-Range Development Planning in the Air Force 1976
A Weapon-System Life-Cycle Overview: The A-7D Experience 1974
Some User Benefits Achievable from an Advanced Air Traffic Management System. 1973
System Acquisition Strategies 1971
The Big Step from Technology to Operational Systems. 1969
System Acquisition Experience 1969
A Parametric Study of the Performance of Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles 1960
Characteristics of a Family of Tilt-Wing VTOL Transport Aircraft 1957

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