FIRST INTERIM REPORT ON PROJECT HINDSIGHT (SUMMARY)

Abstract

Project HINDSIGHT is a study of the recent science and technology which has been utilized by the Department of Defense in weapon systems. As a consequence, the focus is primarily on the physical and engineering sciences and related technologies. The effort has two basic objectives: (1) to identify and firmly establish management factors for research and technology programs which have been associated with the utilization of the results produced by these programs; and (2) to measure the overall increase in cost-effectiveness in the current generation of weapon systems compared to their predecessors (when such can be identified) which is assignable to any part of the total DOD investment in research and technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 13, 1966
Accession Number
AD0642400

Entities

People

  • C. W. Sherwin
  • R. S. Isenson

Organizations

  • Office of the Director

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contracts
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Databases
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Production
  • Resistance
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Titanium
  • Titanium Alloys
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.