Tomorrow's Weapons and Equipment - How We Determine What We Need

Abstract

The report sets forth the optimum procedures which have evolved to determine objectively the requirements for materiel for tomorrow's Army. Involved is the need for close working relationships between the Combat and Materiel Developer and the essentiality of conducting analytical concept formulation rather than rely solely on military judgment which is based, for the most part, on limited personal experience. Proposals to revise the Army's organizational establishment should not subjugate the important combat development process to competing functions. An effective combat development organization will produce realistic requirements which must be predicated on projected operational concepts and tempered by acceptable cost thresholds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 10, 1972
Accession Number
AD0760515

Entities

People

  • William C. Boehm

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Helicopters
  • Lead Time
  • Personnel Management
  • Prototypes
  • Second World War
  • Task Forces
  • Tracked Vehicles
  • Training
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design