The A-7 Attack Aircraft: Contract History Emphasizing the Navy Business Clearance Process.
Abstract
Beginning with intense competition for the first A-7, the Navy by necessity entered sole source negotiations for later procurements of the A-7. The operational need of these A-7's drove the Navy to letter contracts while increasing sophisticiation of the avionics and changing military requirements complicated the definitization of these contracts. To better understand these problems and the Navy business clearance process, a history of the Navy Procurement Control and Clearance Division is presented in Section II. Sections I and III present A-7 contracts in case study format for the A-7A, A-7B, A-7D, A-7E. Section IV is a case study of the A-7E VAST contract. The procurement of a military aircraft is a complex process. The project manager and the contracting officer must constantly strive to make the technology advances and requirement changes compatible with sound business practices. The study of the A-7 contracts illustrates many of the inevitable conflicts that arise in this process. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0769807
Entities
People
- Christopher Gleason Gates
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School