Biotech Business Lessons for Defense Acquisition

Abstract

The desire to innovate and transform defense acquisition is ill-informed regarding the true meaning of innovation and transformation. The Department of Defense (DOD) would be best served by radical modifications driven by a capitalist market approach to freedom and accountability. A fruitful shift in DOD weapons acquisitions would embrace concepts from the biotech industrysuch as being science-based and open to innovative applications of technologyand implement required changes in doctrine and organization. While the need for reform is obvious, the will to reform is less evident. However, examples and lessons from private business sectors would serve DOD interests well.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1015709

Entities

People

  • David Jr L. Peeler

Organizations

  • Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration
  • Clinical Trials
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Defense Industry
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • Markets
  • Military Acquisition
  • Mobile Phones
  • Money
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Strategic Defense Initiative

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology