Turning Words Into Action: Confronting Acquisition Challenges

Abstract

The 2014 U.S. Air Force policy document A Call to the Future boldly stated that the military of today and the future faces a new threat, a new environment, and urged that our force be prepared to respond appropriately. Its message was and is a call to accept a coming change that we cannot control, be prepared to fight new evolving threats, and begin thinking differently about how to execute our mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1016053

Entities

People

  • Jamie J. Johnson

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Complex Systems
  • Cycles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Program Management
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Smartphones
  • Software Prototyping
  • Systems Engineering

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  • Strategic Security Studies