Adaptive Acquisitions: Maintaining Military Dominance By Managing Innovation

Abstract

Military acquisitions leaders are responsible for technology development in pursuit of innovative warfighting capabilities. Some of these innovations improve performance along existing value metrics that are used to quantify performance within the current operational models. Other innovations dramatically change both the value metrics and the operational models. Innovations of the second type are called disruptive innovations and they must be adopted by a dominant military if it is to remain in the leadership position.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1023607

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Odom

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Disruptive Technology
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • National Security
  • Rockets
  • Second World War
  • Steel Industry
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design