Defense Acquisition: The Speed Imperative. Slow Defense Acquisitions Cost Lives

Abstract

The alarming pace of technology innovation among our potential adversaries is fast outstripping our own. Unless we make a dramatic shift now in how we develop and field advanced capabilities for our military, there may soon be regions of the globe where the United States is not the preeminent military power, endangering our national security and costing lives on the battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 06, 2016
Accession Number
AD1107988

Entities

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Cold War
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • International Organizations
  • Military Acquisition
  • Motivation
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Security
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Strategic Security Studies