Improving Defense Acquisition Insights from Three Decades of RAND Research

Abstract

This report highlights the RAND Corporation's work over 35 years (1986-2021) analyzing and addressing challenges that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has faced in acquiring weapon systems. We address strategic acquisition issues and offer approaches to meeting present-day acquisition challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1172206

Entities

People

  • Alan J. Vick
  • Christine K. Lacoste
  • Guy Weichenberg
  • Jonathan P. Wong
  • Obaid Younossi
  • Philip S. Anton
  • Thomas C. Whitmore

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Open System Architecture
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Software Development
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.