A Framework for Evaluating Candidate Foreign Weapons Systems.

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) is under increasing pressure to purchase defense systems and subsystems which have been developed abroad. There are many unique issues to be considered before making a decision to purchase a foreign developed defense system (subsytem). The Congress and GAO have become increasingly critical of DoD's efforts in this area. In this thesis, a conceptual model focusing on four major issue areas, Y1: Change in NATO Defense Capability, Y2: Real U. S. Costs, Y3: Economic Effects, and Y4: Political Beneficts, is developed to assist DOD personnel in considering, for acquisition, foreign developed systems and subsystems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA076628

Entities

People

  • Ross Joseph Hieb

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Congress
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economics
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Nato
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Tank Guns
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Software Engineering