Report of the Defense Science Board Summer Study on Joint Service Acquisition Programs

Abstract

The panel was tasked to examine past and present joint Service acquisitions and ascertain why some joint efforts succeeded while others failed. They were also tasked to recommend management changes to increase the motivation for Service support of joint programs and to improve the effectiveness of joint acquisition programs. This study is very important since there are increasing requirements for combining Service capabilities effectively, as well as the long established need to reduce redundant acquisition efforts among the Services. This report concludes that problems in joint programs are most often caused by a failure of the Services to agree on requirements; 'forced marriages' without this agreement; ad hoc environments in which joint programs are often established; and differing or shifting Service priorities during the development of joint programs. It also concluded that a formal, institutionalized process needs to be established to evaluate requirements, technology, programs, and issues to properly identify joint Service candidates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA141417

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Business Administration
  • Case Studies
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Logistics
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design