Pre-Planned Product Improvement: A Better Way of Weapon System Acquisition

Abstract

The object of this thesis was to evaluate the acquisition approach called pre-planned product improvement or P3I and the benefits it offers. First a comparison of P3I and a similar concept called Evolutionary Acquisition or EA, was made to improve understanding of P3I and how it relates to EA. It was concluded that EA, as defined, is a Command and Control (C2) specific P3I application. Then, to see if the theorized benefits of P3I actually come about, the cost and schedule performance of a P3I program was compared to that of non- P3I programs. Acquisition lengths were also compared. Ths comparison found that P3I may indeed lessen acquisition times and enhance cost and schedule performance. Keywords: Modification and Procurement.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA153802

Entities

People

  • Philip T. Mackey

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Beyond Visual Range Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military Aircraft
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Ussr
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Clinical Trial Research.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control