A Strategy for Reforming Avionics Acquisition and Support

Abstract

This report and its executive summary explain why and how the Air Force would benefit from major changes in how it acquires and supports aviation electronics (avionics) equipment. This report describes an integrated strategy for implementing such reform, and it examines the rationale upon which the strategy is founded. The reasons for reform have been building for twenty years, as witnessed by a continuing stream of RAND research all sponsored by the Air Force and often with direct special assistance from operational units. A strategy for reforming the avionics acquisition process by rearranging avionics development responsibilities was proposed. Although this strategy was partly carried out, the controversy over its main elements led the Air Force to adopt other measures, such as the 1978 creation of a Deputy for Avionics Control (DAC) , with responsibility for controlling avionics acquisition but lacking direct authority over both budgeting and program management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA213505

Entities

People

  • C. L. Batten
  • H. L. Shulman
  • J. R. Gebman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Personnel Management
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics