The Avenger and Sgt. York: An Examination of Two Air Defense Systems Nondevelopmental Item Acquisition Programs.

Abstract

With the Department of Defense's (DOD) budget continuing to be reduced, DOD acquisition managers must acquire technologically superior weapon systems within shorter time periods with less resources. One effective way to accomplish this is to utilize an NDI Acquisition program. This thesis analyzes two NDI Acquisition programs, the SGT York and Avenger Air Defense Systems, to determine what factors made SGT York a failure and Avenger a success. From this analysis, lessons-learned are identified that can be used by other acquisition managers and their staffs to effectively manage future programs. Significant lessons-learned indicate that the maturity of the system, high-level support, media support, and program managers skilled at properly tailoring an NDl program are critical to the success of an MDI program. (KAR) P. 2

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA297415

Entities

People

  • Russell A. Hinds

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Artillery
  • Business Administration
  • Defense Systems
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Radar
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Engineering