The Research, Development and Acquisition "Death Spiral": Future Readiness at Risk

Abstract

During the 1990s, defense spending was cut in order to provide a "peace dividend". The United States also embarked on an ambitious national security strategy of global engagement that would see American forces deployed worldwide on an unprecedented scale. Increasingly scarce defense funds were deovted to maintaining current readiness at the expense of investment in research, development and acqusition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383259

Entities

Organizations

  • Association of the United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Cold War
  • Composite Materials
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Force Structure
  • Information Systems
  • Investments
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Strategic Security Studies