Patriot PAC-2 Development and Deployment in The Gulf War

Abstract

This case study explores the development of the Patriot PAC-2 and its historic deployment in the Gulf War from the vantage point of five senior technical managers. In addition to in-depth interviews with these senior managers U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (U.S. Army Missile Command) historical documents unclassified government reports and other public sources were reviewed for information regarding PAC-2 development. Patriot PAC-2 is a case study in effective project management that resulted in the extraordinary acceleration in the final stages of development production and deployment in time to play a historic role in the Gulf War. The Patriot PAC-2 lessons may benefit future project managers engaged in the final stages of system development prior to a major conflict.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA423549

Entities

People

  • J. D. Sherman

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Management Personnel
  • Quality Control
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Software Development
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.