A Framework for Modernization Within the United States Air Force

Abstract

Like its sister services, the Air Force is charged, by Title 10 of the U.S. Code, with providing combatant commanders with capabilities that fulfill, to the maximum extent practicable, their operational requirements. In a highly dynamic security environment, when threats faced by the United States are changing rapidly and the types and nature of operations conducted by its forces are changing as well, it is especially important that the services effectively promote innovation and modernization of their operational capabilities. Instituting a straightforward, coherent, and well-defined process for modernizing can help the leaders of the Air Force ensure that relevant capabilities are developed and fielded in a timely manner. Functionally speaking, seven principal actors are involved in the modernization process within a service.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA438905

Entities

People

  • David A. Ochmanek
  • Glenn A. Kent

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Employment
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Operations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design