The Macro Dynamics of Weapon System Acquisition: Shaping Early Decisions to Get Better Outcomes

Abstract

Defense acquisition is already broken Systems Engineering event driven vs effects based Reduced Capacity procurement holidays increase cycle time and costs Complexity A&D community self inflicted wound Requirements not necessarily connected to mission, physical reality, affordability, and ability to deliver on time Reduced budgets are a fact of life Fewer acquisition new starts Reduced infrastructure, reduced capacity Not if or when, but how much Over the next decade the US could loose technological superiority, economic competitiveness in key areas We have to get past policies to systemic root causes to overcome pending reductions and increase the output of the US Aerospace and Defense industry

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563565

Entities

People

  • Ed Kraft

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerospace Industry
  • Complex Systems
  • Costs
  • Cycles
  • Defense Industry
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Flight Simulators
  • High Resolution
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • Physics
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Economics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • Space