Challenges to Relevant and Affordable Acquisitions

Abstract

The Army has been attempting for decades to create and maintain a consistent strategy to enable itself to remain the preeminent land battle force in the world. This position of power can only be obtained by maintaining the most lethal and agile combat force with the latest and most advanced capabilities. The inability to balance this position against the National Security Strategy in the face of declining fiscal budgets has stymied most efforts to maintain a modernization strategy through even a single POM. The Army can no longer afford to spend billions of dollars on programs that are redundant, irrelevant, or unexecutable due to technology constraints or changing requirements. This paper will conduct a critical analysis of the political, policy, and personnel drivers that detract from an integrated and executable modernization strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA565130

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Mcvay

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Combat Forces
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Life Cycles
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Program Management
  • Security
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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