Authors:Richard Rettig, Jennifer Brower, Orlie Yaniv
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: defense, department, interactions, drug, administration, food, warfare, drugs, biologics, chemical, biological, acquisition
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2003
ISBN-10: 0833034502
ISBN-13: 9780833034502

The 1990-1991 Gulf War made clear the U.S. Department of Defense

Authors:Mark A. Lorell, Julia F. Lowell, Richard M. Moore
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: aerospace, industry, defense, policy, global, government, going
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833031937
ISBN-13: 9780833031938

Since the end of the Cold War, a dramatic decline in overall defense authorizations has led both the U.S. aerospace industry and that of Europe to undergo extensive consolidation

Author: Jeffrey A. Drezner Robert S. Leonard
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: hae, uav, actd, program, test, flight, development, global, hawk, darkstar, innovative
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833031139
ISBN-13: 9780833031136

The past three decades have seen a number of less-than-successful efforts to develop high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles. In 1994, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, in conjunction with the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, initiated an effort

Author: Jeffrey A. Drezner Robert S. Leonard
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: hae, uav, actd, program, transitions, darkstar, development, global, hawk, innovative
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833031147
ISBN-13: 9780833031143

Over the past three decades, a number of attempts have been made to develop unmanned aerial vehicles, but many of these efforts have met with suboptimal results. Recently, however, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in conjunction with the Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office, launched an effort

Author: Robert Johnson John Birkler
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: oversight, management, processes, department, defense, program, acquisition, programs, criteria, evaluating, improving, three
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 1996
ISBN-10: 0833024361
ISBN-13: 9780833024367

Acquisition in the Department of Defense (DoD) is a major undertaking in which the defense agencies and the military departments expend significant funds to procure everything from research to development, to test and evaluation, to production, to operational support, and, finally, to obsolescence. The opportunities for problems to occur and the unique challenges posed in dealing with those problems in a high-technology environment require constant vigilance at all levels of management within DoD. Problems in major defense acquisition programs, when accurately identified, can be a source of gu

Authors:Mark A. Lorell, John C. Graser, Cynthia R. Cook
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: department, procurement, weapon, systems, defense, challenges, based, acquisition, issues, price
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037889
ISBN-13: 9780833037886

Price-based acquisition (PBA) is a major acquisition reform measure being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) in an effort to reduce costs and enhance acquisition efficiency. The essence of PBA is the simple but radical notion that DoD should establish

Author: The Quadrennial Defense Review
Publisher: The Quadrennial Defense Review
Keywords: report, review, defense, quadrennial
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2010-01-31
eBookDB-ID: QDRR201000

The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a legislatively-mandated review of Department of Defense strategy and priorities. The QDR will set a long-term course for DoD as it assesses the threats and challenges that the nation faces and re-balances DoD’s strategies, capabilities, and forces to address today’s conflicts and tomorrow’s threats. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The mission of the Department of Defense is to protect the American people and advance our nation’s interests. In executing these responsibilities, we must recognize that first and foremost, the United States is a n