From the Government Accountability Office to think tanks and politicians, everyone agrees that rising weapons costs are evidence of acquisition system failure. However, in the complaints about cost growth, many basic questions go unanswered: Is cost growth always bad? What is cost growth? How serious is it? Why does it matter? What tools are really effective in combating it? A close examination of these ques-tions reveals many misconceptions. These misconceptions lead acquisition executives to implement an endless cycle of reforms that begin with high hopes, yet prove disappointing in execution. This article analyzes the nature of cost growth, assesses its practical effects, surveys the recent literature, and offers insights about which act...
Unless program managers (PM) tackle cost containment head-on, future weapon system acquisition succe...
This paper notes that the outcome of military operations is determined largely by the relative perfo...
The primary objective of this study is to document relationships between two weapon system program o...
This paper offers a review of the literature on cost growth in the acquisition of weapon systems. A ...
The response of our defense industrial base to major changes, such as the collapse of the former Sov...
Most Americans believe that their nation's weapon acquisition system is one of the worst-managed act...
Panel #19: Cost Estimating in Defense AcquisitionAcquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed...
The procurement of weapons for our armed forces has traditionally been an issue left to the experts...
This paper is part of a series, several previous papers of which explored whether unit cost growth f...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Departmen...
IMELY and cost-effective acquisition of military systems has deteriorated significantly over the las...
Since 2012, the Department of Defense (DOD) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) have observed...
McNicol (2018; hereafter Acquisition Policy) obtained remarkably strong statistical results for a si...
This article examines how cost growth factors (CGF) change over a program’s acquisition life cycle f...
Many of the major programs of the DoD are experiencing cost growth. This research developed an empir...
Unless program managers (PM) tackle cost containment head-on, future weapon system acquisition succe...
This paper notes that the outcome of military operations is determined largely by the relative perfo...
The primary objective of this study is to document relationships between two weapon system program o...
This paper offers a review of the literature on cost growth in the acquisition of weapon systems. A ...
The response of our defense industrial base to major changes, such as the collapse of the former Sov...
Most Americans believe that their nation's weapon acquisition system is one of the worst-managed act...
Panel #19: Cost Estimating in Defense AcquisitionAcquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed...
The procurement of weapons for our armed forces has traditionally been an issue left to the experts...
This paper is part of a series, several previous papers of which explored whether unit cost growth f...
Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Departmen...
IMELY and cost-effective acquisition of military systems has deteriorated significantly over the las...
Since 2012, the Department of Defense (DOD) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) have observed...
McNicol (2018; hereafter Acquisition Policy) obtained remarkably strong statistical results for a si...
This article examines how cost growth factors (CGF) change over a program’s acquisition life cycle f...
Many of the major programs of the DoD are experiencing cost growth. This research developed an empir...
Unless program managers (PM) tackle cost containment head-on, future weapon system acquisition succe...
This paper notes that the outcome of military operations is determined largely by the relative perfo...
The primary objective of this study is to document relationships between two weapon system program o...
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