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1	The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule, and Technology Issues for Cvn 77 more books like this by J L Birkler add to wishlist The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Navy and the office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), under RAND's National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development centre supported by the OSD, the joint staff, the unified commands, and the defense agencies, Contract DASW01-95-C-0059. see all copies from $5.93! new only from $16.73! \| SVS
2	The U.S. Submarine Production Base: An Analysis of Cost, Schedule, and Risk for Selected Force Structures: Executive Summary more books like this by J L Birkler add to wishlist This inside look at the submarine building business compares two approaches to future submarine production. see all copies from $16.04! new only from $26.22! \| SVS
3	Littoral Combat Ships: Relating Performance to Mission Package Inventories, Homeports, and Installation Sites more books like this by Brien Alkire, John Birkler, Lisa Dolan add to wishlist Alkire et al. provide a clear understanding of the operational, logistics, and cost trade-offs between three interdependent elements of the Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program: the number of LCSs in the fleet, the number of mission packages that those LCSs would require in order to perform a range of missions, and the number and locations of ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $43.74!
4	The Royals Navy's New Generation Type 45 Destroyer Acquisition Options and Implications more books like this by John Birkler, John F Schank, Mark Arena add to wishlist This book describes an analysis of strategies for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense to take in acquiring the TYpe 45, a new generation destroyer that will become a main component of the Royal Navy's surface fleet. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $40.85!
5	The U.S. Coast Guard's Deepwater Force Modernization Plan: Can It Be Accelerated? Will It Meet Changing Security Needs? more books like this by John Birkler, Brien Alkire, Robert Button add to wishlist Explores acceleration of the pace at which the U.S. Coast Guard can acquire surface and air assets that it will operate in the deepwater environment (50 or more nautical miles from shore) and whether the original Integrated Deepwater System program to modernize its aging cutters and aircraft will provide the Coast Guard with a force structure to ... see all copies from $5.72! new only from $65.92!
6	Assessing Competitive Strategies for the Joint Strike Fighter: Opportunities and Options more books like this by John Birkler add to wishlist Defense policymakers in the United States expect that the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will play a critical role in U.S. and allied military forces through the first half of this century. The Department of Defense's current JSF acquisition strategy is a "winner-take-all" competition pitting Lockheed Martin against Boeing. This strategy has raised ... see all copies from $17.00!
7	Three Programs and Ten Criteria: Evaluating and Improving Acquisition Program Management and Oversight Processes Within the Department of Defense more books like this by Robert V Johnson, M.D, John Birkler add to wishlist As part of a broader attempt to improve the acquisition-management controls and oversight processes used in the defense acquisition system, this report synthesizes a set of lessons learned from an analysis of past problems, and in the process, identifies and evaluates innovative approaches to program management. see all copies from $14.00! first editions
8	Competition and Innovation in the U.S. Fixed-Wing Military Aircraft Industry more books like this by John Birkler add to wishlist Responds to Senate's concerns that further consolidation in the military-aircraft industry from its current three prime contractors would pose risks to innovation and cost through limited or no competition in contracting for military aircraft and related weapon systems for the Defence Department. Describes that industry, evaluates what is required ... see all copies from $14.97! new only from $56.28!
9	A Tool for Evaluating Force Modernization Options more books like this by Timothy Bonds, Monti D Callero, John Birkler add to wishlist Military resource allocation choices are often continuous, especially when--as now--international events and domestic budgets require significant changes in the character and capabilities of U.S. military forces. With major changes occurring in systems, forces, and the way those forces are used, it is more important than ever that new concepts be ... see all copies from $4.95!
10	Gaining New Military Capability: An Experiment in Concept Development more books like this by J L Birkler add to wishlist The process of modernizing U.S. military forces is the focus of this report. see all copies from $9.95!
11 view cover	Acquisition and Competition Strategy Options for the DD(X): The U.S. Navy's 21st Century Destroyer more books like this by John F Schank, Giles K Smith, John Birkler add to wishlist How can the Navy achieve the most effe tive competition among its supplers during development and production of its new family of destroyers while ensuring that two shipyards reamin in business to compete on future programs? see all copies from $15.75! new only from $21.04!
12 view cover	Differences Between Military and Commerical Shipbuilding: Implications for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense more books like this by John Birkler add to wishlist Looks at the feasibility of UK shipbuilders expanding outside their domestic military contracts into the worldwide commercial or foreign military markets. Can the United Kingdom's shipbuilding industry compete more broadly in commercial or foreign military markets? Based on literature reviews and their surveys and interviews of major shipyards, ... see all copies from $17.00! new only from $99.00!
13 view cover	Options for Funding Aircraft Carriers more books like this by Rand Corporation, John Birkler add to wishlist Examines alternatives to full-funding strategy (appropriation of enough money for an entire construction project in the initial year of construction) for funding aircraft carriers. The present practice of fully funding aircraft carriers in a single year causes spikes of several billion dollars in the budget every fourth or fifth year, and it ... see all copies from $4.64! new only from $8.50!

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