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The Royals Navy's New Generation Type 45 Destroyer Acquisition Options and Implications

The Royals Navy's New Generation Type 45 Destroyer Acquisition Options and Implications

John Birkler

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|October 4, 2002

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Describes an analysisi 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 kof the Royal Navy's surface fleet.
Australia's Submarine Design Capabilities and Capacities: Challenges and Options for the Future…

Australia's Submarine Design Capabilities and Capacities: Challenges and Options for the Future…

John Birkler

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|March 7, 2012

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The Royal Australian Navy intends to acquire 12 new submarines to replace its Collins-class vessels. At the behest of the Australian government, RAND assessed the domestic engineering and design skills that Australian industry and government will need to design…
Leveraging America's Aircraft Carrier Capabilities: Exploring New Combat And Noncombat Roles And…

Leveraging America's Aircraft Carrier Capabilities: Exploring New Combat And Noncombat Roles And…

John Gordon

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|June 15, 2006

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Explores new and nontraditional ways that the United States might be able to employ aircraft carriers in pursuit of traditional and emerging military and homeland defense missions. Summarizes the insights of two Concept Options Groups (COGs)-small groups of…
Australia's Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise: Preparing For The 21st Century

Australia's Naval Shipbuilding Enterprise: Preparing For The 21st Century

John Birkler

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|June 15, 2015

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To prepare for its next Defence White Paper, Australia is examining an enterprise-level naval shipbuilding plan. To support this effort, RAND researchers explore the feasibility of Australia sustaining a domestic naval shipbuilding industry compared with buying…
Keeping a Competitive U.S. Military Aircraft Industry Aloft: Findings from an Analysis of the…

Keeping a Competitive U.S. Military Aircraft Industry Aloft: Findings from an Analysis of the…

John Birkler

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|January 24, 2012

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Reviews a 2003 RAND evaluation of the risks and costs of the United States having little or no competition among companies involved with designing, developing, and producing fixed-wing military aircraft and related systems; examines changes in industrial-base…
From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change: Rethinking Weapon System Acquisition

From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change: Rethinking Weapon System Acquisition

John Birkler

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|January 16, 2011

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Defense acquisition is one of the most urgent issues that the Department of Defense faces today. In an effort to provide the department and the nation with guidance on defense acquisition challenges, the authors present detailed proposals to improve defense…
Littoral Combat Ships: Relating Performance To Mission Package Inventories, Homeports, And…

Littoral Combat Ships: Relating Performance To Mission Package Inventories, Homeports, And…

Brien Alkire

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|June 16, 2007

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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…
Competition and Innovation in the U.S. Fixed-Wing Military Aircraft Industry

Competition and Innovation in the U.S. Fixed-Wing Military Aircraft Industry

John Birkler

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|January 2, 2004

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Responds to Senate's comcerns that further consolidation in the military-aircraft industry, which has dropped from 11 prime contractors in 1960 to the current three, dwill pose risks to innovation and cost through limited or no competition in contracting for…
An Acquisition Strategy, Process, and Organization for Innovative Systems

An Acquisition Strategy, Process, and Organization for Innovative Systems

John Birkler

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|February 8, 2000

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The length of time required to move a weapon system through the full sequence of events in the acquisition cycle has long been a source of concern and frustration to government and industry officials responsible for equipping the U.S. Armed Forces. The notion of…
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule, and Technology Issues…

The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule, and Technology Issues…

John Birkler

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|October 20, 1998

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This report documents the methods and findings of RAND research on the adequacy of the defense industrial base to support further construction of aircraft carriers and on the cost, schedule, and technology issues associated with building the next carrier,…