Title Is the ratio of investment between research and development to production in major defense acquisition programs experiencing fundamental change? / Rhys McCormick, Gregory Sanders, Andrew P. Hunter

Published Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (V, 63 pages) : illustrations Contents I Introduction. -- II Declining procurement-RDT ratios: the result of a broken acquisition system? -- III Methodology and study design. Data methodology. -- IV Historical R & D intensity trends by industry. Defense R & D trends. -- V. Ratio of procurement to RDT & E trends. Overall DoD ratio of procurement to RDT & E. Ratio of procurement to RDT & E by component. Ratio of procurement to RDT & E by platform portfolio. -- Conclusion. Concluding thoughts. -- About the authors Summary With the advent of the information age, both commercial industry and the Department of Defense are moving towards complex R & D-intensive systems over the simpler, mass-produced systems of the industrial age. This paper analyzes the historical trends in the relationship of production costs to development costs in complex acquisition programs. To understand this phenomenon, the study team examines it at two different levels. The first is the macro investment level where portfolio management trade-offs are made between aggregate development and procurement and between programs. The second level is individual programs where the ambitions of the program and the underlying technology shape the resources required for a program to complete development Notes "A report of the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group." "August 2020." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes This material is based upon work supported by the Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program under Grant No. N00244-17-1-0017 Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2021) Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Procurement -- Costs -- Evaluation SUBJECT United States. Department of Defense fast (OCoLC)fst01852447 Subject Military-industrial complex -- United States Military research -- United States -- Costs -- Evaluation Weapons systems -- United States -- Design and construction -- Costs -- Evaluation Military-industrial complex United States Form Electronic book Author Sanders, Gregory, author Hunter, Andrew P., author Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher. ISBN 9781538140222 1538140225

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