The principal antagonist of the Joint Chiefs within the central defense organization was the Comptroller. Like the JCS, however, his office afforded an excellent illustration […]
As a result of the impact of the gigantic national defense and war programs on our American economy, small business enterprise in the United States […]
At RAND in 1954, Armen A. Alchian conducted the world’s first event study to infer the fissile fuel material used in the manufacturing of the […]
Perhaps the best way to explain some variations of a practical fly-before-you buy policy is to take several examples. The AX program is one which […]
In Europe, analysis plays a radically different role in aerospace development. A French project team for example, will provide its customer with a dossier calcul, […]
The judgement inherent in this balancing of programs and systems can no longer be intuitive or rely on past experience alone. The range of choice […]
In 1947, the “Bible” of the nation’s military contractors—Armed Forces Procurement Regulation—was a slim volume of about 100 to 125 pages long. Today, the A.F.P.R., […]
When used in conjunction with such concepts as modularity and functional partitioning—the use of self-contained functional components to build systems—the open systems approach was also […]
It has been suggested in some quarters that I am unwilling to decentralize decision-making authority. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I strongly believe […]
We enter a scene at a Congressional hearing in April 1944 — just months ahead of the D-Day landings — where top defense officials were […]
There was, without question, deep and sincere opposition to the accelerated development of ballistic missiles. It was chiefly effective in the years between 1950 and […]
… you can’t apply cost effectiveness to really basic research. Otherwise you never would discover new genes in biology for example if you had to […]
Working together with industry to identify and resolve problem areas, NASA has evolved innovative contracting approaches which emulate good commercial contracting practices while retaining some […]
One has to be very careful in the way this is put. I do not favor standardized forms in the sense that the Government literally […]
I would be perfectly willing operationally to test anything anybody can name without having measures of effectiveness or criteria for the test. I am also […]
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