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Assessing Competitive Strategies for the Joint Strike Fighter
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work examines options for competition in the Joint Strike Fighter production phase and recommends forming a second industry team that could compete to develop and manufacture the next major upgrade of the mission system equipment. more...
Air Force Procurement Workforce Transformation
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95To assist the Air Force in the process of significantly changing the way it purchases goods and services, this monograph reviews related commercial-sector activities and skills, suggests models for training programs, and includes a framework of metrics to track progress and refine procurement-workforce-development efforts over time. more...
Innovative Development
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95In 1994 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency initiated an effort to facilitate the development of UAVs through the use of an innovative acquisition strategy. This report addresses the effect of that strategy on the flight test program of two air vehicles: Global Hawk and DarkStar. more...
Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This simulation model should help the US Air Force to better understand its jet engine intermediate maintenance system. Users can track the engine operation and maintenance process from the flightline through various shops and back. more...
Innovative Development - Global Hawk and DarkStar
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This title looks at the effect of new acquisition strategies on an unmanned aerial vehicle's transition from one agency to another as well as from development and test to production. more...
Innovative Development Executive Summary
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95An assessment of the innovative management approach used to develop two unmanned aerial vehicles. The HAE UAV Management Approach Was Highly Innovative Activity Content Changed Substantially from the Plan Cost to the Government Remained Stable While Costs Grew and Activity Content Changed Overall Schedule Grew Only Moderately UFP Was Not Met... more...
Implementing Performance-based Services Acquisition (PBSA)
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This text examines how an Air Logistics Center and a Product Center apply performance-based practices in their service contracts for weapon systems development and sustainment and installation support. more...
Performance-Based Contracting in the Air Force
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95In recent years, the Office of the Secretary of Defense has initiatedand the Air Force has aggressively implementeda policy aimed at the widespread adoption of performance-based services acquisition (PBSA), an outcome-oriented approach in which the buyer tells the offeror what it needs rather than how to meet that need. more...
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95This study examines a reconfiguration of the current U.S. Air Force support system that would implement maintenance forward support locations to consolidate intermediate maintenance near the theater of operations. Such locations are known as Centralized Intermediate Repair Facilities, or CIRFs. more...
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95An analysis of combat support experiences associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) that compares these experiences with those associated with Joint Task Force Noble Anvil (JTF NA), the U.S. component of Operation Allied Force, in Serbia, and the first 100 days of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in Afghanistan. more...









