Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/1098
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorLou Kratz
dc.contributor.authorBradd Buckingham
dc.contributor.authorBernie Kelleher
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-16T17:50:15Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-16T17:50:15Z-
dc.date.issued2014-04-30
dc.identifier.citationPublished--Unlimited Distribution
dc.identifier.urihttps://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/1098-
dc.descriptionAcquisition Management / Defense Acquisition Community Contributor
dc.description.abstractAfter more than a decade of conflict, the United States is drawing down defense spending. The Defense Department must cope with declining resources at a time when it also faces persistent global threats and is under pressure to modernize aging systems to deter future competitors. Faced with declining defense budgets, aging weapon systems, and growing personnel costs, the Department of Defense (DoD) must avoid austerity measures that result in a hollow force and focus on how to maintain and enhance key capabilities at reduced cost. Many U.S. allies faced similar challenges more than a decade ago and opted to transform their military structure to concentrate on their core competency of deterrence and national defense. Their efforts included migration of uniformed personnel to combat/combat support functions, privatization of infrastructure, and the use of public/private partnerships to buy outcomes, versus equipment and services. By highlighting numerous successful precedents, this paper explores how industry and government as partners can support enhanced operational agility and affordability.
dc.description.sponsorshipAcquisition Research Program
dc.languageEnglish (United States)
dc.publisherAcquisition Research Program
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDefense Spending
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSYM-AM-14-048
dc.subjectDefense Spending
dc.subjectDefense Budgets
dc.subjectCosts
dc.titleCritical Choices in a Time of Austerity
dc.typeArticle
Appears in Collections:Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Proceedings & Presentations

Files in This Item:
File SizeFormat 
SYM-AM-14-048.pdf199.23 kBAdobe PDFView/Open


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.