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Title: | Strengths and Weaknesses of China's Defense Industry and Acquisition System and Implications for the United States |
Authors: | Tai Ming Cheung |
Keywords: | Chinese Defense Industry Acquisition System Technological Progress Information Technology Cyber |
Issue Date: | 30-Mar-2017 |
Publisher: | Acquisition Research Program |
Citation: | Published--Unlimited Distribution |
Series/Report no.: | Acquisition Management SYM-AM-17-087 |
Abstract: | Major technological progress is taking place across virtually the entire spectrum of the Chinese defense industry, from traditional sectors such as aerospace and seapower to the newer domains of space, information technology, and cyber. This is steadily narrowing the defense technological gap with the United States. At the same time though, the Chinese defense industry and acquisition system is plagued by deep-seated problems that call into question whether the current progress is sustainable over the long term. Understanding the state, reforms, and prospects for China's defense industry and acquisition system is of critical importance to the United States. This paper examines the dueling realities of China's defense industry and acquisition system. A central reason that the Chinese defense industry has been able to be keep costs down and accelerate the pace of acquisition is because it has operated on an absorption-based, good-enough development model. But as it transitions to more of an original innovation-based, higher end development framework, risks grow significantly, and this will impact the costs and pace of the acquisition process |
Description: | Acquisition Management / Defense Acquisition Community Contributor |
URI: | https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/1467 |
Appears in Collections: | Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Proceedings & Presentations |
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