Structure, Competition, Innovation
The book explores the evolution of the U.S. fixed-wing combat aircraft industry, focusing on the competitive dynamics among prime contractors and integrators. It highlights the historical context of innovation within the industry, detailing how these factors shaped the development of combat aircraft over time.
The book explores how consolidation and globalization have transformed the aerospace defense industry, analyzing their impacts on competition, innovation, and national security. It delves into the strategic alliances and mergers that shape the market, as well as the challenges and opportunities that arise from a globalized landscape. Through case studies and expert insights, it highlights the evolving dynamics that influence industry players and the implications for future defense policy.
Focusing on civil-military integration, this book explores how adopting a commercial approach can enhance the efficiency of the U.S. Air Force's procurement processes, particularly for major acquisition programs like the joint strike fighter. It highlights the potential for cost reduction in obtaining modern weapons systems, emphasizing the benefits of collaboration between military and commercial sectors.
Eight years ago, Karishma Mehta founded Humans of Bombay, inspired by the single idea – we all want to be heard. From the first shoot, where she traipsed Mumbai’s iconic Marine Drive, asking strangers to speak with her, she’s brought together a team of storytellers and a community of over 3.2 million people who believe in the power of humanity. This book, a collection of some of the best stories documented over the last 8 years, is Karishma’s love letter to the people of India. Every story in this collection is unique, inspirational, and relatable, and offers a glimpse into a country with 1.3 billion beating hearts… one tale at a time.
"This report is a companion report to an earlier report, which identified the main characteristics of six recent U.S. Air Force acquisition programs with extreme cost growth. This report evaluates four recent Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) with low cost growth and compares and contrasts their key characteristics to the six programs evaluated with extreme cost growth from the earlier report. The purpose is threefold. First, we seek to determine whether or not the key characteristics identified in the programs with extreme cost growth are present in the programs with low cost growth and, if not, why. If those characteristics are not present, we assume that this finding reinforces our view that the key characteristics of the extreme cost-growth programs that were identified are likely the root causes of extreme cost growth. Second, we seek to determine the common characteristics of the low cost-growth programs and whether such characteristics can be incorporated into future Air Force MDAPs. Finally, we revisit the main recommendations from our earlier report regarding approaches to mitigating extreme cost growth and, based on our findings from the low cost-growth programs, determine whether those recommendations are still valid and broadly applicable to future Air Force MDAPs. This report provides summary case studies of the four MDAPs with low cost growth, how the key characteristics of these programs compare with the six programs with extreme cost growth, and how these findings affect our earlier recommendations on mitigating the causes of extreme cost growth"--Publisher's description