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Defense co-production collaborative national defense

This thesis provides an analysis of the co-production of the defense function as provided by the legislative branch, Department of Defense (DoD) and the defense industry at large. The aim of the study will be to examine the evolution of the procurement and contracting process since World War II with a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the increasingly symbiotic relationship between DoD and corporate America. This relationship has evolved significantly over the last halfcentury. It is no longer merely transactional as each side has leveraged the wartime and peacetime interaction to yield upgrades in weapon systems and capabilities that may have been otherwise unattainable in the same time frame. The benefits of this research include the identification and assessment of the intricacies of the DoD-defense industry relationship, particularly with regard to financial management, to elucidate significant trends, and characteristics that pose potential risk and warrant further study.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1862
Date06 1900
CreatorsRichardson, Robert R.
ContributorsMcCaffery, Jerry L., Jones, Lawrence R., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Graduate School of Business and Public Policy (GSBPP)
PublisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Source SetsNaval Postgraduate School
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Formatxiv, 97 p. : ill. (some col.) ;, application/pdf
RightsApproved for public release, distribution unlimited

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