Weapons Acquisition
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 50
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2005-01-13
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 0309091241
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these matters, they must take into account facts about the relationship between guns and violence as well as conflicting constitutional claims and divided public opinion. In performing these tasks, legislators need adequate data and research to judge both the effects of firearms on violence and the effects of different violence control policies. Readers of the research literature on firearms may sometimes find themselves unable to distinguish scholarship from advocacy. Given the importance of this issue, there is a pressing need for a clear and unbiased assessment of the existing portfolio of data and research. Firearms and Violence uses conventional standards of science to examine three major themes - firearms and violence, the quality of research, and the quality of data available. The book assesses the strengths and limitations of current databases, examining current research studies on firearm use and the efforts to reduce unjustified firearm use and suggests ways in which they can be improved.
Author: Thomas C. Lassman
Publisher: Department of the Army
Published: 2008-11-15
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A broad historical overview of changing institutional patterns of technological innovation with the Defense Department's major weapons laboratories.
Author: Wilbur D. Jones
Publisher: Defense Systems Management College
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 550
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a series of probing essays covering various periods in America’s military history, this official history tells the story of how United States weapons were developed and produced, what notable managers and organizations were involved, and which weapons from those periods had a significant impact on America’s wars.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1999-08-17
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0309184088
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems had a broad mandate-to examine the use of statistics in conjunction with defense testing. This involved examining methods for software testing, reliability test planning and estimation, validation of modeling and simulation, and use of modem techniques for experimental design. Given the breadth of these areas, including the great variety of applications and special issues that arise, making a contribution in each of these areas required that the Panel's work and recommendations be at a relatively general level. However, a variety of more specific research issues were either brought to the Panel's attention by members of the test and acquisition community, e.g., what was referred to as Dubin's challenge (addressed in the Panel's interim report), or were identified by members of the panel. In many of these cases the panel thought that a more in-depth analysis or a more detailed application of suggestions or recommendations made by the Panel would either be useful as input to its deliberations or could be used to help communicate more individual views of members of the Panel to the defense test community. This resulted in several research efforts. Given various criteria, especially immediate relevance to the test and acquisition community, the Panel has decided to make available three technical or background papers, each authored by a Panel member jointly with a colleague. These papers are individual contributions and are not a consensus product of the Panel; however, the Panel has drawn from these papers in preparation of its final report: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition. The Panel has found each of these papers to be extremely useful and they are strongly recommended to readers of the Panel's final report.
Author: Theo Farrell
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1349251097
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why are certain weapons acquired in the United States and others not? Theo Farrell addresses this question by examining the strategic, institutional and budgetary issues surrounding four major weapon programmes. Extensive use is made of primary sources in analysing the origins, development and outcomes of these programmes. This book presents alarming evidence to show how the military services manipulate weapons acquisition to suit their own ends rather than national security. It also analyses how Congress, motivated by concerns over cost, comes to play a greater role in shaping programme outcomes once weapons enter production.
Author: James H. Lebovic
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-08
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 0429723806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With the end of the Cold War and the erosion of the Soviet threat, the United States is reevaluating its defense policy and its acquisition of weapons. James Lebovic shows that, although current military missions are adapted to post-Cold War realities, the self-defeating bias of bureaucrats and military services toward Cold War weaponry is still prevalent. He examines the impact of this bias on the armed services as they assess threat, generate requirements, develop and change weapon concepts, set production rates, and engage in testing. The author asserts that bias compromises service interests and broader military objectives and he offers general policy recommendations to put U.S. weapons acquisition on a more effective track.