Federal Research and Development Contract Trends and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2015
1st Edition
Published on 12. October 2016
76 pages
978-1-4422-7963-6 (ISBN)
Description
As the current U.S. defense budget drawdown has progressed, numerous analysts have expressed concern about the ability of the United States to retain technological superiority, particularly given how research and development (R&D) contracting appears to be in serious decline. To examine what has happened within the federal R&D contracting portfolio, CSIS has analyzed trends in federal contracting. Using federal contract data from the publicly available Federal Procurement Data System, this study explains what has happened to federal R&D contracting and the industrial base that supports it.
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English
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New York
United States
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978-1-4422-7963-6 (9781442279636)
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Jesse Ellman | Kaitlyn Johnson
Federal Research and Development Contract Trends and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2015
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10/2016
Centre for Strategic & International Studies,U.S.
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Jesse Ellman is an associate fellow, and Kaitlyn Johnson a researcher, with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS.
Content
- Federal Research And Development Contract Trends And The Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2015
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Executive Summary
- Federal R&D contracts have been disproportionately impacted by the budget drawdown
- DoD is in the midst of a six-year trough in its development pipeline for major weapons systems
- The budget drawdown has caused profound changes to the DoD R&D contracting industrial base
- Much of the conventional wisdom was incorrect
- Introduction
- 1. Federal R&D Contracting in Context
- Department of Defense
- Army
- Navy
- Air Force
- MDA
- NASA
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Energy
- 2. Literature Review
- Structure of Overall U.S. R&D Funding
- How Does R&D Function during a Recession?
- Benefits of R&D Spending during a Shock
- Magnitude of R&D Spending
- Prioritization of R&D spending within an organization
- R&D Spending during Times of Shifting Priorities
- Changes in R&D Funding
- Changes in targets of R&D spending
- Conclusion
- 3. How Has the Budget Drawdown Affected Federal R&D Contracting?
- Hypothesis 1: Cuts in R&D due to budget drawdown will be done on a salami slice basis, rather than reflecting a thoughtful prioritization of resources
- Department of Defense
- NASA
- HHS
- Findings
- Hypothesis 2: Newer R&D contracts will bear a disproportionate share of cuts during budget drawdowns
- Department of Defense
- NASA
- HHS
- Department of Energy
- Findings
- Hypothesis 3: Budget drawdowns will lead to shifts away from early-stage, seed-corn R&D, toward mid- to late-stage R&D tied to high-profile programs
- Department of Defense
- NASA
- HHS
- Findings
- Hypothesis 4: Large prime vendors will account for increasing shares of federal R&D during budget drawdowns
- Department of Defense
- NASA
- HHS
- Findings
- Hypothesis 5: During budget drawdowns, R&D will be increasingly funded out of non-R&D-focused funding accounts
- Department of Defense
- HHS
- NASA
- Findings
- Hypothesis 6: During budget drawdowns, competitively sourced R&D contracts will attract increasing numbers of offerors
- Department of Defense
- NASA
- HHS
- Basic Research
- Applied Research
- Advanced Technology Development
- Advanced Component Development & Prototypes
- System Development & Demonstration
- Operational Systems Development
- Operation of Government R&D Facilities
- Findings
- Hypothesis 7: The budget drawdown will discourage new entrants into the federal R&D contracting marketplace
- Department of Defense
- NASA
- HHS
- Findings
- Final Thoughts
- Appendix: Methodology
- Inherent Restrictions of FPDS
- Constant Dollars and Fiscal Years
- Data Reliability Notes and Download Dates
- Detailed Methods
- Competition
- Vendor Categorization
- About the Project Directors and Authors
