Is the Ratio of Investment between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change?
1st Edition
Published on 17. June 2021
70 pages
978-1-5381-4022-2 (ISBN)
Description
With the advent of the information age, both commercial industry and the Department of Defense are moving towards complex R&D-intensive systems over the simpler, mass-produced systems of the industrial age. This CSIS report analyzes the historical trends in the relationship of production costs to development costs in complex acquisition programs. To understand this phenomenon, the study team examines it at two different levels. The first is the macro investment level where portfolio management trade-offs are made between aggregate development and procurement and between programs. The second level is individual programs where the ambitions of the program and the underlying technology shape the resources required for a program to complete development.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
33 colour illustrations; 4 tables; 7 textboxes
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-4022-2 (9781538140222)
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Rhys McCormick | Gregory Sanders | Andrew P. Hunter
Is the Ratio of Investment between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change?
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06/2021
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Persons
Rhys McCormick is a fellow with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS. His work focuses on unmanned systems, global defense industrial base issues, and U.S. federal and defense contracting trends. Andrew Hunter is a senior fellow in the International Security Program and director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS. He focuses on issues affecting the industrial base, including emerging technologies, sequestration, acquisition policy, and industrial policy. Gregory Sanders is deputy director and fellow with the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS, where he manages a research team that analyzes data on U.S. government contract spending and other budget and acquisition issues.
Content
I | Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
II | Declining Procurement-RDT&E Ratios: The Result of a Broken Acquisition System? ............. 4
III | Methodology and Study Design............................................................................................................. 7
Data Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 10
IV | Historical R&D Trends ............................................................................................................................. 10
Historical R&D Intensity Trends by Industry .................................................................................... 14
Defense R&D Trends ................................................................................................................................. 16
V | Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E Trends ........................................................................................... 18
Overall DoD Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E ................................................................................. 18
Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E by Component ............................................................................ 24
Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E by Platform Portfolio ............................................................... 44
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................................... 57
Concluding Thoughts .............................................................................................................................. 61
About the Authors ............................................................................................................................................ 62
II | Declining Procurement-RDT&E Ratios: The Result of a Broken Acquisition System? ............. 4
III | Methodology and Study Design............................................................................................................. 7
Data Methodology .................................................................................................................................... 10
IV | Historical R&D Trends ............................................................................................................................. 10
Historical R&D Intensity Trends by Industry .................................................................................... 14
Defense R&D Trends ................................................................................................................................. 16
V | Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E Trends ........................................................................................... 18
Overall DoD Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E ................................................................................. 18
Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E by Component ............................................................................ 24
Ratio of Procurement to RDT&E by Platform Portfolio ............................................................... 44
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................................... 57
Concluding Thoughts .............................................................................................................................. 61
About the Authors ............................................................................................................................................ 62
