Program Related Publication Feeds

DIIG Current Issues No. 20: Integrating COTS: Lessons from Recent Ground Vehicle Acquisitions

gsanders — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Defense systems are rarely acquired rapidly.

DIIG Current Issues No. 16: Wrestling with Complexity in Defense Programs

jhofbauer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

In recent years, defense programs are more ambitious than any previously attempted. They promise unprecedented capability through integrating groundbreaking technologies into network-centric systems-of-systems, such as the Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) and the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater System (IDS).

DIIG Current Issues No. 14: Unmanned Aircraft Systems, 2010-2050

gsanders — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Given the value of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to provide Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and firepower without placing warfighters at undue risk, these systems are receiving much attention and growing increasingly sophisticated and versatile. The U.S.

Organizing for a Complex World: The Way Ahead

jhofbauer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Complex defense and network-centric systems have proven to be difficult to develop on time and on budget, a consequence of the complexity inherent in both the systems and the acquisition environment. These programs pose governance and management challenges, and it is difficult to know in advance the program-management model most suitable for a given program.

Organizing for a Complex World

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Government agencies, primarily the U.S. Department of Defense, currently face an unparalleled leap in complexity as the information revolution presents opportunities to create large, complex net-centric systems-of-systems. Furthermore, individual weapon systems are becoming more intricate as more technology is inserted, requirements mount, and capabilities increase.

Spiral Development, Real Options and Other Development Methodologies

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

On June 5, 2006, the Human Space Exploration Initiative in the Technology and Public Policy Program and the Defense Industrial Initiatives Group, both at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in partnership with the International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis at the University of Texas at Dallas, cohosted a workshop in Washington, D.

An Assessment of the National Security Software Industrial Base

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The ability of the Department of Defense (DoD) to meet its software challenges depends on both the user-driven requirements and demands for software-driven functionality, the quantity and quality o