Over the past several decades, increases in acquisition costs for U.S. Navy combatants have outpaced the rate of inflation. To understand why, the authors of this book examined two principal source categories of ship cost escalation (economy-driven factors and customer-driven factors) and interviewed various shipbuilders. Based on their analysis, the authors propose some ways the Navy might reduce ship costs in the future.

Why Has the Cost of Navy Ships Risen?: A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Naval Ship Costs Over the Past Several Decades

Younossi, Obaid

Blickstein, Irv

Grammich, Clifford A.

Arena, Mark

Reference

RAND Corporation

This report explores why, in recent decades, military fixed-wing aircraft costs have escalated beyond the rates of commonly used inflation indices, examining both economy-driven factors that the Services cannot control and customer-driven ones that they can. The authors found that this trend of cost increases is true for all types of aircraft patrol, cargo, trainer, bomber, attack, fighter, and electronic warfare.

Why Has the Cost of Fixed-Wing Aircraft Risen?: A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs over the Past Several Decades

Business & Money

Arena, Mark V.

Brancato, Kevin

Economics

The U.S. Navy faces uncertainty about the degree to which it will have to prepare for a high-end future conflict versus the so-called Long War. To help the Navy understand how critical near- mid-, and far-term trends in the United States, China, and Iran might influence U.S. security decisions in general and the Navy1s investments in particular, RAND examined emerging domestic and regional nonmilitary trends in each of the three countries.

Domestic Trends in the United States, China, and Iran: Implications for U.S. Navy Strategic Planning

Engineering & Transportation

Gordon, John

Button, Robert W.

Cunningham, Karla J.

Reid, Toy I.

Engineering

This evaluation of the participation of organizations within the Navy Enterprise in the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) system (1) identifies and describes the current participation of Navy Enterprise organizations in PPBE and (2) identifies and assesses potential alternatives for Navy Enterprise participation.

Navy Enterprises: Evaluating Their Role in Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE)

Riposo, Jessie

Friel, John A.

Fell, Kendle

Defense acquisition is one of the most urgent issues that the Department of Defense faces today. In an effort to provide the department and the nation with guidance on defense acquisition challenges, the authors present detailed proposals to improve defense acquisition through initiatives focused on competition, novel systems, risk management, organizational factors, prototyping, and the acquisition workforce.

From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change: Rethinking Weapon System Acquisition (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Birkler, John

Gates, Susan M.

Drezner, Jeffrey A.

This tool serves as a reference guide that documents key but enduring aspects of how the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations implements the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process so that action officers, as well as flag officers and senior executives, can successfully navigate and effectively contribute to the process. This guide emphasizes the planning and programming phases of the process.

Navy Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution: A Reference Guide for Senior Leaders, Managers, and Action Officers

History

Sollinger, Jerry M.

Tremblay, Daniel

Martin, Bradley

Yurchak, John M.

Military

This report briefly summarizes a gap analysis and alternatives analysis of the Coast Guard cost-estimating workforce and provides recommendations to achieve flexibility to deal with future requirements.

Gap Analysis and Alternatives Analysis of the Coast Guard Cost Estimating Workforce

Conley, Tim

Tannehill, Brynn

Etchegaray, Jason Michel

Schendt, Abby

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