Defense Acquisition Trends 2015 : Acquisition in the Era of Budgetary Constraints.
Ellman, Jesse.
Defense Acquisition Trends 2015 : Acquisition in the Era of Budgetary Constraints. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (115 pages) - CSIS Reports . - CSIS Reports .
Defense Acquisition Trends, 2015 -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Executive Summary -- What Is DoD Buying? -- Birth of the Defense Innovation Initiative-Third Offset Strategy -- A Five-Year Trough Has Developed in the Weapon Systems Pipeline -- Services Contracts Surprisingly Resilient -- How Is DoD Buying? -- Major Acquisition Reform Efforts in 2015 Will Take Time to Deliver Results -- Effective Competition Rates Are Steady, Despite Desire to Promote Competition -- Contract Outcomes Can Be Examined Using Contract Data -- Whom Is DoD Buying From? -- Small Vendors Accounted for Their Largest-Ever Share of Defense Contracts in 2014 -- The Big 5 Defense Vendors Are Winning a Declining Share of R& -- D Contract Obligations -- The Present and Future of Defense Industry Consolidation -- DoD Starts with a Narrow But Sustained Base for Outreach to Silicon Valley -- What Are the Defense Components Buying? -- Service Acquisition Portfolios Are Shifting In Distinct Ways -- Army -- Navy -- Air Force -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Report Organization -- 1.2. DoD Contract Spending in a Budgetary Context -- 2. What Is DoD Buying? -- 2.1. Innovation, R& -- D, and Technological Superiority -- 2.1.1. Defense Innovation Initiative-"Third Offset Strategy" -- 2.1.2. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental: Finding New Sources of Innovation -- 2.1.3. Research and Development Contracting during the Budget Drawdown -- 2.2. Defense Contract Obligations by Platform Portfolio -- 2.3. Defense Contract Obligations by Budget Account -- 2.3.1. Procurement -- 2.3.2. Operations & -- Maintenance -- 2.3.3. Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation -- 3. How Is DoD Buying It? -- 3.1. Reforming the Defense Acquisition System -- 3.1.1. Better Buying Power -- 3.1.2. 2016 National Defense Authorization Act -- 3.2. Contract and Fee Type. 3.3. Defense Contract Obligation by Rate of Effective Competition -- 3.4. Contract Outcomes beyond the Headlines -- 3.4.1. Terminations -- 3.4.2. Change Orders -- 4. Whom Is DoD Buying From? -- 4.1. Changes in the Composition of the Defense Industrial Base -- 4.1.1. Army -- 4.1.2. Navy -- 4.1.3. Air Force -- 4.1.4. Defense Logistics Agency -- 4.1.5. Products -- 4.1.6. Services -- 4.1.7. Research and Development -- 4.2. The Present and Future Consolidation of Defense Industry -- 4.2.1. Top Products Vendors -- 4.2.2. Top Services Vendors -- 4.2.3. Top Research and Development Vendors -- 4.3. Silicon Valley Participation in the Defense Industrial Base -- 4.3.1. Narrow Silicon Valley Base -- 4.3.2. Persistence in the Top Tier, Tumult Below -- 4.3.3. Silicon Valley Avoids Drawdown and Budget Cap Cuts Thanks to HP -- 4.3.4. Implications for the Future -- 5. What Are the Defense Components Buying? -- 5.1. Army -- 5.2. Navy -- 5.3. Air Force -- 5.4. Defense Logistics Agency -- 5.5. Missile Defense Agency -- 5.6. Other DoD -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Methodology -- About the Authors.
This study examines contracting trends at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It relies on empirical analysis of DoD contracting transaction data from the open-source Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS).
9781442259195
United States--Armed Forces--Procurement.
Electronic books.
UA23 -- .H86 2016eb
Defense Acquisition Trends 2015 : Acquisition in the Era of Budgetary Constraints. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (115 pages) - CSIS Reports . - CSIS Reports .
Defense Acquisition Trends, 2015 -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Executive Summary -- What Is DoD Buying? -- Birth of the Defense Innovation Initiative-Third Offset Strategy -- A Five-Year Trough Has Developed in the Weapon Systems Pipeline -- Services Contracts Surprisingly Resilient -- How Is DoD Buying? -- Major Acquisition Reform Efforts in 2015 Will Take Time to Deliver Results -- Effective Competition Rates Are Steady, Despite Desire to Promote Competition -- Contract Outcomes Can Be Examined Using Contract Data -- Whom Is DoD Buying From? -- Small Vendors Accounted for Their Largest-Ever Share of Defense Contracts in 2014 -- The Big 5 Defense Vendors Are Winning a Declining Share of R& -- D Contract Obligations -- The Present and Future of Defense Industry Consolidation -- DoD Starts with a Narrow But Sustained Base for Outreach to Silicon Valley -- What Are the Defense Components Buying? -- Service Acquisition Portfolios Are Shifting In Distinct Ways -- Army -- Navy -- Air Force -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Report Organization -- 1.2. DoD Contract Spending in a Budgetary Context -- 2. What Is DoD Buying? -- 2.1. Innovation, R& -- D, and Technological Superiority -- 2.1.1. Defense Innovation Initiative-"Third Offset Strategy" -- 2.1.2. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental: Finding New Sources of Innovation -- 2.1.3. Research and Development Contracting during the Budget Drawdown -- 2.2. Defense Contract Obligations by Platform Portfolio -- 2.3. Defense Contract Obligations by Budget Account -- 2.3.1. Procurement -- 2.3.2. Operations & -- Maintenance -- 2.3.3. Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation -- 3. How Is DoD Buying It? -- 3.1. Reforming the Defense Acquisition System -- 3.1.1. Better Buying Power -- 3.1.2. 2016 National Defense Authorization Act -- 3.2. Contract and Fee Type. 3.3. Defense Contract Obligation by Rate of Effective Competition -- 3.4. Contract Outcomes beyond the Headlines -- 3.4.1. Terminations -- 3.4.2. Change Orders -- 4. Whom Is DoD Buying From? -- 4.1. Changes in the Composition of the Defense Industrial Base -- 4.1.1. Army -- 4.1.2. Navy -- 4.1.3. Air Force -- 4.1.4. Defense Logistics Agency -- 4.1.5. Products -- 4.1.6. Services -- 4.1.7. Research and Development -- 4.2. The Present and Future Consolidation of Defense Industry -- 4.2.1. Top Products Vendors -- 4.2.2. Top Services Vendors -- 4.2.3. Top Research and Development Vendors -- 4.3. Silicon Valley Participation in the Defense Industrial Base -- 4.3.1. Narrow Silicon Valley Base -- 4.3.2. Persistence in the Top Tier, Tumult Below -- 4.3.3. Silicon Valley Avoids Drawdown and Budget Cap Cuts Thanks to HP -- 4.3.4. Implications for the Future -- 5. What Are the Defense Components Buying? -- 5.1. Army -- 5.2. Navy -- 5.3. Air Force -- 5.4. Defense Logistics Agency -- 5.5. Missile Defense Agency -- 5.6. Other DoD -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix A: Methodology -- About the Authors.
This study examines contracting trends at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It relies on empirical analysis of DoD contracting transaction data from the open-source Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS).
9781442259195
United States--Armed Forces--Procurement.
Electronic books.
UA23 -- .H86 2016eb