Title :
What´s wrong with weapons acquisitions?
Author :
Charette, Robert N.
fDate :
11/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The paper gives an overview of a problem in weapons acquisition in the U.S. army. The paper focuses on problem in the proposed aerial common sensor aircraft (ACS). U.S.Army desperately needed the ACS to replace its Guardrails, a fleet of small, piloted reconnaissance aircraft that first began flying in the mid-1970s.
Keywords :
customer satisfaction; defence industry; military aircraft; military avionics; product development; U.S. army; aerial common sensor aircraft; reconnaissance aircraft; weapons acquisitions; Military aircraft; Reconnaissance; Weapons;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2008.4659382
