5th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium Presentations and Papers Print E-mail
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

8:00am – 9:15am    Welcome & Keynote Address

Dr. Keith F. Snider, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
Daniel T. Oliver, VADM, USN (ret.), President, Naval Postgraduate School
Keynote: The Honorable Sue C. Payton, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-051.pdf

9:30am – 11:00am    Panel 1 - Plenary - Maintaining Competition in Defense Acquisition

Chair: Dr. Jacques S. Gansler, Director, Center for Public Policy & Private Enterprise, University of Maryland, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-053.pdf

Discussants:

Dr. James I. Finley, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology)

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-052.pdf

Mr. Louis A. Kratz, Vice President and Managing Director, Focused Logistics, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-054.pdf

Mr. Kenneth E. Miller, Special Assistant for Acquisition Governance & Transparency to the Secretary of the Air Force

11:15am – 12:45pm    Panel 2 - Acquisition Portfolio Management

Chair: Dr. Nancy Spruill, Director, Acquisition Resources & Analysis, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)

GAO Best Practices: Portfolio Management

Michael P. Sullivan, Director, Dayton Ohio Office, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-057.pdf

Portfolio Management Best Practices for the DoD, R&D and Acquisition Communities

Robert Edson, Principal Analyst and Technical Manager, Innovation Analysis Division and Nicole Long, Associate Analyst, ANSER

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-055.pdf

GAP Analysis: Rethinking the Conceptual  Foundations

Gary O. Langford, Lecturer, Dr. Thomas V. Huynh, Associate Professor, Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, Senior Lecturer and Dr. Ira A. Lewis, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-056.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-025.pdf

11:15am – 12:45pm    Panel 3 - Implications of Defense Industry Consolidation

Chair: Mr. William C. Greenwalt, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics

Discussant: Dr. Francois Melese, Professor, Defense Resource Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School

Market Dominance, Efficiency, Innovation , and Globalization: A Case Study of the Tanker Competition between Boeing and Northrop Grumman/EADS

Dr. Nayantara Hensel, Assistant Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-065.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-026.pdf

The Changing Shape of the Defense Industry and Implications for Defense Acquisitions and Policy

Dr. Victoria A. Greenfield, Crowe Chair Professor, U.S. Naval Academy

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-064.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-027.pdf

11:15am – 12:45pm    Panel 4 - Spiral Development in Major Defense Acquisition Programs

Chair: Rear Admiral Michael S. Frick, USN, Vice Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-073.pdf

Discussant: T. Craig Smith, Head, Engagement Systems Department, NSWC Dahlgren Division

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-075.pdf

Using Spiral Development to Reduce Acquisition Cycle Times

Dr. William Lucyshyn, Director of Research and Senior Research Scholar, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, University of Maryland

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-074.pdf

Modeling the Integration of Open Systems and Evolutionary Acquisition in DoD Programs

Dr. David Ford, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University and John Dillard, Senior Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-072.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-028.pdf

1:45pm – 3:15pm    Panel 5 - Technology Maturity Considerations in Defense Acquisition

Chair: Dr. Michael F. McGrath, Vice President, Systems and Operations Analysis, Analytic Services, Inc.

Discussant: Dr. James Snider, MG, USA (ret), Associate Vice President for Research, University of Alabama in Huntsville

The Costs and Risks of Maturing Technologies, Traditionally vs. Evolutionary Approaches

Dr. William B. Rouse, Executive Director, Tennenbaum Institute and Dr. Michael J. Pennock, Research Fellow, Tennenbaum Institute, Enterprise Transformation,  Georgia Institute of Technology

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-059.pdf

Paper Link: 
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-029.pdf

System Maturity Indices for Decision Support in the Defense Acquisition Process

Dr. Brian J. Sauser, Assistant Professor and Dr. Jose E. Ramirez-Marquez, Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-060.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-030.pdf

1:45pm – 3:15pm    Panel 6 - Developments in Support of Open Architecture & Service Oriented Architecture Initiatives

Chair: Mr. William P. Bray, Program Manager for Integrated Combat Systems, Office of the Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems, US Navy

Discussant: Nick Guertin, Director, Open Architecture, Office of the Program Executive Officer for Integrated Warfare Systems

AEGIS Platforms: The Potential Impact of Open Architecture in Sustaining Engineering

Dr. Thomas J. Housel, Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-067.pdf

Which Unchanged Components to Retest after a Technology Upgrade

Dr. Valdis A. Berzins, Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-066.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-031.pdf

1:45pm – 3:15pm    Panel 7 - Considerations for Controlling Lifecycle Costs

Chair: John Birkler, Research Leader, Acquisition, Defense Production, and Technology Base Issues, RAND Corporation

Discussant: CAPT Mike Moran, USN, Maritime Patrol & Reconnaissance Aircraft, P-8A Poseidon Program Manager

Case Study and Analysis of an Organic and Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) Hybrid Maintenance Model for the Lifecycle of the P-8 Poseidon

LCDR Scott Hedrick, USN, LCDR Shane Tallant, USN, and LT Michael Martin, USN, Graduate Students, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-077.pdf

Stryker Suitability Challenges in a Complex Threat Environment

Dr. Don McKeon and Dr. Paul Alfieri, Defense Acquisition University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-076.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-032.pdf

3:30pm – 5:00pm    Panel 8 - Advances in Acquisition Project Management

Chair: Joseph L. Yakovac, Jr., LTG, USA (ret.), former Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology

Discussant: Christopher A. Miller, Program Executive Officer Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C41)

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-063.pdf

Capabilities Focused Acquisition Process

COL Raymond Jones, United States Army, Project Manager, Modular Brigade Enhancements

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-062.pdf

Defense Acquisition Management for Systems-of-systems

Dr. Daniel DeLaurentis, Assistant Professor, Purdue University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-061.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-033.pdf

3:30pm – 5:00pm    Panel 9 - Implementing Open Architecture and Software Strategies in DoD

Chair: Reuben S. Pitts III, Head, Warfare Systems, NSWC Dahlgren Division

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-070.pdf

SHARE Repository Framework: Component Specification and Ontology

Jean Johnson, Research Assistant and Curt Blais, Research Associate,  Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-069.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-034.pdf

A Semantic Based Search Engine for Open Architecture Requirements Documents

Dr. Craig H. Martell, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-068.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-035.pdf

Emerging Issues in the Acquisition of Open Source Software within the US Department of Defense

Dr. Walt Scacchi, Senior Research Scientist and Dr. Thomas Alspaugh, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-071.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-036.pdf

3:30pm – 5:00pm    Panel 10 - Collaborative Product Life Cycle Management & 3-D Visualization Tools: Implications for the SHIPMAIN Process

Chair: Lorna B. Estep, Deputy Director for Supply, Directorate of Logistics Sustainment, Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command

Discussant: Michael Schwind, Vice President, Maritime Solutions Sector, Siemens, Product Lifecycle Management Software

The Potential Impact of Collaborative and Three-dimensional Imaging Technology on SHIPMAIN Fleet Modernization Plan

Dr. Thomas J.  Housel,  Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-078.pdf

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-080.pdf

The Use of Collaborative and Three Dimensional Imaging Technology to Achieve Increased Value and Efficiency in the SHIPMAIN Cost Estimation Process

LCDR Dave Cornelius, USN, NAVSUP NMCI Program Manager, Naval Supply Information Systems Activity, Mechanicsburg, PA

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-079.pdf

Thursday, May 15, 2008

8:00am – 9:15am    Acquisition Chair Remarks & Keynote

James B. Greene, Jr., RADM, USN (ret.), Acquisition Chair

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-081.pdf

Keynote: General Bruce Carlson, United States Air Force, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command

9:30am – 11:00am    Panel 11 - Plenary Panel – Academic Research on Contracting

Chair: Dr. Steve Kelman, Professor of Public Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Discussants:

Dr. Matthew Potoski, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Iowa State University

Dr. G. Frederick Thompson, Professor of Public Management and Policy, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-082.pdf

Dr. Andrew B. Whitford, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, School of Public & International Affairs, The University of Georgia

11:15am – 12:45pm    Panel 12 - Budgeting and Acquisition Reform

Chair: The Honorable Douglas A. Brook, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller

Discussants:

Ms. Wendy Kunc, Director, Naval Center for Cost Analysis

Rear Admiral Charles H. Goddard, USN, Program Executive Officer, Ships

Rethinking Acquisition Reform: Cost Growth Solutions May Aggravate the More Important Problem

Philip J. Candreva, Senior Lecturer of Budgeting, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-083.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-037.pdf

11:15am – 12:45pm    Panel 13 – Perspectives on COTS Implementation

Chair: Stan Z. Soloway, President, Professional Service Council

Discussant: CAPT Dave Ruehlin, Deputy Commander for Logistics, Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center

Commercial-Off-the-Self (COTS); Doing It Right

Dr. William Lucyshyn, Director of Research and Senior Research Scholar, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, University of Maryland

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-088.pdf

Commercial-Off-the-Self (COTS): Impact to Reliability, Maintainability and Availability (RM&A) from an In Service Engineering Perspective

Robert Howard, Systems Engineering and T&E Division Supportability Manager, Land Attack Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-094.pdf

11:15am – 12:45pm    Panel 14 – Issues in Cost Estimating for US Naval Shipbuilding

Chair: Christopher S. Deegan, Division Director, Cost Engineering and Industrial Analysis Division, Naval Sea Systems Command

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-098.pdf

Submarine Cost Analysis

LT Ben Grant, Graduate Student, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-099.pdf

Dynamic Cost Risk Assessment for Controlling the Cost of Naval Vessels

Dr. Edouard Kujawski, Associate Professor, Dr. Diana Angelis, Associate Professor and  Jeff Kline, CAPT USN (ret), Senior Lecturer, Operations Research Department, Program Director, Maritime Defense and Security Research Program, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-101.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-038.pdf

Using the Steel Vessel Material-cost Index to Mitigate Shipbuilder Risk

Edward G. Keating, Senior Economist, Robert Murphy, Researcher, John F. Schank, Senior Operations Research Analyst and John Birkler, Research Leader, Acquisition, Defense Production, and Technology Base Issues, RAND Corporation

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-100.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-039.pdf

1:45pm – 3:15pm    Panel 15 – Key Issues in Defence Acquisition for the UK - Issues for other Nations?

Chair: Dr. Trevor Taylor, Head of the Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis Cranfield University,  Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Discussants:

Mr. Peter Tatham, Commodore (ret.), Defence Acquisition Management Deputy Course Director, Cranfield University,  Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Dr. David M. Moore, Head of the Acquisition and Logistics Unit, Cranfield University,  Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

Five Key Challenges for the Management of UK Defence—An Agenda for Research?

Dr. Trevor Taylor and Mr. Peter Tatham, Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis, Cranfield University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-084.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-040.pdf

1:45pm – 3:15pm    Panel 16 – Public Procurement: Environment, Limitations and Innovations

Chair: Dr. James T. Simpson, Dean, College of Business Administration, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Public Procurement Stakeholders & Aspirations

Steve Schooner, J.D., Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, Daniel I. Gordon, J.D.,  Professorial Lecturer in Law and Jessica L. Clark, J.D., Visiting Associate Professor of Legal Research and Writing The George Washington University Law School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-089.pdf

The Limits of Competition in Federal Contracting

Gerald S. Koenig, Attorney-at-Law

Innovations in Defense Acquisition Auctions: Lessons Learned and Alternative Mechanism Designs

Dr. Peter Coughlan, Associate Professor, Dr. William Gates, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School and Dr. Jennifer Lamping, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-090.pdf

1:45pm – 3:15pm    Panel 17 – Cost Estimating Initiatives in Defense Acquisition

Chair: Dr. Daniel A. Nussbaum, Visiting Professor, NPS, former Director, Naval Center for Cost Analysis, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)

Discussant: Fred Hartman, Research Staff, Institute for Defense Analyses, Studies and Analyses Center, Science and Technology Division

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-103.pdf

A Non-simulation Based Method for Inducing Pearson's Correlation between Input Random Variables

Eric R. Druker, Operations Research Analyst, Richard L. Coleman, Director, Cost and Price Analysis Center of Excellence, Peter J. Braxton, Director of Training and Joel B. Hughes, Northrop Grumman

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-096.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-041.pdf

Application of Transaction Cost Economics to Capabilities-based Acquisition: Exploring Single Service vs. Joint Service Programs and Single Systems vs. System-of-systems

Dr. Diana Angelis, Associate Professor, John Dillard, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Francois Melese, Professor, Defense Resource Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School,  Dr. Mary Maureen Brown, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte and  Robert M. Flowe, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology), Software Engineering and Systems Assurance

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-104.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-042.pdf

Transactions Cost Economics and Cost Estimation Methodology

Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Francois Melese, Professor, Defense Resource Management Institute, John T. Dillard, Senior Lecturer and Dr. Diana Angelis, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-102.pdf

3:30pm – 5:00pm    Panel 18 – International Perspectives on Acquisition

Chair: John F. Schank, Senior Operations Research Analyst, RAND Corporation

Echo’s Across the Pond: Understanding EU-US Defense Industrial Relationships

Dr. Raymond (Chip) Franck, Senior Lecturer, Dr. Ira Lewis, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School and Dr. Bernard Udis, Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado (Boulder)

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-085.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-043.pdf

Australian Naval Procurement Cycles: Lessons for Other Small Countries

Dr. Stefan Markowski, Associate Professor, School of Business, University of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-087.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-044.pdf

Defense Acquisition Policy and the Defense Industrial Base Reinforcement Strategy--Enhancing the International Competitiveness Analysis of Korean National Defense Industry

Dr. Dae Ok Lee, Principal Researcher, Head of Administration Management Division, Agency for Defense Development in Korea

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-086.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-045.pdf

3:30pm – 5:00pm    Panel 19 – Exploring the Boundaries of Outsourcing

Chair: Lenn Vincent, RADM USN (ret.), Industry Chair, Defense Acquisition University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-092.pdf

Contracting Out the Government Procurement Functions: An Analysis

Dr. David V. Lamm, Associate Professor Emeritus and E. Cory Yoder, Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-093.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-046.pdf

The Design Agent Phenomenon: A Post Acquisition Reform Cost-Benefit Analysis

Kathlyn H. Loudin, Cost & Affordability Group, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-095.pdf

The Evolving Private Military Sector: A Survey

Dr. Nicholas Dew, Assistant Professor, and LT COL Bryan Hudgens, USAF, Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-091.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-047.pdf

3:30pm – 5:00pm    Panel 20 – Issues in Supply Chain Management

Chair: Lieutenant Colonel Timothy S. Reed, USAF, Commander, 325th Contracting Squadron, Tyndall AFB FL

Managing the Services Supply Chain in the DoD: An Empirical Study of Current Management Practices

Dr. Aruna Apte, Assistant Professor, Dr. Uday Apte, Professor and Dr. Rene Rendon, Senior Lecturer,  Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-097.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-048.pdf

Joint Robotics Program

Paul Varian, Project Manager, Robotics Joint Project and Joel Brown, Defense Acquisition University

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-106.pdf

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-049.pdf

The Economic Impact of Open Architecture in the Life-Cycle of Reusable Assets

Dr. Geraldo Ferrer, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Presentation Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-105.pdf

Papers Published in the Proceedings Only

Alternative Designs for a Joint Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Capability  Certification Management (JC3M) System 

Gregory A. Miller, Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School

Paper Link:
http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/_files/FY2008/NPS-AM-08-050.pdf

 

 
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