Adapting to flexible response, 1960-1968
By: Walter S. Poole
Series: History of acquisition in the Department of Defense -- v. 2
Publisher: Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
Subjects: Weapons systems; History; Nuclear weapons; Armed Forces; Procurement; Cold War; United States. Department of Defense; United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Strategic setting: striving for flexibility; title: Emphasizing nuclear retaliation; title: Strategy changes quickly, capability slowly; title: Reworking nuclear requirements; title: Graduated pressure: theory and practice; title: The industrial base: pushing "state of the art"; title: The political and economic environment; title: Bidding for control: Secretary McNamara and the services; title: Creating the PPBS and FYDP; title: Changing the locus of decisionmaking: 1961-1964; title: "Systems analysis" becomes a fighting term: 1965-1968; title: Defining the acquisition cycle; title: Reworking logistic guidance; title: Contributions of the Defense Supply Agency and the Defense Contract Administration; title: Services; title: The shortcomings of fixed-price contracting; title: Contracting in the 1950s; title: Profit opportunity: spur to efficiency or to deception?; title: The turn to fixed-price incentive contracts; title: Striving for "truth" in cost estimates; title: Challenging the rationale for incentives; title: Streamlining procedures; title: The Hershey Pricing Conference; title: Dissolving the link between incentives and profits; title: Total package procurement; title: Program management and the program manager; title: Innovation: coping with "unanticipated unknowns"; title: Concurrency; title: Alternatives: prototyping or component growth; title: Case study: the Mark II avionics system; title: Rating government versus private contributions; title: Forecast and hindsight; title: The Army re-equips itself; title: The Army Materiel Command; title: Choosing a rifle: M-14 versus AR-15; title: Shillelaghs, Sheridans, and M60s; title: Failure of the MBT70 project; title: Tow: a success story; title: Forward air defense: hits and misses; title: Sergeant: the perils of co-contracting; title: The helicopter comes of age; title: The Air Force shifts emphasis; title: General Schriever and systems command; title: Paradoxes of the aerospace industry; title: Reorienting tactical aircraft; title: No new manned bomber; title: Long-range airlift: C-141 shines, C-5a stumbles; title: The F-111: a series of obstacles; title: A complex design concept; title: General dynamics and the prime contract; title: Teething troubles; title: The travails of "Icarus"; title: The Navy scuttles its version; title: A disappointing balance sheet; title: Managing strategic missile systems; title: Polaris and Poseidon; title: Minuteman I, II, and III; title: Missile defense meets insuperable obstacles; title: Warships and their weapons; title: From bureaus to systems commands; title: The shipbuilding industry; title: Nuclear attack submarines; title: Travails of the Mark 48 torpedo; title: Nuclear-powered surface ships; title: Destroyers and escorts: decisions delayed; title: Troubles of the "3 Ts"; title: Space ventures: a mixed record; title: Mission rivalry: DoD and NASA; title: Cancellations: Dyna-soar and the manned orbiting laboratory; title: Workhorse: Titan III; title: Vietnam: proving ground and graveyard; title: Managing munitions shortages; title: The advent of "smart" bombs; title: Rolling thunder as a wizard war; title: The M-16: controversy continues; title: Army helicopters: en masse; title: Marine helicopters: unique and common; title: Building an infiltration barrier; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Key acquisition officials, 1959-1969; title: List of abbreviations.