DoD and commercial advanced waveform developments and programs with multiple Nunn-McCurdy breaches. Volume 5 / / Mark V. Arena [et al.]

• VerfasserIn: Arena, Mark V.,
• Place / Publishing House: Santa Monica, Ca : : RAND Corporation,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 112 pages) :; color illustrations
• Notes: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
• Other title: Zumwalt-class destroyer, Joint Strike Fighter, Longbow Apache, and Wideband Global Satellite /; Excalibur artillery projectile and the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Program : with an approach to analyzing program complexity and risk /; Program manager tenure, oversight of acquisition category II programs, and framing assumptions /; DoD and commercial advanced waveform developments and programs with multiple Nunn-McCurdy breaches / Mark V. Arena [and ten others] --; Contractor motivations and anticipating breaches /; Acquisition of space systems : past problems and future challenges /; Joint precision approach and landing system /
• ISBN: 0833090097
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark V. Arena [et al.]

The report presents the results of two studies: The first compares the capabilities and development approaches used in the Joint Tactical Radio System wideband networking waveform (WNW) and the commercial long-term evolution waveform, and the second analyzes military acquisition programs that have repeatedly exceeded certain cost thresholds. The first study compares differences in system designs, technical requirements, intellectual property protection schemes, and cost in the development of WNW. It also examined how technical risks and challenging requirements contributed to schedule and cost increases. The second study attempts to identify unique characteristics of programs that overrun their budgets more than once.