Breaking the Mold

Given the dramatic changes in the environment for national defense, concurrent with rapid improvements in commercial manufacturing capabilities, the Department of Defense (DOD) requires a new approach to designing, engineering, manufacturing, buying, and upgrading weapon systems.

This book provides both a vision for that new approach and a strategy by which the DOD can accomplish the necessary changes. The result will be a higher quality, more cost-effective weapon systems and a stronger industrial base while still accommodating diminishing procurement budgets.

• Front Matter
• Executive Summary
• Defense Manufacturing on the Defensive
• A Change Process...That Changes
• The Change Process
• DOD is Different...Partly
• 'We're Already Doing That!'
• Defense Manufacturing Would Be Different
• Implementing a New Defense Manufacturing Strategy: An Illustrative Model
• Appendix A: Review of Study Panel
• Appendix B: A Review of Selected Reports on Defense Acquisition and Management
• Appendix C: Suggested Reading
• Bibliography