Is the Ratio of Investment Between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change?

by Rhys McCormick, Andrew P. Hunter, Gregory Sanders

With the advent of the information age, both commercial industry and the Department of Defense are moving towards complex R&D-intensive systems over the simpler, mass-produced systems of the industrial age. This CSIS report analyzes the historical trends in the relationship of production costs to development costs in complex acquisition programs. To understand this phenomenon, the study team examines it at two different levels. The first is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538140217
• ISBN13: 9781538140215
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"