Increasing Flexibility and Agility at the National Reconnaissance Office Lessons from Modular Design, Occupational Surprise, and Commercial Research and Development Processes

• Main Author: Baiocchi, Dave (auth)
• Other Authors: Langeland, Krista S. (auth), Fox, D. Steven (auth), Buerkle, Amelia (auth), Walters, Jennifer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Business strategy; History of the Americas; Aerospace & aviation technology; Technology; Business; History
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

To help the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) become more flexible and agile in an increasingly uncertain world, RAND sought answers to two key questions: Would the NRO benefit from building modular satellites? What lessons might be drawn from how chief executive officers, military personnel, and...