Air Force Major Defense Acquisition Program Cost Growth Is Driven by Three Space Programs and the F-35A Fiscal Year 2013 President's Budget Selected Acquisition Reports

• Main Author: Leonard, Robert S. (auth)
• Other Authors: Wallace, Akilah (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Military history; Air forces & warfare; Military engineering; History; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Controlling costs in Major Defense Acquisition Programs is essential to the overall affordability of Air Force modernization plans. A handful of ongoing and recently terminated programs account for substantially higher cost growth in recent Air Force programs compared with complete programs. Cost gr...