02376cam a2200373 i 4500 rnd000000000064214 RAND 920212s1990 cau 000 0 eng d 083301806X RAND/P-7682 (Sirsi) a199029 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- HD9743.U6 R537 1990 Rich, Michael D. author. Evolution of the U.S. defense industry / Michael D. Rich. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1990. 14 pages ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "...keynote address at the Electronic Industries Association Symposium...Coronado, Calif., October 16, 1990"--Page [1]. "October 1990." Cover title. This paper presents the text of the keynote address at the Electronic Industries Association Symposium on Balancing National Security with Realities of the 1990s: Ten-Year Forecast of Defense Needs, at Coronado, California, October 16, 1990. The author reviews the evolving geopolitical environment, the dynamics of the defense budget, and the condition of the defense industry. He derives four lessons for defense policymakers: (1) the conventional view that the defense industrial base consists of those private companies currently doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) is outdated; (2) to satisfy its future needs, the Pentagon may have to turn to companies that are not currently doing business with it, and the barriers to entry and reentry into the defense sector should be minimal; (3) the DoD must make it a top priority to develop ways to detect erosion of defense industrial capability and estimate its magnitude; and (4) the government must find a way to maintain incentives for innovation even as procurement funding falls. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Defense industries United States History. Rand Corporation. Electronic Industries Association Symposium (1990 : Coronado, Calif.) Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7682/ 598006 598006