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_bR537 1990
100 1 _aRich, Michael D.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aEvolution of the U.S. defense industry /
_cMichael D. Rich.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1990.
300 _a14 pages ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"...keynote address at the Electronic Industries Association Symposium...Coronado, Calif., October 16, 1990"--Page [1].
500 _a"October 1990."
500 _aCover title.
520 _aThis 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industrial base consists of those private companies currently doing business with the Department of Defense (DoD) is outdated; (2) to satisfy its future needs, the Pentagon may have to turn to companies that are not currently doing business with it, and the barriers to entry and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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aDefense industries
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
711 2 _aElectronic Industries Association Symposium
_d(1990 :
_cCoronado, Calif.)
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7682/
999 _c598006
_d598006