Let’s go shopping with Donald Rumsfeld
July 4th. Time to sit back, relax, and watch five F-15s buzz downtown Tacoma. As the shockwaves pound you in the chest, you might wonder, where does the military get all their wonderful toys? Well, yes, they do have hundreds of billions of dollars to spend every year, but how exactly do you go about ...
July 4th. Time to sit back, relax, and watch five F-15s buzz downtown Tacoma. As the shockwaves pound you in the chest, you might wonder, where does the military get all their wonderful toys? Well, yes, they do have hundreds of billions of dollars to spend every year, but how exactly do you go about buying an Aegis missile system, a Pulsed Energy Projectile gun, or a $100 million V-22 Osprey?
Look no further than the Integrated Defense Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics Life Cycle Management Framework:
(click to view the framework in your browser or download a PDF)
I’m sure there are folks in our readership who are more knowledgeable about this than I am. Please, enlighten us.
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