Equipping Tomorrow's Military Force Integration of Commercial and Military Manufacturing in 2010 and Beyond (2002) / Chapter Skim
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2 A Compelling Case for the Integration of Commercial and Military Manufacturing
2 A Compelling Case for the Integration of Commercial and Military Manufacturing
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Our military decision makers today are trapped in an acquisition strategy that depends on an industrial base that cannot respond quickly enough to meet the demand for new and modified military systems expected to result from the stepped-up tempo of future military operations. Rapid and reliable access to the products and services of the commercial industrial base and use of commercial practices could make acquisition more responsive to the current environment.
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One clear solution to this military parity issue is for DOD to have direct access to commercial technologies and to adopt them much more quickly than our adversaries. The committee believes that adoption of ICMM as an industrial base strategy can significantly increase the pace of technology insertion and help to sustain technology superiority.
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A commercial modernization strategy can be adopted by the military by assigning the defense prime contractors total product responsibility, including product support. The contractors and their commercial subcontractors would be responsible for replacing a product (subsystem)
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company that produces large volumes of commercial electronics assemblies and systems as well as some military products using common processes.3 Expanded use could be made of contract manufacturers as a new source of competition based on a new model for military electronics design and production. Also, DOD could significantly benefit from access to short-production-cycle capabilities inherent in these specialized manufacturers, the continuing technology refreshment demanded by the commercial marketplace, and the benefits of commercial-scale learning curves that provide reliable, high-quality, competitively priced products.
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