Performance of the Defense Acquisition System 2016 Annual Report A key part of improving a system is objectively measuring its performance and the effects of po

This report is the second in an annual series examining trends in what the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is buying, how DoD is buying it, and from whom DoD i

While the United States achieves its national security missions by equipping its military forces with the best weapons systems in the world, questions continue

This third annual report continues the effort to provide data and analysis so the Department of Defense (DOD) can see how it is doing, measure the effectiveness

Congressional concern with cost overruns, or breaches, in several major defense acquisition programs led the authors, in a partnership with the Performance Asse