Defense Industry Vendors

I. INTRODUCTION .............................. 1

II. MAJOR DEDICATED WEAPONS SYSTEM ACQUISITION IN THE UNITED STATES .......... 3

III. CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, AS THIS EVOLUTION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO

AFFECT SOURCE DEPENDABILITY,

RELIABILITY, AND STABILITY FOR

MAJOR DEDICATED WEAPONS SYSTEMS ......... 7

AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF KNOWLEDGE ............ 9

SOCIETAL COMPLEXITY ....................... 10

SOCIETAL TURBULENCE ....................... 11

TECHNOLOGY AND THE POSTINDUSTRIAL ECONOMY ........ 12

THE LIKELY CHARACTER OF THE TRANSITION FROM INDUSTRIAL TO POSTINDUSTRIAL ............... 13

IV. CONCLUSIONS ............................... 15

NOTES ................................................... 16

BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................ 20

SECTION I

INTRODUCTION

This research examines the policy framework of government acquisition of major dedicated defense systems in the United States (US). The specific policy of concern in th

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ic sector. The term postindustrial is but one of many which have been coined in recent years to describe what is essentially the same phenomena. The term postindustrial, with respect to society or the economy, was first used in the early to mid1970s.17 Other terms which have been used to describe the same set of phenomena are (1) the technetronic era,18 (2) the information society,19 (3) the third wave,20 and (4) the telematic society.21 Obviously, since the early to mid1970s, a dynamic 7 8 transition from the industrial age to some new and different type of industrial/societal organization has been in progress. Some theorists and observers believe that this transition is between an industrial society and a post industrial society.22 Most theorists and informed observers agree on some things which will likely characterize the postindustrial society and economy. First, it is generally agreed that the new industrial environment will differ significantly from that of the present period.23 Second, those industrial organizations of the present day which will survive in the postindustrial society and economy are those whose organizational structures, processes, and technologies provide them with the necessary fl
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