This report describes the incentives used in performance-based logistic contracts, identifies best practices, and provides recommendations for effective incentives going forward.
This study evaluates the health of the U.S.-Canadian defense industrial relationship, which is critically important as the U.S. Department of Defense expands the national technology and industrial bas
This study compares the best practices of international joint development and domestic development programs through case-study analysis to identify the key variables that contribute to a program’s eve
In a time of austerity, the U.S. government’s reliance on the private sector for a range of services has declined for two consecutive years. Even so, real services contract spending in 2012 remains mo
Economics scholars and policymakers have rung alarm bells about the increasing threat of consolidation within industrial sectors. This paper examines the importance of industrial concentration in U.S.
This report analyzes prime and subprime Defense Department contract data to measure the impacts of the drawdown by sector to better understand how prime and subprime contractors have responded to this
Since 2001, Europe finds itself increasingly involved in international military operations. NATO responded to the attacks of 9/11 by invoking, for the first time in its history, Article 5 of the Washi
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 expanded the legal definition of the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB) to include the United Kingdom and Australia. This study
This study examines contracting trends at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It relies on empirical analysis of DoD contracting transaction data from the open-source Federal Procurement Data System
