We Need To Talk About Kevin Keegan

By Giles Smith

Gary Neville's Choice Of Wedding Venue, The Use Of Underpants In Goal Celebrations, Whether Lee Sharpe Has It In Him To Go All The Way On Celebrity Love Island - Giles Smith Has Never Fought Shy Of...

Midnight In The Garden Of Evel Knievel

By Giles Smith

Application Of F-117 Acquisition Strategy To Other Programs In The New Acquisition Environment

By United States. Air Force., Robert S. Leonard, Project Air Force (U.S.), Robert Leonard, Giles Smith, Rand Corporation, Giles K. Smith, H. L. Shulman

The argument is frequently made that special access or "black" programs accommodate more efficient and effective ways to buy weapon systems than do conventional acquisition programs. If so, perhaps...

A Preliminary Analysis If Advance Appropriations As A Budgeting Method Fdor Navy Ship Procurements

By Irv Blickstein, Giles Smith

A Companion Piece To Mr-1526 That Examines The Pros And Cons Of Applying Advance Appropriations Across A Broader Segment Of The Navy Shipbuilding Program Than Just Aircraft Carriers. The Entire Cos...

The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule, And Technology Issues For CVN 77

By J. L. Birkler, Giles Smith, John Schank, John Birkler, Fred Timson, Micheal Mattock

This report documents the methods and findings of RAND research on the adequacy of the defense industrial base to support further construction of aircraft carriers and on the cost, schedule, and te...

An Acquisition Strategy, Process, And Organization For Innovative Systems

By Robert V. Johnson, J. L. Birkler, Giles Smith, John Birkler, Glenn A. Kent

The length of time required to move a weapon system through the full sequence of events in the acquisition cycle has long been a source of concern and frustration to government and industry officia...

The Royals Navy'S New Generation Type 45 Destroyer Acquisition Options And Implications

By Gordon Lee, John F. Schank, Mark V. Arena, J. L. Birkler, Giles Smith, John Birkler

In 2001, Rand Helped The United Kingdom_s Ministry Of Defence (mod) Evaluate Different Acquisition Strategies That It Might Use To Acquire The New-generation Type 45 Destroyer. Rand_s Analyses Help...