Irv Blickstein Books

The Perfect Storm
From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change
Methodologies in Analyzing the Root Causes of Nunn McCurdy Breaches
Methodologies in Analyzing the Root Causes of Nunn McCurdy Breaches

By Megan McKernan, Irv Blickstein, Carolyn Wong, Brian McInnis, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Charles Nemfakos, Jerry M. Sollinger

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Congressional concern with cost overruns, or breaches, in several major defense acquisition programs led the authors, in a partnership with the Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analysis Offic...

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Root Cause Analyses of Nunn McCurdy Breaches
A Strategy Based Framework for Accommodating Reductions in the Defense Bud
A Strategy Based Framework for Accommodating Reductions in the Defense Bud

By Irv Blickstein, Michael J. McNerney, Stuart E. Johnson, Brian McInnis, Duncan Long, Harry J. Thie, Charles Nemfakos, Amy Potter, David C. Gompert

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This paper suggests an approach for how the Department of Defense (DoD) might execute deep reductions in the defense budget, deep enough that stated defense strategy could not be fully resourced. T...

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Assessing Aegis Program Transition to an Open Architecture Model
U.S. Navy Employment Options for Unmanned Surface Vehicles
U.S. Navy Employment Options for Unmanned Surface Vehicles

By Jan Osburg, Scott Savitz, Robert W. Button, Irv Blickstein, Paul Deluca, James Dryden, Jason Mastbaum, Philip Padilla, Peter Buryk, Amy Potter

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This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging...

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DoD and Commercial Advanced Waveform Developments and Programs with Nunn McCurdy Breaches
Assessing Bid Protests of U.S. Department of Defense Procurements
Navy Planning Programming Budgeting and Execution

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