Books written by Irv Blickstein

U.S. Navy Employment Options for Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)

Assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions.
United States Navy Employment Options for Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)

This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions.
Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, Volume 1: Zumwalt-Class Destroyer, Joint Strike Fighter, Longbow Apache, and Wideband Global Satellite

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 Office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense ...
Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches: Program Manager Tenure, Oversight of Acquisition Category II Programs, and...

Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds.
Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches: Contractor Motivations and Anticipating Breaches

With an eye to making defense acquisition more effective and efficient, the authors explore defense contractor motivations in pursuing defense contracts and identify mechanisms that might more closely align those incentives with Department ...
Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation

Marquis, Jefferson P., Richard E. Darilek, Jasen J. Castillo, Cathryn Quantic Thurston, Anny Wong, Cynthia Huger, Andrea Mejia, Jennifer D.P. Moroney, Brian Nichiporuk, and Brett Steele, Assessing the Value ofU.
DoD and Commercial Advanced Waveform Developments and Programs with Multiple Nunn-McCurdy Breaches

The report presents the results of two studies: The first compares the capabilities and development approaches used in the Joint Tactical Radio System wideband networking waveform (WNW) and the commercial long-term evolution waveform, and ...
Baselining Defense Acquisition

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) aims to improve mission effectiveness and efficiency.
Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches: Excalibur Artillery Projectile and the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Program : with an Approach...

Congressional concern with cost overruns, or breaches of Nunn-McCurdy thresholds, in several major defense acquisition programs led the authors, in a partnership with the Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analysis Office in the Office ...
Assessing Department of Defense Use of Data Analytics and Enabling Data Management to Improve Acquisition Outcomes

Congress asked about acquisition data analytics in the Department of Defense.
Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation

The authors evaluate the use of small ships in theater security cooperation (TSC).
Why Has the Cost of Fixed-wing Aircraft Risen?: A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs Over...

This report explores why, in recent decades, military fixed-wing aircraft costs have escalated beyond the rates of commonly used inflation indices, examining both economy-driven factors that the Services cannot control...
Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches, Volume 4: Program Manager Tenure, Oversight of Acquisition Category II...

Concerned with cost overruns in programs that breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds, Congress directed investigation of the root causes of these overruns, and the authors examine various possible contributors to these breaches.
Proposed Analytical Products for the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability: Developing and Presenting Options for Future Force Design and Capability...

RAND Project Air Force assisted the Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability (AFWIC) in conceptualizing analytical and other products to support concept development, options for future force design, and capability development planning.
Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches: DoD and commercial advanced waveform developments and programs with multiple Nunn-McCurdy breaches / Mark...

The report presents the results of two studies: The first compares the capabilities and development approaches used in the Joint Tactical Radio System wideband networking waveform and the commercial long-term...