Irv Blickstein - Böcker

Recent Large Service Acquisitions in the Department of Defense

Lessons for the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Preliminary Investigation of Ship Acquisition Options for Joint Forcible Entry Operations

Why Has the Cost of Navy Ships Risen?

a Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Naval Ship Costs Over the Past Several Decades

Measuring the Statutory and Regulatory Constraints on DoD Acquisition: Research Design for an Empirical Study

Measuring the Statutory and Regulatory Constraints on Department of Defense Acquisition

an Empirical Analysis

Warfighting and Logistic Support of Joint Forces from the Joint Sea Base

Why Has the Cost of Fixed-wing Aircraft Risen?

A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Military Aircraft Costs Over the Past Several Decades

Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation

Domestic Trends in the United States, China, and Iran

Implications for U.S. Navy Strategic Planning

Navy Enterprises

Evaluating Their Role in Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE)

Perfect Storm

the Goldwater-Nichols Act and Its Effect on Navy Acquisition

From Marginal Adjustments to Meaningful Change

Rethinking Weapon System Acquisition

Evaluating the Desirability of Navy F/A-18e/F Service Life Extension Programs (Sleps)

Methodology for Implementing the Department of Defense's Current in-Sourcing Policy

Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches

Zumwalt-Class Destroyer, Joint Strike Fighter, Longbow Apache, and Wideband Global Satellite

Methodologies in Analyzing the Root Causes of Nunn-Mccurdy Breaches

Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-Mccurdy Breaches

Excalibur Artillery Projectile and the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Program, with an Approach to Analyzing Complexity and Risk

Strategy-Based Framework for Accommodating Reductions in the Defense Bud

Assessing Aegis Program Transition to an Open-Architecture Model

DOD and Commercial Advanced Waveform Developments and Programs with Nunn-Mccurdy Breaches

Management Perspectives Pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-Mccurdy Breaches

Program Manager Tenure, Oversight of Acquisition Category II Programs, and Framing Assumptions

Acquisition of Space Systems

Past Problems and Future Challenges

Navy Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution

A Reference Guide for Senior Leaders, Managers, and Action Officers

Assessing Bid Protests of U.S. Department of Defense Procurements

Identifying Issues, Trends, and Drivers

Baselining Defense Acquisition