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Department of Defense Other Transaction Authority Trends: A New R&D Funding Paradigm?
December 8, 2020 | Rhys McCormick Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements are an increasingly popular tool across the Department of Defense as the United States seeks ways to maintain technological superiority against global competitors. This brief examines the recent trends in OTA usage across the...

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U.S. Military Forces in FY 2021: Air Force
December 3, 2020 | Mark F. Cancian The Air Force continues to develop and procure next-generation aircraft to meet the demands of great power conflict. While fielding new aircraft has arrested the fleet's increasing age, the Air Force is not buying enough new aircraft to sustain its force structure.

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Defense Acquisition Trends 2020: Topline DoD Trends
October 8, 2020 | Rhys McCormick For more than a decade, CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group published an annual report examining trends in what DoD is buying, how DoD is buying it, & from whom DoD is buying. This brief presents the topline DoD contract trends for Fiscal Year 2019.

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Is the Ratio of Investment between Research and Development to Production in Major Defense Acquisition Programs Experiencing Fundamental Change?
August 17, 2020 | Rhys McCormick, Gregory Sanders, Andrew Philip Hunter

This paper uses budgetary and program data to better understand the historical trends in the relationship of production costs to development costs in complex acquisition programs.

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Assessing the Industrial Base Implications of the Army's Future Vertical Lift Plans
May 6, 2020 | Rhys McCormick, Andrew Philip Hunter Future Vertical Lift, the Army’s effort to develop a new generation of vertical lift systems, is one of its top modernization priorities. This report presents a detailed analysis of the industrial base implications of the Army’s approach to vertical lift modernization.

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Analysis of the FY 2020 Defense Budget and Its Implications for FY 2021 and Beyond
February 6, 2020 | Todd Harrison, Seamus P. Daniels The Trump administration characterized its FY 2020 defense budget request as a “masterpiece.” The CSIS Defense Budget Analysis program provides its assessment of the budget and its implications for future defense spending.

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Assessing the Affordability of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift Portfolio
November 13, 2019 | Rhys McCormick, Gregory Sanders, Andrew Philip Hunter Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is one of Army’s top modernization priorities. This report analyzes the affordability of the Army’s FVL approach and identifies enablers and inhibitors that might disrupt the program.

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The Air Force Digital Century Series: Beyond the Buzzwords
November 8, 2019 In this new brief, CSIS defense expert Morgan Dwyer discusses the challenges and potential of the Air Force’s new strategy to acquire next generation fighter aircraft.

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Defense Acquisition Trends 2019: Army Contract Trends
November 5, 2019 | Rhys McCormick Army contract spending has been cut heavily during sequestration and the defense drawdown but has been growing at a slow steady rate the last two years. This brief examines trends in what the Army is buying, how the Army is buying, and from whom the Army is buying.

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Defense Acquisition Trends 2019: Topline DoD Trends
October 10, 2019 | Rhys McCormick This report from the CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group presents analysis of the FY 2018 topline DoD contracting trends, focusing on the defense acquisition system’s response to the 2018 National Defense Strategy and new administration priorities.

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Acquisition Trends, 2018: Defense Contract Spending Bounces Back
April 15, 2019 | Rhys McCormick, Gregory Sanders, Andrew Philip Hunter

This report analyzes the current state of affairs in defense acquisition by combining detailed policy and data analysis to provide a comprehensive overview and critical insights into the current and future outlook for the defense acquisition system.

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What to Look for in the FY 2020 Defense Budget Request
January 31, 2019 | Kathleen H. Hicks, Andrew Philip Hunter, Mark F. Cancian, Todd Harrison, Seamus P. Daniels

CSIS International Security Program experts outline their questions and expectations for the Trump administration’s forthcoming FY 2020 defense budget request.  

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