Planning for naval research, development, test and evaluation
Abstract
Research, Development, Test, and JEvaluation (RDT&S) in
the Navy today is truly big business. More than $1.4 billion
will be spent for this purpose alone during the current fiscal
year, and undoubtedly this figure will rise in the future. As
with most endeavors, but especially those which involve large
and complex organizations, the usability, feasibility, and
applicability of the end products, as well as the efficiency
with which they are produced, can be no better than the plans on
which they are based. It is with this thought in mind that this
thesis has been directed toward an examination of the planning
processes by which the Navy prepares to direct its massive
RDT&E effort. However, one word of caution must be expressed for
future readers. A special study of the possible reorganization
of the Department of the Navy structure, called the Dillon
Report, is now before Congress. It is quite possible that this
report, if approved and implemented, will drastically alter the
organizational structure now utilized in the planning and control
of the RDT&E effort. The possibility is very real that the functional role of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
(Development) in the administration, planning and control of the
RDT&3 effort of the Navy may be drastically revised, and that
the planning processes now utilized to control the RDT&S effort
may be altered considerably in the future.
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