An Analysis of the Defense Acquisition Strategy for Unmanned Systems

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Jones, Courtney D.
Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research Program
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2014-05-01Advisor
Dew, Nicholas
Fast, William
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With impending budget reductions, there will be increasing pressure
to narrow down on robotics technologies to achieve efficiencies and
reduce costs. However, to maintain the health of the robotics
industry, the acquisition strategy must be contingent on the evolution
of industry. This thesis examines the defense robotics industry and
historical technology S-curves for comparable industries and
evaluates unmanned system acquisition strategies.
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Annual Acquisition Research Symposium
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