New approaches to DoD information-systems acquisition

Abstract

There are really three defense issues arising from the global information revolution, all inextricably related, like three movements within a single Sonata. The first centers on the changing nature and doctrine of modern warfare resulting from the proliferation of new information technologies. The second addresses the kind of infrastructure DoD needs to conduct warfare in the information age. The third issue keys on three new principles that together create a model for how DoD might more efficiently acquire information-systems technology.<>