Defense Transformation

Author : Peter J. Dombrowski,Eugene Gholz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780231135702

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Buying Military Transformation by Peter J. Dombrowski,Eugene Gholz Pdf

In Buying Military Transformation, Peter Dombrowski and Eugene Gholz analyze the United States military's ongoing effort to capitalize on information technology. New ideas about military doctrine derived from comparisons to Internet Age business practices can be implemented only if the military buys technologically innovative weapons systems. Buying Military Transformation examines how political and military leaders work with the defense industry to develop the small ships, unmanned aerial vehicles, advanced communications equipment, and systems-of-systems integration that will enable the new military format. Dombrowski and Gholz's analysis integrates the political relationship between the defense industry and Congress, the bureaucratic relationship between the firms and the military services, and the technical capabilities of different types of businesses. Many government officials and analysts believe that only entrepreneurial start-up firms or leaders in commercial information technology markets can produce the new, network-oriented military equipment. But Dombrowski and Gholz find that the existing defense industry will be best able to lead military-technology development, even for equipment modeled on the civilian Internet. The U.S. government is already spending billions of dollars each year on its "military transformation" program-money that could be easily misdirected and wasted if policymakers spend it on the wrong projects or work with the wrong firms. In addition to this practical implication, Buying Military Transformation offers key lessons for the theory of "Revolutions in Military Affairs." A series of military analysts have argued that major social and economic changes, like the shift from the Agricultural Age to the Industrial Age, inherently force related changes in the military. Buying Military Transformation undermines this technologically determinist claim: commercial innovation does not directly determine military innovation; instead, political leadership and military organizations choose the trajectory of defense investment. Militaries should invest in new technology in response to strategic threats and military leaders' professional judgments about the equipment needed to improve military effectiveness. Commercial technological progress by itself does not generate an imperative for military transformation. Clear, cogent, and engaging, Buying Military Transformation is essential reading for journalists, legislators, policymakers, and scholars.

Author : Mark D. Mandeles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313083662

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Military Transformation Past and Present by Mark D. Mandeles Pdf

Transformation has become a buzz word in today's military, but what are its historical precursors—those large scale changes that were once called Revolutions in Military Affairs (RMA)? Who has gotten it right, and who has not? The Department of Defense must learn from history. Most studies of innovation focus on the actions, choices, and problems faced by individuals in a particular organization. Few place these individuals and organizations within the complex context where they operate. Yet, it is this very context that is a powerful determinant of how actions are conceived, examined, and implemented, and of how errors are identified and corrected. The historical cases that Mandeles examines reveal how different military services organized to learn, accumulate, and retrieve knowledge; and how their particular organization affected everything from the equipment they acquired to the quality of doctrine and concepts used in combat. In cases where more than one community of experts was responsible for weighing in on decisionmaking, the service benefited from enhanced application of evidence, sound inference, and logic. These cases demonstrate that, for senior leadership, participating in such a system should be a strategic and deliberate choice. In each of the cases featured in this book, no such deliberate choice was made. The interwar U.S. Navy (USN) aviation community and the U.S. Marine Corps amphibious operation community were lucky that, in a time of rapid technological advance and strategic risk, their decisions in framing and solving technological and operational problems were made within a functioning multi-organizational system. The Army Air Corps and the Royal Marines were unfortunate, with corresponding results. It is characteristic of 20th-century military history that no senior civilian or military leader suggested a policy to handle overlapping responsibilities by multiple departments. Today's policymakers have not learned this lesson. In the present time, while a great deal of thought is devoted to proper organizational design and the numbers of persons required to perform necessary functions, there is still no overarching framework guiding these designs.

Author : Kevin P. Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Decision making
ISBN : IND:30000139802049

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Defense Transformation by Kevin P. Reynolds Pdf

Author : Adam N. Stulberg,Michael D. Salomone
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317101772

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Managing Defense Transformation by Adam N. Stulberg,Michael D. Salomone Pdf

Why are some military organizations more adept than others at reinventing themselves? Why do some efforts succeed rapidly while others only gather momentum over time or become sidetracked or even subverted? This book explicates the conditions under which military organizations have both succeeded and failed at institutionalizing new ideas and forms of warfare. Through comparative analysis of some classic cases - US naval aviation during the interwar period; German and British armour development during the same period; and the US Army's experience with counter-insurgency during the Vietnam War - the authors offer a novel explanation for change rooted in managerial strategies for aligning service incentives and norms. With contemporary policy makers scrambling to digest the lessons of recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as to meet the unfolding challenges of the new revolution in military affairs (RMA), understanding the sources and impediments to transformation has become critical.

Author : Bernard Loo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134103423

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Military Transformation and Strategy by Bernard Loo Pdf

This book explores the idea of arevolution in military affairs (RMA), which underpins the transformational agenda of the US military, and examines its implications for smaller states.The strategic studies literature on the RMA tends to be American-centric and directed towards the strategic problems of the US military. This volume seeks to fill t

Author : Brian Kenneth Hedrick
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781584874140

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India's Strategic Defense Transformation by Brian Kenneth Hedrick Pdf

India's transformation to modernize its military, obtain "strategic partnerships" with the United States and other nations, and expand its influence in the Indian Ocean and beyond includes a shift from an emphasis on the former Soviet Union as the primary supplier of defense articles to a western base of supply and an increasing emphasis on bilateral exercises and training with many of the global powers. The author explores the nature of this transformation, offers insights into the history of Indian defense relations, and suggests implications to U.S. foreign and defense policy. Much has been written regarding India's relations with its neighbors, especially Pakistan and China. The author adds a new perspective by taking a global view of India's rise as a regional and future global military power through its bilateral defense relations and the potential conflict this creates with India's legacy as a leader of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

Author : Elinor Sloan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781573569897

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Military Transformation and Modern Warfare by Elinor Sloan Pdf

Military transformation can be understood as comprising three overlapping and sometimes competing layers—the conventional-force dominated revolution in military affairs, a more recent irregular warfare emphasis, and a wider dimension including homeland defense, space and nuclear policy. The Western world is currently focusing its attention on transformation's middle layer, while China and Russia are focusing on the RMA and transformation's wider aspects. This dynamic indicates the United States and its allies should continue to prepare for the full range of conflicts. This book establishes the meaning of military transformation, assesses the manner in which certain countries are transforming their military forces, discusses the relevancy of transformation efforts to modern conflict and, in drawing out the key areas of emphasis on the part of various countries, provides a window on the future global security environment. It is divided into seven chapters, plus a conclusion. The first chapter focuses on the meaning of military transformation, establishing a framework through which national militaries can be examined. This comprises transformation's revolution in military affairs components, its newer special operations forces, counterinsurgency, and stabilization and reconstruction aspects, and its wider homeland defense, space and deterrence dimensions. The book devotes two chapters to the United States and one each to China, Russia, and NATO. It also has a chapter that looks individually at each of Australia, Britain, Canada, France and Germany. An assessment of the relevancy of force transformation to modern warfare is integrated into the discussion of what transformation means, how the United States is responding, and the concluding chapter. The book contains a biographical sketch of Andrew Marshall, Andrew Krepinevich, William Owens, Arthur Cebrowski, Donald Rumsfeld, and Thomas Barnett, all of whom have been involved in some aspect of military transformation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428980327

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Military transformation and the defense industry after next the defense industrial implications of network-centric warfare by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stephen J. Cimbala
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597975070

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The George W. Bush Defense Program by Stephen J. Cimbala Pdf

An in-depth assessment of Bush's military policy and defense strategy

Author : Mark G. Czelusta
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437920574

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Business as Usual: An Assessment of Donald Rumsfeld’s Transformation Vision and Transformation’s Prospects for the Future by Mark G. Czelusta Pdf

Donald Rumsfeld¿s vision of a transformed U.S. military has been discussed by many and understood by few, and this lack of understanding has resulted in both significant simplifications and sweeping generalizations. If Rumsfeld¿s Transformation is indeed dead, does this mean that Transformation as a greater process is dead as well? This report discusses the answers to this question, which requires one to understand first that ¿Rumsfeld¿s Transformation Vision (RTV)¿ is the result of multiple influences that predate his time in office. Second, RTV is actually an umbrella term for 3 different things: a new way of war, a process, and a defense strategy. And third, the military services shaped, and at times limited, the effectiveness of his program. Illus.

Author : Theo Farrell,Terriff Terry,Osinga Frans
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804781800

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A Transformation Gap? by Theo Farrell,Terriff Terry,Osinga Frans Pdf

NATO member states are all undergoing some form of military transformation. Despite a shared vision, transformation has been primarily a US-led process centered on the exploitation of new information technologies in combination with new concepts for "networked organizations" and "effects-based operations." Simply put, European states have been unable to match the level of US investment in new military technologies, leading to the identification of a growing "transformation gap" between the US and the European allies. This book assesses the extent and trajectory of military transformation across a range of European NATO member states, setting their transformation progress against that of the US, and examining the complex mix of factors driving military transformation in each country. It reveals not only the nature and extent of the transatlantic gap, but also identifies an enormous variation in the extent and pace of transformation among the European allies, suggesting both technological and operational gaps within Europe.

Author : Peter Dombrowski,Eugene Gholz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231509657

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Buying Military Transformation by Peter Dombrowski,Eugene Gholz Pdf

In Buying Military Transformation, Peter Dombrowski and Eugene Gholz analyze the United States military's ongoing effort to capitalize on information technology. New ideas about military doctrine derived from comparisons to Internet Age business practices can be implemented only if the military buys technologically innovative weapons systems. Buying Military Transformation examines how political and military leaders work with the defense industry to develop the small ships, unmanned aerial vehicles, advanced communications equipment, and systems-of-systems integration that will enable the new military format. Dombrowski and Gholz's analysis integrates the political relationship between the defense industry and Congress, the bureaucratic relationship between the firms and the military services, and the technical capabilities of different types of businesses. Many government officials and analysts believe that only entrepreneurial start-up firms or leaders in commercial information technology markets can produce the new, network-oriented military equipment. But Dombrowski and Gholz find that the existing defense industry will be best able to lead military-technology development, even for equipment modeled on the civilian Internet. The U.S. government is already spending billions of dollars each year on its "military transformation" program-money that could be easily misdirected and wasted if policymakers spend it on the wrong projects or work with the wrong firms. In addition to this practical implication, Buying Military Transformation offers key lessons for the theory of "Revolutions in Military Affairs." A series of military analysts have argued that major social and economic changes, like the shift from the Agricultural Age to the Industrial Age, inherently force related changes in the military. Buying Military Transformation undermines this technologically determinist claim: commercial innovation does not directly determine military innovation; instead, political leadership and military organizations choose the trajectory of defense investment. Militaries should invest in new technology in response to strategic threats and military leaders' professional judgments about the equipment needed to improve military effectiveness. Commercial technological progress by itself does not generate an imperative for military transformation. Clear, cogent, and engaging, Buying Military Transformation is essential reading for journalists, legislators, policymakers, and scholars.

Author : Clifford J Rogers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429975899

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The Military Revolution Debate by Clifford J Rogers Pdf

This book brings together, for the first time, the classic articles that began and have shaped the debate about the Military Revolution in early modern Europe, adding important new essays by eminent historians of early modern Europe to further this important scholarly interchange.

Author : Kevin Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1396874327

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DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION: TO WHAT, FOR WHAT?. by Kevin Reynolds Pdf

Author : Antulio Joseph Echevarria
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Clichés
ISBN : IND:30000139802031

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Challenging Transformation's Clichés by Antulio Joseph Echevarria Pdf