Abstract:

With cut-backs in the military and the changing international economic environment, there is a growing perception that the military must rely on commercial industries in order to afford the next generation of high performance and high reliability military sytems. What is not clear, is whether an industrial base for the military can be provided and maintained without dramatic changes in the operation of both the government (DoD) and commercial industry. This paper examines one issue associated with this question- whether commercial standards can effectively supplant military sandards and still provide high performance and reliability for military missions.

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