Publication

Dec 2009

This policy brief gives advice to US President Obama in his effort to reform defense acquisition. The author argues that the French have developed an innovative approach to controlling the cost growth of the weapons they produce and recommends that the US examine, and perhaps adopt, elements of the French model.

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Author Ethan B Kapstein
Series CNAS Policy Briefs
Publisher Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
Copyright © 2009 Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
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