John F Schank Boeken

Focusing on risk management and responsibility, this book outlines strategies and frameworks for the U.K. Ministry of Defense to enhance its submarine acquisition processes. It emphasizes the need for improved measures to effectively navigate challenges and ensure accountability in defense operations. The recommendations aim to bolster decision-making and operational efficiency within the ministry.

C4I systems have evolved rapidly over the last few decades, and the cost of keeping these products up-to-date on new and in-service U.S. Navy ships is high due to configuration, integration, testing, and other challenges. Looking across a specific set of completed C4I upgrades, the authors found evidence of cost improvement, a high level of variability in costs, and a trend toward overestimating the installation-labor costs of certain upgrades.