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ARJ 87

DEFENSE ACQUISITION RESEARCH JOURNAL

 

Vol. 26, No. 1

Issue 87: January 2019

The Defense Acquisition Research Journal (ARJ) is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal published by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). All submissions receive a blind review to ensure impartial evaluation. Articles represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the DAU or the Department of Defense.

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From the Chairman and Executive Editor

Approaches to F-35 Depot-Level Maintenance: Insights from Other Systems

Edward G. Keating

Experience with earlier generation fighter aircraft suggests that DoD decisionmakers face a trade-off in F-35 depot-level maintenance. More maintenance on the aircraft would cost more in the near-term, but may result in a better-maintained aircraft that the DoD could operate further into the future.



 
APA Citation:
Keating, E. G. (2018). Approaches to F-35 depot-level maintenance: Insights from other systems. Defense Acquisition Research Journal, 26(1), 2–16. https://doi.org/10.22594/dau.18-804.26.01

Identifying and Quantifying Critical ilities in the Acquisition of DoD Systems

LTC James R. Enos, USA, John V. Farr, and Roshanak R. Nilchiani

This article examines the DoD portfolio of systems through a social network analysis lens to better understand the interoperability and versatility of individual DoD systems.



 

APA Citation: 
Enos, J. R., Farr, J. V., & Nilchiani, R. R. (2019). Identifying and quantifying critical ilities in the acquisition of DoD system. Defense Acquisition Research Journal, 26(1), 18–43. https://doi.org/10.22594/dau.18-799.26.01

Intellectual Property and Architecture: New Research on How to Avoid Lock-In

Maj Chris Berardi, USAF, and Bruce Cameron

This article describes the formulation and execution of an intermediate-N fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis research approach, using 14 DoD software cases representing over 34 million lines of code, to analyze conditions that result in intellectual property lock-in.


 

APA Citation:
Berardi, C., & Cameron, B. (2019). Intellectual property and architecture: New research on how to avoid lock-in. Defense Acquisition Research Journal, 26(1), 44–79.
https://doi.org/10.22594/dau.18-803.26.01

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The Defense Acquisition Research Journal (ARJ) is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal published by the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). All submissions receive a blind review to ensure impartial evaluation. Articles represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the DAU or the Department of Defense.