Contracting processes and structures for systems-of-systems acquisition

Systems Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-482

  Rendon, Rene G ^a   Huynh, Thomas V ^a   Osmundson, John S ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

contracting processes; contracting structures; organizational structures; system of systems (SoS) acquisition

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTING PROCESS; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; EXISTING SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS-OF-SYSTEMS;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84867578573     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: 15206858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.21214     Document Type: Article

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