Ebook: Reconstituting a Production Capability: Past Experience, Restart Criteria, and Suggested Policies

Should weapons production slow to a stop? This book suggests steps that might be taken at production shutdown to ease restart.

Product Description
This report evaluates the feasibility of restarting weapon system production lines in response to a resurgent major threat and suggests steps that might be taken at shutdown to ease restart. The cost and schedule advantages of restart relative to new-system production are quantified. Criteria are identified for deciding which systems ought to be regarded as candidates for restart, and the application of the criteria is illustrated.
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Evaluates the feasibility of restarting weapon system production lines in response to a resurgent major threat and suggests steps that might be taken at shutdown to ease restart.