Acquisition Trends 2018

Download or read book Acquisition Trends, 2018 written by Rhys McCormick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report analyzes the current state of affairs in defense acquisition by combining detailed policy and data analysis to provide a comprehensive overview of the current and future outlook for defense acquisition. This analysis will provide critical insights into what DoD is buying, how DoD is buying it, from whom is DoD buying, and what are the defense components buying using data from the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). This analysis provides critical insights into understanding the current trends in the defense industrial base and the implications of those trends on acquisition policy.