Accession Number:

ADA001299

Title:

Weapons System Introduction Need Not be a Charade.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Hurley,Robert Francis , Jr.
• Newcomb,David Arthur

Report Date:

1974-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

285.0

Abstract:

Six case studies are compiled to illustrate communicationcoordination in planning and executing fleet introduction of a weapons system. The dynamic inter and intra relationships existing between users andor producers who participated in the Fleet Introduction of the MK-48 Torpedo Weapons System is pointed out. It is the desire of the authors to not only provide some finite insight to specific problems, but to also impart to the student a strong personal identification with and appreciation for the real life pressures and exigencies that manifest in the atmosphere of severe time and money versus quality constraints.

Descriptors:

• *RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
• *ACOUSTIC TORPEDOES
• *HOMING TORPEDOES
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• THESES
• PLANNING
• NAVAL RESEARCH
• WIRE GUIDANCE

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Torpedoes

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE