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Commercializing and reforming the Department of Defense (DOD) acquisition process is paramount to preserving the national security of the United States. A healthy and competitive U.S. Defense Industry lends itself to a well-equipped and capable combat force. Despite current budgetary increases and a focused emphasis on readiness, the U.S. military recently experienced a "13- year-long trend of real defense spending decline," marking "a 38 percent real reduction in spending from defense budgets in the mid-1980s". The real dollar budgetary decline and a push for quicker deployment of cutting edge technology highlight the need for a more efficient and effective DoD acquisition system; However, critical, high-value, military specific, sole-source procurements are often negotiated as cost-based contracts. In order to adapt to a changing defense environment, the DoD has explored alternative contracting processes such as Price-Based Acquisition (PBA), wherein "price" is established on a variety of flexible conditions. Regulatory, cultural and structural challenges confront the DoD in its efforts to attract non-traditional defense contractors to the prospect of conducting business with the DoD through processes such as PBA. As is such, this analysis presents major findings and puts forth recommendations with respect to the regulatory, cultural and structural challenges facing the DoD in its efforts to attract non-traditional research and development/high-tech applications.

Presented are the results and interpretation of tests performed to investigate storability of propellants in space. The purpose of the work was to demonstrate the long term storage capability of cryogenic and earth storable propellants in a simulated orbital environment. A variety of tank sizes and shapes was tested. The test articles included a simulated meteorite shield and employed advanced support techniques suitable for a low 'g' environment. A simulated sun was utilized as the source of heat input. The sun was cycled to represent the conditions in a high inclination, low altitude earth orbit. The test results were analyzed and related to the storage of actual propellants. (Author)

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