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The purpose of this treatise is to contribute to the improvement of ship acquisition in the U.S. Navy by presenting a new look at the early stages of ship development and suggesting that certain management tools be applied. The thrust of the recommendation for management improvement is the attainment of a positive and orderly Pre-Acquisition Phase with the central theme of Integration. The lack of a coordinated effort to systematically examine operational needs and to assimilate the results of studies and ongoing developments creates a situation in which needs, gaps and/or shortfalls are not identified until a ship conceptual design begins. The result is that in many cases the products of development programs cannot meet the production schedule of the ship which prompted the development., Proceedings of the Annual Technical Symposium (15th), Association of Scientists and Engineers of the Naval Air and Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC, 1978.