Documents/DARPA2013/1: National Security/1.4: Costs

1.4: Costs

Radically invert the cost dynamic

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Innovation to invert the cost equation. Cost control and affordability constraints are being addressed during the requirements analysis and development phases of programs, but these concepts need to be considered earlier. Today we seek to use innovation to radically invert the cost dynamic. How can we impose more cost on our adversaries and less on ourselves, thereby increasing our deterrent? Can innovative systems architectures, autonomy, adaptability, and new processes offer new possibilities? These approaches may allow us to reinvent development, production, logistics, operations, and maintenance in ways that radically change the cost equation.

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