Conference Report: Overcoming the Disincentives to Modernization in the Defense Industry

The Procurement Committee of the National Security Industrial Association held its annual winter meeting on 7-10 February 1988. This conference report documents the keynote address by Thomas J. Murrin, Distinguished Service Professor in Management and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, along with panel sessions on the topic of "Regulatory and Statutory Direction of Acquisition" and "Financial Aspects of Disincentives to Modernization."