THE MILITARY-ORIENTED R&D ORGANIZATION AND MANAGMENT SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES

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The article is devoted to the issues of defense R&D management in the USA as one of the global leaders in innovation and digital development. The authors aim to deepen the understanding of the organizational and managerial component of the defense R&D domain both conceptually and in terms of its general structure, planning and regulation under the dynamic scientific and technological transformations. The authors note the active tendency to improve the model of interaction between government organizations and business and highlight the most significant innovative organizational and management initiatives in the defense R&D domain, as well as the main factors and tools of their implementation.

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L. V. Pankova

Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: lpankova@imemo.ru
Russia, Moscow

O. V. Gusarova

Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: olgusarova@imemo.ru
Russia, Moscow

D. V. Stefanovich

Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: stefanovich@imemo.ru
Russia, Moscow

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