Striving to bring private sector expertise to frequently expensive and delay-ridden military contracting, the Defense Department said Thursday it will offer its managers a special master's degree in product development designed by professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Instructors at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey will teach the course beginning in the fall, with lectures beamed electronically to military installations in San Diego, Washington, and Patuxent River, Md., among others. As many as 20 uniformed officers and civilians who make decisions about defense-system development and procurement will enroll in the two-year program this fall, said Carson Eoyang, a management professor at the naval school. The enrollment could be expanded in coming years.
