BRINGING INFORMATION TO THE SOLDIER


The Nett Warrior system, which was evaluated at NIE 12.1, incorporates handheld, mobile technology. Here, PFC Philip Kerr of 2/1 AD demonstrates a Nett Warrior device during NIE 12.1 at White Sands Missile Range, NM, Nov. 16, 2011. (Photo by Katie Cain.)


that we continue to instill rigor and objectivity into our Army equipping deci- sions, build upon our progress in locating efficiencies, eliminate redundancy wher- ever possible, and engender a culture of accountability and professionalism within our Army’s acquisition workforce.


Essentially, the days of multiyear Army procurement


efforts geared toward


unrealistic, unachievable, or overly ambi- tious requirements are over. We have worked diligently to harvest technolo- gies and lessons learned from our prior experiences, with a mind to cultivating a more


agile, affordability-conscious


acquisition strategy geared toward more rapidly and effectively identifying, devel- oping, and delivering needed capability to our Soldiers.


Our successful and still ongoing efforts to streamline requirements and con- trol costs with the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle and Ground Combat Vehicle programs provide evidence of


this. In


both of these programs, we have made specific efforts to challenge, prioritize, and in some cases realign requirements to maintain an emphasis upon techno- logical maturity and to preserve our cost and schedule goals.


Making important “trade-offs” in our JLTV program requirements, for instance, aligned the requirements with


our Marine preserving the key capabilities


needed for this new vehicle and low- ering the per-vehicle unit cost from roughly $500,000 to about $225,000.


Our ongoing biannual Network Integra- tion Evaluations,


3,800-Soldier-strong exercises that place emerging technologies ASC.ARMY.MIL 123


FURTHERING THE AGILE PROCESS Army acquisition has embarked upon an Agile Process strategy, oriented toward helping the Army


keep pace Corps partners,


with rapid technological change and commercial innovations in order to bet- ter leverage key technical advances and synchronize our systems for maximum interoperability. While informing much of our acquisition-related efforts through- out the entire Army and across a range of areas, this concept is intricately woven into our network developmental mod- ernization strategy in particular, a key priority for the Army.


COMMENTARY


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