APRIL–JUNE 2 0 1 4 FEATURES


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ACQUISITION


10 GE T T ING A FIX ON THE FUTURE Even as it closes the books on the longest war in U.S. history, the Army must plan, in difficult circumstances, for what is to come


18 DEEP DIVE


Soldier Modernization Process is potential model for organization, collaboration in 30-year strategic planning


26 ROAD MA PS TO THE FUTURE


PEO Missiles and Space takes visual approach to strategic modernization planning


32 ACCESS DENIED


Modernization planning for the commander’s freedom of action must blend current, future capabilities


38 ’J A Z Z ING’ IT DOWN


JASRs provide forum to facilitate optimization of materiel acquisition and sustainment


42 GROUND TRUTH


Lessons learned in S&T transition and sustainment


DESIGN DEVELOP DELIVER DOMINATE 46 FACIL I T I ZE THIS


LRAS3 program blazes new path in sustaining ‘core’ support capabilities


52 SIMP LIFY, SIMP LIFY


Future network must make it easier for Soldiers to train, plan, operate from garrison to foxhole


A PLAN TO MAKE – AND BREAK


RDECOM bets on the future and sometimes loses


RESEARCH RESOURCE


Leveraging small business expertise for rapid pathogen detection


THE IPHONE TEST


Making military technology ‘just work’


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ON THE COVER Call the Army’s 30-year plan “whether prediction.” To posture and equip the force for whatever threats the nation and its interests might face in the future, the Army has to plan for every conceivable scenario it can, whether it involves robots, quantum communications, Iron Man-like suits or synthetic viruses, or perhaps something completely out of the blue.


LOGISTICS


76 JOINT SUSTA INMENT THAT WORK S Tree simple rules to guide the planning of complex multiservice operations


82 ‘ENTERPRISING’ SUSTA INMENT


Army aviation seeks big-picture approach to curb life-cycle costs


FIVE TENE TS FOR THE FUTURE


Army lays out investment strategy at this time of transition


58 PA SSING THE IPHONE TEST


Advancing the Common Operating Environment to support current and future Soldiers


64 ANSWERING PACOM’S CA L L


USAMRMC harnesses partnerships, lessons learned to prepare for Asia-Pacific missions


70 RISK MODEL ING


Assessment methodology helps examine effects on schedule for better acquisition decisions


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