and readiness, panel members said. Boe- ing’s Peri Widener, vice president for rotorcraft


support programs, said that


flexible, multiyear contracts could bring a measure of stability to the Army and its third- and fourth-tier suppliers as well as bring costs down by buying in bulk.


Widener also said that forecasting mod- els need to be flexible enough to factor in the unexpected. “It isn’t always possible to predict where the Army will be,” she said, using the example of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where factors such as heat and dust had a bigger impact on helicopters than salt-water corrosion, which might occur in the Pacific region.


CONCLUSION Whatever the future brings, the panel agreed, the Army must be operationally ready and regionally aligned. Stakehold- ers across the enterprise must have a transparent view that promotes trust and monitors performance, as well as shared knowledge of issues and problems affect- ing all domains.


Decision-making must be analytically based, harnessing the power of big data, which means implementing a robust sys- tem of failure reporting and corrective action, and fleet analytics. To do that requires end-to-end value chain assess- ment that captures costs across the entire enterprise and maximizes the value of each dollar spent.


MR. DAVID VERGUN is a DOD civilian who writes about Soldiers, Army programs and Army policy inside the National Capi- tal Region for the Army News Service (ARNews). He joined the ARNews team in 2012, after four years at Soldiers magazine and, before that, four years as a contrac- tor for the Army’s main home page, www. army.mil, where he was the site’s editor.


PAYING THE PRICE


Aviation Mechanic General Alex Ayala inspects a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter undergoing recapitalization at the Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) Sept. 23, 2013. A substantial percentage of aircraft engines coming to CCAD recently did not need depot-level repair, Collyar said. (Photo by Jose E. Rodriguez, CCAD Public Affairs)


He retired from the Marine Corps in 1995, having served for 20 years in the public affairs field. He has an M.A. in human factors


engineering from George Mason


University and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Arkansas.


MR. STEVE STARK provides contracting support


to the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center for SAIC. He holds an M.A.


in creative writing from Hollins University and a B.A. in English from George Mason University. He has worked in a variety of positions supporting communications for the Army and Navy, and has written about defense-related topics for more than a decade. He was the founding editor of the Program Executive Office Soldier Portfolio and edited the Army’s Weapon Systems Handbook for six years.


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