MODERNIZATION THROUGH UNITY OF EFFORT


prototyping, experimentation and analysis. Tis process will enable faster require- ments validation and easier technology transition through the “valley of death,” to support seamless progression into the acquisition life cycle. (“Valley of death” refers to the notorious difficulty of turn- ing a promising technology into a fielded program.)


Here’s how it works:


• AFC brings together modernization organizations previously scattered across the Army. It creates concepts for how Army forces will fight in the future and experiments to inform requirements that drive the acquisition process.


• ASA(ALT) acquires and fields materiel solutions that are sufficiently mature and of the most value to Soldiers at the speed of relevance.


• AMC will take those materiel solutions through the sustainment and divestiture processes.


MODERNIZATION ENTERPRISE AFC is driving support for critical capabil- ities that need to be developed to ensure overmatch on the future battlefield through concept development, exper- imentation, modeling and simulation, organizational design, requirements deter- mination and materiel solution validation. At the same time, ASA(ALT) continues its role of oversight, resource management, policy and, particularly with respect to the acquisition function, control of the broader materiel development and sustain- ment processes.


ASA(ALT) takes the concept and require- ments from AFC and carries them through the engineering and manufac- turing development, design and building, and developmental


testing processes. Ten, we move these materiel solutions 6 Army AL&T Magazine Fall 2019 TEST BED


Soldiers use the Future Open Rotorcraft Cockpit Environment, or FORCE, simulator during a demo day in Huntsville, Alabama, in February. FORCE is a reconfigurable, extensible and portable platform that makes it possible to evaluate innovative tech- nologies on a schedule of rapid integration. (Photo by Joseph Mendiola, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) – Aviation & Missile Center)


TECH TAKES FLIGHT


Pvt. Kesley Darnell with 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division releases the Army’s first personal unmanned aerial system fielded to Soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in May. The new air vehicle, part of PEO Soldier’s Soldier Borne Sensor program, supports preplanned and on-the-fly reconnaissance missions of the future force. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Ferraris, PEO Soldier)


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