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s part of continuing acqui- sition reforms designed to improve procurement practices, streamline requirements, bet- ter manage cost and schedule issues, work more closely with industry, and integrate new technologies before they are sent to theater, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Tech- nology (ASAALT) has stood up a direc- torate that will manage system integration and the new Agile Process of acquisition.
Headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, the System of Systems Inte- gration (SoSI) Directorate has been tasked to spearhead acquisition management of the Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs) and to serve as a key team man- ager of what is termed the “Agile Process.”
The Agile Process focuses primarily on filling identified and prioritized capa- bility gaps by integrating emerging technological materiel solutions in itera- tive, predefined, predictable windows for testing and insertion. These windows are aligned with Army Force Generation, the systematic process whereby brigades equip, train, and deploy.
FASTER MODERNIZATION By employing the Agile Process, the Army can keep pace with industry and tech- nological advances, accelerating network modernization to a rate unachievable using traditional acquisition strategies. This acquisition process will seek technol- ogy improvements from both large and small industry partners to fill hardware and software needs as determined by requirements analysis.
ESTABLISHING THE NETWORK
Soldiers and civilians prepare a Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2 Tactical Communications Node at the System of Systems Integration (SoSI) Directorate’s motor pool at Fort Bliss, TX, in preparation for Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 12.1 last fall. WIN-T Increment 2 was one of 47 systems under evaluation in NIE 12.1, the second NIE. (Photos courtesy of SoSI.)
THIS IS MORE THAN ALIGNING OUR PROGRAMS OF RECORD. STANDING UP SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS INTEGRATION WILL HELP ESTABLISH A NETWORK TECHNICAL BASELINE AND ALIGN THE ACQUISITION COMMUNITY CLOSER
TO INDUSTRY
TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST ADVANCED TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS TO REQUIREMENTS.
“The formation of the directorate, in part, was a result of acquisition reform recom- mendations recently studied under the Army Acquisition Review and recently conducted organizational construct reviews to better support the Agile Process and the Network Integration Evaluations,” said COL(P) Dan Hughes, SoSI Director.
“We will serve as the acquisition team lead for implementation of the Agile Process and the NIEs, increasing performance of the Army’s materiel integration function.”
SoSI will help implement a number of the recommendations arising from the Acquisition Review, such as working more closely with industry, acquiring more technical data packages, and conducting integrated testing earlier and more often in the acquisition process. In addition, organizations within the directorate will work to improve the synchronization of requirements and acquisition procedures
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at the front end of the process to ensure achievable, clearly defined cost and sched- ule goals.
“This is more than aligning our programs of record,” said MG R. Mark Brown, then Deputy for Acquisition and Sys- tems Management in the Office of the ASAALT. “Standing up System of Systems Integration will help establish a network technical baseline and align the acquisi- tion community closer to industry to ensure that we have the most advanced technical solutions to requirements. We must continue to leverage the innovation that is present in the private sector.”
MANAGING NEW CAPABILITY One of the SoSI’s first jobs, when it was stood up in October 2011, was to lead the acquisition management of NIE 12.1, held at White Sands Missile Range, NM, Oct. 31 through Nov. 19.
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