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How the Army Acquisition Workforce is making Better Buying Power 2.0 work


by Mr. Joseph M. Jefferson BBP 2.0 BASICS


1. Achieve affordable programs. 2. Control costs throughout the product life cycle.


3. Incentivize productivity and innovation in industry and government.


4. Eliminate unproductive processes and bureaucracy.


5. Promote effective competition.


6. Improve tradecraft in acquisition of services.


7. Improve the professionalism of the total acquisition workforce.


For more information, go to http://bbp.dau.mil/.


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etter Buying Power (BBP) 2.0 is as much about people and processes as it is about the bottom line. Bottom-line savings and cost avoidance are certainly the ultimate goals, but at the heart of BBP 2.0 is a cultural change. Indeed, the Hon. Frank Ken-


dall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, said at his official rollout of BBP 2.0 in April 2013, “People, to me, are central to this.” Following are recent examples from Acquisition Work- force members not only of accomplishments in cost avoidance and savings, but also of changes they have made in how they do business to achieve the goals of BBP 2.0. At left are the seven focus areas of BBP 2.0.


BRINGING CLARITY TO SHADOW For nearly a decade, the Army’s RQ-7B Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) has engaged in operations in Southwest Asia: Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.


Te program’s top priorities are support to the Soldier and system performance. Te Shadow TUAS has flown in excess of 800,000 hours (90 percent in combat), with an operational availability con- sistently above 95 percent. One Soldier remarked, “Our unit did not conduct missions without Shadow in support.” Over the same period, the Shadow TUAS has undergone continual upgrades and modifications to improve endurance, payload capacity, reliability and overall capability.


With support to the Soldier remaining the top priority, Project Man- ager Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PM UAS) in Program Executive


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