and tiers of the IB. As a result, DOD leadership can evaluate combined scores for industrial capabilities across multiple programs, allowing for portfolio analysis as part of DOD’s budget process.


Specifically, the information derived


from the FaC assessments can inform multiple defense decision points, both before and during


allocation and their execution,


including program objective memoran- dum (POM) resource


A BAROMETER OF C4


Soldiers train at the WIN-T Inc 1 Colorless Core Upgrade Regional Training Site 2 at Fort Drum, NY, in June 2013. As part of the FaC assessments, WIN-T Inc 1 is representative of C4 systems, one of the sectors of the defense IB, and therefore provides an overarching snapshot that is useful across multiple programs. (U.S. Army photo by Lawrence Holgate)


milestone decisions; unique issues such as the discovery of counterfeit parts; and ongoing issues such as an unforeseen sudden ramp-up of military capability. (See Figure 2.)


Findings from the FY13 FaC assessments are being helping the FY15 POM issue teams address concerns about the impact of declining budgets on the defense IB. By studying WIN-T Inc 1 and the other chosen capabilities and sectors, the FaC assessment teams collect and analyze a variety of data to come up with a snap- shot of negative


impacts within the


supply base. Tis IB “blueprint” will help provide a sound and fiscally responsible foundation to reduce risk and promote wise investment decisions.


It is important to note that a FaC assess- ment is not an audit or inspection but a collaborative effort of OSD,


the ser-


SUSTAINING CAPABILITIES SSG Franklin T. Pangelinan of 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard watches civilian traffic in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, and radios activity to his convoy Oct. 29, 2013, en route to Camp Phoenix on the outskirts of the city. The Army relies on the C4 IB to supply communications capabilities such as Pangelinan uses. (Army National Guard photo by SGT Eddie Siguenza)


vices and programs. Te WIN-T Inc 1 FaC assessment team members included personnel from Project Manager (PM) WIN-T and its parent organization, the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications – Tacti- cal (PEO C3T), together with the OSD MIBP office; the Office of the Assistant Secretary of


the Army for Acquisition,


Logistics and Technology; the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command; the U.S. Army Materiel Command; the U.S. Army Research, Development and


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