RECALIBRATING REQUIREMENTS
New tools are exactly what ARCIC is employing, in conjunc- tion with Army and industry stakeholders, to pick up the pace of acquisition. Te tools are multidimensional, but they all hew to the priorities and principles of the Army Warfighting Chal- lenges (AWFCs), which grew out of the U.S. Army Operating Concept, “Win in a Complex World,” released in October 2014. Te AWFCs, currently numbering 20, are “enduring first-order problems, the solutions to which improve the combat effective- ness of the current and future force,” according to ARCIC’s AWFC webpage. Each challenge has a designated lead within TRADOC.
New capabilities translate those challenges into solutions, and those capabilities require—you guessed it—requirements
documents. Terein lies one of the problems, because building better requirements, a prerequisite to building better capabili- ties, is a multifaceted endeavor with a boatload of stakeholders. Engaging those stakeholders early in both processes—capabili- ties and requirements development—is a dramatic departure from business as usual.
Based on Dyess’ experience working with the acquisition, test- ing, requirements and resourcing communities, he noted a new degree of collaboration among those many Army stakeholders, as well as with industry, in determining “what is in the art of the possible.”
Lt. Gen. Michael E. Williamson, principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA(ALT)), has seen this increased collabora- tion across the functional domains of acquisition and between government and industry pay off in measurable efficiencies and reduced risks. “Greater collaboration is critical for improving our requirements generation processes and delivering the right capabilities to our Soldiers in the right time frame,” Williamson said. “Our program executive offices and program managers are excited to partner with their counterparts in ARCIC and the centers of excellence, along with industry, and see what results this team sport we call big ‘A’ acquisition can produce to support our Soldiers in an environment where rapid change is the norm.”
Williamson noted that the Army’s new Rapid Capabilities Office is “another example of how increased collaboration driven by Army senior leader priorities will require all members of this team sport to come together and find innovative ways to develop and deliver critically needed technologies.”
ACCELERATING S&T In one of several collaborative initiatives, ARCIC formed a Science, Technology, Research and Accelerated Capabilities Division (STRACD) in 2015 by consolidating two divisions, in part out of pragmatism related to the drawdown of forces but also based on a still-maturing and potentially powerful concept:
“a unique capability” uniting science and technology (S&T) with rapid capabilities expertise, said Lt. Col. Eric Van De Hey, who leads the Industry Engagement Branch of STRACD.
CLOSE, BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH
Dyess addresses the audience at Army Innovation Summit 3, held in August 2016 in Williamsburg, Virginia. The summit was the first that industry representatives were invited to attend, but Army lawyers prevented industry reps from taking part in smaller-group breakout sessions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eben Boothby, AMC Public Affairs)
Te accelerated capabilities team historically had worked with the Rapid Equipping Force in quick-reaction fieldings and prototyping assessments. STRACD continues to work hand in hand with the Brigade Modernization Command, an ele- ment of ARCIC, to develop scenarios for the Army warfighting
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