IMPROVING ACQUISITION
the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) terminate the current Joint Capabilities Integra- tion and Development System process or require collaboration by J8 and appro- priate Joint Staff with the Army during the requirements development process.
5. 1.5: Institutionalize rapid acquisition in policy guidelines and amend Army Regulation 71-9 to support rapid acquisition in response to operational needs statements from combatant commanders during quiescent periods.
6. 1.7: Synchronize TRADOC and Army requirements approval, Material Development Decision (MDD), Mile- stone (MS) A, and MS B decisions to align with the DA Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and budget development schedules.
COMMUNICATING WITH INDUSTRY
The Decker-Wagner review suggested an improvement in communication between Army leadership and industry. Here, MG Nickolas G. Justice, Commanding General, U.S. Army Research, Develop- ment, and Engineering Command, exchanges information with an industry member at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association luncheon last September in Washington, DC. (U.S. Army photo by Deborah Elliott.)
7. 2.1: Limit the number of key perfor- mance parameters and key system attributes (KSAs).
8. 2.2: Establish threshold and objective values for KSAs to enable tradeoffs.
9. 2.3: Obtain initial system cost parame- ters from G-8 and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics prior to MDD.
10. 2.4: Include MANPRINT metrics and considerations in the Systems Engineering Plan and Analysis of Alternatives (AoA).
11. 2.5: Involve the test community in developing and costing the test strat- egy before MS A.
12. 2.8: Encourage and fund competi- tive pre-MS B prototyping of systems, subsystems, and components.
13. 2.9: Expand use of fixed-price and incentive-fee contracts consistent with risk type.
14. 2.10: Expand the acquisition of the technical data package (TDP) dur- ing the development stage, when the government has the most leverage, and compete using the TDP during system acquisition and sustainment phases consistent with the estimated risk-reward.
15. 2.11: Limit documents to those shown in the risk management matrix for a given acquisition type.
16. 2.14: Request that the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and Con- gress revise the Nunn-McCurdy Act so that a system block improvement or increased procurement quantity will not cause a breach of the Nunn- McCurdy threshold.
17. 2.15: Adhere to Technology Readiness Level definitions to assess technologi- cal risk.
18. 2.17: Give priority to vertical tech- nology insertion and horizontal technology integration of proven advanced technologies via evolution- ary acquisitions with growth capacity.
19. 2.18: Reestablish the difference between independent research and development (IRAD), and bid and proposal.
20. 2.19: Increase Army visibility into contractor’s IRAD programs, but site reviews should be to exchange infor- mation, not be just a grading exercise.
21. 2.20: Build high walls around small, critical areas, rather than subjecting commercial products to International Traffic in Arms Regulations restrictions.
22. 2.21: Continue strong participation in the export control process.
23. 3.2: Codify the conduct of Capability Portfolio Reviews (CPRs) in an Army Regulation, with VCSA and the Army Acquisition Executive co-chairing Session 1.
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