FROM THE AAE
FROM THE ARMY ACQUISITION E X ECUTI V E MS. HEIDI SHYU
Focusing on Soldiers as THE DECISIVE EDGE M
embers of the U.S. Army Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (AL&T) com- munity are charged to
perform the vital mission of developing, acquiring, delivering, supporting, and sustaining the most capable and afford- able systems and services for our Soldiers. It is our solemn responsibility to enable Soldiers to dominate the battlespace safely and securely with unprecedented speed, accuracy, and lethality. Soldiers are our most important customers, and we work hard to provide them with the decisive edge—the first-look, first-strike advantage.
Continuous modernization—developing and fielding a versatile and affordable mix of equipment—is key to providing our Soldiers and units with an overwhelm- ing advantage, the decisive edge, over any enemy they face. With ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and throughout the world, as well as the projections of a continued, complex oper- ational environment, we are constantly building agile, adaptive, innovative, and streamlined processes and structures. We need to quickly identify emerging gaps and adjust program and budgetary
SUPPORTING THE SOLDIER
The Army is undertaking a number of strategic initiatives to provide Soldiers with the decisive edge, including efforts to lighten Soldiers’ loads and improve force protection. Here, SPC Marcello Marcellino, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard, provides secu- rity during a quality assurance check of several ongoing reconstruction projects in Paktya Province, Afghanistan. (Photo by SrA Wesley Farnsworth.)
priorities to rapidly field capabilities that will mitigate those gaps.
As a community, we have established several strategic initiatives to guide our modernization efforts, including:
• Lead Army Acquisition Transformation. • Improve Force Protection and Soldier Survivability.
• Enable Rapid Army Modernization. • Continue to Grow and Align the Acqui- sition Workforce.
LEAD ARMY ACQUISITION TRANSFORMATION The AL&T community is deeply immersed in transforming the acquisition process by examining and streamlining its processes to gain efficiencies. We are a full partner in the DOD Better Buying Power initia- tives. Additionally, at the request of the Secretary of the Army, a comprehensive Army Acquisition Review was conducted to assess strengths and weaknesses of the acquisition processes with the aim of fur- thering transformation.
As a result of the Army Acquisition Review, we are implementing 63 specific
recommendations to improve the acqui- sition process. These recommendations include streamlining the requirements process to focus on more collaboration in order to properly align requirements and ensure greater affordability; examin- ing technological maturity and realistic achievability of program goals; encour- aging competition and driving down prices; codifying our rapid acquisition procedures; and introducing testing and prototyping earlier in the developmental cycle as a way to reduce costs and risks.
A major challenge to acquisition contin- ues to be the need to properly prioritize, streamline, and collaborate on require- ments at the front end of the process in order to emphasize technological maturity, affordability, and reliability at the end of the process. The revised Request for Pro- posal for the Ground Combat Vehicle is a prime example of the way we are approach- ing this challenge: Requirements were properly “tiered” and industry was given
“trade space” designed to encourage inno- vation. The Army recognizes that the key to accelerating the timeline for the Ground Combat Vehicle is to address risk early and throughout the program. This includes
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