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footprint. ITEP, which will allow cur- rent Black Hawk utility and Apache attack helicopters to operate at higher altitudes and with greater loads, empha- sizes reduced cost of ownership through fuel and maintenance savings.
As the engine relies on newer technolo- gies, competition is an important factor in achieving not only technical objec- tives but also affordability. To promote this effectively, the strategy is full and open competition, awarding up to two cost-plus-incentive-fee contracts for the technology development effort that will result in a successful preliminary design review. For the engineering and manufac- turing development phase, the goal is to continue competition depending on bud- getary constraints.
Te L-Digital Program will upgrade the cockpit architecture of the ana- log fleet of 760 H-60L aircraft to the H-60M configuration, to supplement 1,375 digital H-60M aircraft and meet emerging increased requirements for interoperability and situational aware- ness. To promote effective competition, the acquisition approach seeks to leverage mature technologies and reduce obso- lescence by increasing commonality and interoperability to keep the H-60L heli- copter relevant in its role for the next 25 or more years.
Te Army worked closely with the Navy in developing the requirements for the eighth multiyear contract, to avoid “requirements creep” as well as to avoid delays in negotiating and awarding the contract. Tat strategy is also informing the development of the L-Digital contract.
By also enforcing open systems architec- tures, acquiring the necessary data rights, seeking avionics commonality with the
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A MULTIYEAR ACHIEVEMENT PEO Aviation’s UHPO has executed the eighth multiyear procurement contract for new H-60 Black Hawk utility helicopters in the program’s 35-year history. Here, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned to Task Force Falcon sit on the flight line at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 31. (U.S. Army photo by CPT Peter Smedberg, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade)
H-60M and other Army aircraft, and establishing interface configuration con- trols, the UHPO intends to reduce reliance on a single vendor, drive down develop- ment and sustainment costs, and more rapidly find solutions to obsolescence.
MR. JOSEPH M. “JOE” JEFFERSON, a retired Army lieutenant colonel (Field Artillery), is a senior acquisition policy
specialist in the Acquisition and
Industrial Base Policy Directorate, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. He holds a B.S. in commercial marketing from South Carolina State University. Jefferson is Level III Certified in program management and in information technology. He is also a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a member of the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps.
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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