its efforts have implications for a large part of the acquisition workforce as well as for the Soldier and the battle forma- tion commander. RDECOM employees matrixed to organizations across the Army, DOD and other federal agencies provided more than 9,600 reimburs- able manpower work-years in FY13. Its biggest
customers were the program
executive offices, which contracted for almost 5,500 manpower years of support. Life-cycle management
com-
mands were its next biggest customers, contracting for more than 1,600 man- power years. Other Army organizations accounted for more than 500 manpower years of the total.
RDECOM just published its new strategic plan, “Enabling Battlefield Dominance Trough Technology, FY 2015 – FY 2040.” As it begins to implement this plan, it does so with the understanding that its many partners across the acqui- sition community will benefit from its enterprise efficiencies and from the capa- bilities it gives to its employees embedded within their organizations. Te Army will benefit because the organization that is perhaps integrated into more parts of the acquisition community than any other will be focusing on collaboration and integration.
COLLABORATION CAPABILITIES Tis year, RDECOM launched a new collaboration policy within the com- mand and developed communities of practice to spark innovation and drive collaboration within specific technology areas, such as cyber, long-range preci- sion fires, aircraft survivability, etc. Te command’s efforts to stimulate and foster collaboration include:
• Open Campus: Te U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) launched
FAST FIELDWORK Nigerian Army Public Affairs Sgt. Mohammad Gongkie, left, talks with MAJ Brent Odom, RDECOM Field Assistance in Science and Technology (FAST) Adviser to U.S. Army Africa, March 16 in Cameroon during Central Accord 14. FAST advisers develop and strengthen military-to- military ties with current and potential allies. (U.S. Army photo)
this initiative in May to foster indus- try and academia collaboration with Army
scientists and engineers in
areas of common interest. Te aca- demic community and industry benefit from this arrangement by col- laborating with ARL’s research staff at its unique research facilities, while the Army benefits from bringing together a larger pool of innovative talent than was previously possible.
• Systems engineering: Since last year, RDECOM has trained more than 385 professionals in the Systems Engineer- ing Advanced Course to develop and refine their skills in analyzing systems, synthesizing holistic solutions, and
making sound judgments in the pres- ence of ambiguity, rapid change and nontechnical constraints. It also devel- oped the Systems Engineering Process Asset Library this year as a central resource that will allow the command’s growing number of systems engineers to use an integrated set of services, processes, tools, training and arti- facts. Tis efficiency will improve service to RDECOM’s stakeholders.
• Virtual laboratory: To improve integration across all aspects of research, development and engineer- ing, RDECOM is building a virtual laboratory that will allow project man- agers, within the next few years, to
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