‘GROUNDHOG DAY’ ALL OVER AGAIN


TWO STEPS BACK?


Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Horlander, director of the Army budget, outlines the Army’s FY17 budget during a briefing at the Pentagon, Feb. 9. Some experts are concerned that the Senate version of the FY17 NDAA would bring back interservice rivalries and cost and schedule overruns largely eliminated by the Goldwater- Nichols regulations. (Army Photo by C. Todd Lopez, U.S. Army News Service)


• Mid-tier acquisition programs, autho- rizing rapid prototyping and rapid fielding.


• Alternative acquisition pathways, to acquire capital assets and services that meet critical national security needs.


• Pilot Program for Streamlining Awards for Innovative Technology Projects, geared toward information technology in particular and to contracts, sub- contracts


and modifications


In separate initiatives to spur defense innovation, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has created the Defense Innova- tion Unit Experimental and the Strategic Capabilities Office to strengthen the U.S. technological edge. Recognizing that these are new areas of exploration for DOD, Carter continues to evaluate and modify the design and function of these organizations.


valued


at less than $7.5 million and awarded to a small business or nontraditional defense contractor.


Te Army is now modernizing the impro- visational quick-reaction model that worked in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), making it a permanent part of the acquisition system in the form of


the new Army Rapid Capabilities Office. (See “Seizing the Advantage,” Page 30.) Tis new rapid-response entity takes les- sons learned from similar efforts in the Air Force, quick reaction capabilities and the prototypes-turned-programs of OEF and OIF; exercises like the Network Integration Evaluation; and specialized entities such as the Joint Improvised- Treat Defeat Agency, the Army Rapid Equipping Force and the U.S. Army Spe- cial Operations Command.


Te Army Rapid Capabilities Office aims to go beyond closing current capability gaps to stimulate aggressive, proactive capability development


and leverage


2007 Gansler Commission report on Army


expeditionary contracting


• Findings: not enough people, insufficient training and antiquated contracting system.


2009 Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act


• Reformed the way the Pentagon contracts for and purchases major weapon systems.


• Appointed directors of cost assessment and program evaluation, developmental test and evaluation, and systems engineering.


2010 USD(AT&L) releases Better


Buying Power initiative


• Implemented best practices to strengthen DOD’s buying power, improve industry productivity and provide an affordable, value-added military capability to the warfighter.


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