ARMY AL&T
BRIDGING THE GAP
C-DAEM program maximizes industry innovation to expedite capability to the warfighter.
by Lt. Col. Thomas D. Jagielski and James A. Sarruda E
volving threats, complex requirements and a wary industrial base can delay capabilities from reaching the field to support the warfighter. For the 155 mm Cannon Delivered Area Effects Munition (C-DAEM), the Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition (JPEO A&A) developed
an incremental acquisition approach to deliver anti-armor and antipersonnel munitions from 155 mm systems to achieve overmatch against adversaries.
The acquisition strategy for C-DAEM communicates performance objectives and iden- tifies trade space that incentivizes industry to invest, allows flexibility to leverage the newest technologies, and incorporates a modernization strategy that emphasizes open systems architecture and preplanned product improvement. Te C-DAEM requirements development and evolution process limits constraints that gradually become outdated and restrict innovation. Tis unique approach to requirements development removes barriers and enables faster development of lethal capabilities to engage moved or moving targets at extended ranges, and ultimately the ability to differentiate between friendly and hostile vehicles.
Cost and schedule concerns have plagued acquisition for decades. JPEO A&A is imple- menting an innovative strategy to replace the Army’s 155 mm delivered Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) that addresses both issues. DPICM, an artillery cannon-delivered cluster munition that delivers area effects, has served the Army well for many years as a means to compensate for imprecise target location, but it is not suitable for defeating advanced armored threats and does not meet requirements set forth by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) on cluster munitions. Te JPEO A&A objective is to deliver the next generation of lethal effects capability to the warfighter, and to deliver it quickly.
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