FROM THE AAE
Army, on behalf of the nation, has to go to war. In the meantime, our plan is to provide capability that is so intimidating that we are able to deter conflict in the first place.
Let me share with you a couple of early observations. First, the Army has strug- gled at times in the past with developing requirements that were realistic to achieve within the funding and modernization timelines the Army was given. As a result, acquisition programs sometimes suffered. Another observation is that the Army, in the past, was inconsistent with its prior- ities—changing too often and, in some cases, when real progress had begun. On these two fronts, now that I am inside the Army, I see cause for optimism.
On the first issue regarding requirements, I’m deep into the programs and seeing things at work. From my vantage point, the requirements the acquisition commu- nity are getting from the Army (AFC and others) are achievable, thought-through, and are informed by Soldier feedback, experimentation and demonstrations. Tese are the things we need to do to get requirements that we can work with industry to achieve. I see great progress in this area.
Secondly, the Army priorities—the Big Six or 31+4—have actually received very consistent and strong support from Army leadership over many years now, which is critical and will continue to be critical in getting and retaining the resources we
need to get these systems fielded. Consis- tency of priorities is also good for our industry partners, so that their work on research and development meets up with our needs.
Tese three overall factors—teamwork across the Army, solid requirements and consistent priorities—make me optimis- tic that the Army can achieve its ambitious goal of across-the-board modernization for the first time in almost 40 years.
It is important to remember that in combat, the Army fights as a team. It should be no different within the Army modernization enterprise.
TEAM EFFORT
The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) conducted Medical Hands-free Unified Broadcast airworthiness and aeromedical certification testing on the UH-60L and HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters. This testing was a multi- organization effort involving PEO Aviation, U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity, School of Army Aviation Medicine, Sierra Nevada Corp. and USAARL. (Photo by Scott C Childress, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command)
https://asc.ar my.mil
7
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124
