SOFTWARE ACQUISITION
SPEED THINGS UP
With the right balance of government and industry resources, the Army has an opportunity to design, develop and deliver FVL aircraft that are able to operate at far greater speeds and ranges. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)(
performance of these new weapons systems. Te Army brought industry on board early in the conceptual design process to help optimize requirements through numerous design iterations. Te optimization of those designs and requirements before invest- ments in major hardware and resources will ultimately drive affordability for the life cycle of the program.
Since 2020, the project office has executed two rounds of compet- itive demonstration and risk reduction, allowing the Army to leverage industry knowledge and optimize requirements through digital engineering in advance of entering the final design, build and test of the weapons system. Tis means taking real data from flight tests that the Army has continued over the past two years with the Joint Multi-Role Technical Demonstration program and rigorously refining the requirements to meet the Army’s needs from flight performance, combat survivability, sustainability,
safety—all of which enable affordability for the life cycle of the program. If the UH-60 Blackhawk is the benchmark, that could be over the next 50 years.
Early collaboration between the Army and industry is also allow- ing the Army to influence innovation and competition, and it is offering more opportunities for Soldiers to provide valuable input into the final product during touch points. Army pilots have flown these new configurations, and both Army maintain- ers and infantry squads have provided invaluable feedback on the new approaches to sustainment and operations in the field.
Te Army is embracing an adaptive acquisition framework that allows for tailoring before entry into major acquisition milestones and allows for the appropriate use of acquisition-reform author- ities. Te project office’s use of mid-tier authority accelerates
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