ACT NONTRADITIONAL
NOT LABYRINTHINE Labyrinth is the Applied Cyber Technologies’ solution space where industry and government can
collaborate to develop solutions, partnerships and more (Graphic by Applied Cyber Technologies)
and sent out a request for information. A Labyrinth partner submitted a proposal indicating how they would approach the integration, which the government subsequently approved. Two months later, the vendor had successfully proved compatibility between the Army’s Deployable Defensive Cyberspace Operations System – Modular and the Air Force’s software, opening the door for further development. The nimble nature of the other-transaction authority consortium and Labyrinth’s Agile development methodology enable the Army’s cyber enterprise to move rapidly in a continually evolving landscape.
(For more on how the other-transac- tion consortium model works, see “Not Far at All,” in the Winter 2022 issue of Army AL&T.)
“Labyrinth provides our team with a key tool in our kitbag to quickly home in on
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solutions to some of our toughest acqui- sition challenges,” said Col. Mark Taylor, project manager for Defensive Cyber Operations at Army Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems.
Labyrinth is a straightforward yet novel mechanism. In many ways, it is an acqui- sition oddity; it breaks the proverbial mold of Army acquisition in its ability to quickly secure a prototype solution. Labyrinth’s strategic use of other-transaction author- ity, and its subsequent ability to rapidly respond to pressing challenges, helped it garner a 2021 Maj. Gen. Harold “Harry” Greene Award for Acquisition Writing in the innovation category.
“Developing novel ways of engaging with industry and rapidly securing proto- types are the best ways we can serve our cyber warriors,” said Arthur Edgeson, product lead for Applied Cyber Tech- nologies. “We’re proud of our Labyrinth
mechanism and what it allows us to do for our warriors.”
THINKING DIFFERENTLY No one would argue about the impor- tance of defense acquisition in keeping the nation safe. However, traditional acquisi- tion models don’t necessarily provide rapid solutions. Te novel emerging threats facing the nation today are a call to action for the acquisition workforce to consider new procurement approaches.
In recent years, DOD has made consid- erable efforts to quicken the pace of acquisition, particularly with the intro- duction of the Adaptive Acquisition Framework in 2020. Other-transaction vehicles serve as a promising possibility in the sometimes cumbersome acquisi- tion framework. With Labyrinth, Applied Cyber Technologies has created a way to quickly equip the Army’s defensive cyber forces with effective prototype solutions
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