PREPARE FOR LAUNCH


U.S. Soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment launched the Puma unmanned aircraft system at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany on March 17, 2023. (Photos by Spc. Orion Magnuson, U.S. Army)


SECURITY ASSISTANCE SYNERGY


by Eric Mehaffey S 56


upporting the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and the United States Army security assistance initiatives, the Project Manager Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (PM UAS), within the Program Executive Office for Aviation, iden-


tified key focus areas that contributed to deliberate and efficient delivery of capability. For example, PM UAS secured approxi- mately $300 million across multiple foreign military sales cases in support of the delivery of over 500 Puma Uncrewed Aircraft, associated ground equipment and support services to enable the national defense of Ukraine. Not an easy task, the proj- ect office overcame barriers to rapidly field a critical capability to our partner nation. To deliver capability quickly to Ukraine, the key areas of emphasis for PM UAS were streamlining


contracting processes, identifying innovative solutions with industry partners and harnessing synergy across the Army security assistance enterprise.


STREAMLINING PROCESSES Security assistance efforts supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces demonstrated that project management activities are not limited to consecutive activities for delivery of capabilities. Instead, execution of a variety of tasks in parallel is imperative to field capability as quickly as possible. For example, the successful staging of documents to execute actions concurrently accelerated delivery of capabilities to our foreign partners. Specifically, PM UAS met Ukraine’s urgent requirements by executing case and


Project Management Uncrewed Aircraft Systems answers the call for Ukraine urgent requirements.


Army AL&T Magazine


Summer 2023


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