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UNDERSTANDING ARMY ACQUISITION


“Our current tactical


network does not meet our warfighting needs. It is not expeditionary, interoperable, and cannot


survive contested environments against the current near- peer threats.





CONCLUSION Te Army has set itself on a course to modernize the mission command network and systems to change the way it executes war fighting functions. Te four lines of effort are key to modernization success, and the standards are essential to those. Implementing system-of-systems engi- neering and configuration management rigor to maintain a baseline of commonly implemented standards, both within the Army and with our joint and coali- tion partners, will enable us to achieve needed interoperability to successfully execute mission partner environments and joint all-domain command-and- control war fighting missions. For its part, OCSE will continue to lead the effort to work with the materiel development community, requirements developers, the Department of the Army staff, and joint and coalition standards bodies to define the standards needed by the Army to successfully execute its mission of winning our nation’s wars.


For more information, please contact the authors at william.g.langston.civ@mail. mil; steven.g.drake4.ctr@mail.mil; and frederick.j.fable2.ctr@mail.mil.


WILLIAM G. LANGSTON is a deputy director with the OCSE Standards and Interoperability Directorate. He holds an M.S. in computer information systems from the University of Phoenix and a B.S. in marketing from Arizona State University. He served on active duty for more than six years with the Army in the military intelligence and military police fields, where he earned his Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion eligibility. Langston has been working in the


information technology industry for


the past 25 years; in his current role, he is responsible for cross-portfolio strategic planning, tracking and management of


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systems through advanced development, test, evaluation, production, fielding and identifying associated issues and risks. He is Level III certified in information technology and is an Army Acquisition Corps member, and has successfully completed the Harvard University Program for Senior Executive Fellows.


FREDERICK J. FABLE is a senior systems engineer with the OCSE Standards and Interoperability Directorate. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical engi- neering from Stevens Institute of Technology. He has demonstrated experience in systems engineering and program management with over 37 years of experience within the DOD and commercial sectors. He has performed and executed system-of-systems engineering, program management, operational analy- sis, acquisition management, information technology, performance-based assessments, interoperability standards assessments and systems integration for the Army and joint communities.


STEVEN G. DRAKE is a senior network and systems engineer with the OCSE Stan- dards and Interoperability Directorate. He holds an M.S. in systems acquisition management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. in geophysics from the University of Texas at El Paso. He served on active duty for over 26 years with the Army in the air defense and acquisition fields. His final assignment was as the director for Army Interoperability Certification testing. After leaving active duty, he spent six years as the director for network interoperability, integration and testing for several companies, supporting system-of-systems integration and testing of command-and-control systems across the Army. He is Level III certified in program management and Level I certified in contracting.


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