SOLID CORNERSTONE


CURRENT SECTORS Cyber for the industrial base


OTA was an opportunity to accelerate achievement of a critical objective within an acquisition system that is often beset with procedural headwinds.


Aircraft Optics Radar and electronics


Advanced technology and advanced manufacturing


Shipbuilding Electronics Ground vehicles


Command, control, communica- tions and computers


Lengthy Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) acquisition timelines can delay capabilities from reaching warfighters in the time they’re needed. However, OTAs under the Title 10 U.S.C. 2371b provide DOD the flexibility to adopt and incor- porate business practices that ref lect commercial industry standards and best practices; and to reduce acquisition time- lines from years to months. In parallel, DOD leaders want to improve the U.S. industrial base in order to be prepared for conflicts today and in the future.


Soldier systems Munitions and missiles Industrial base Space


Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear


and manufacturing skills Trusted capital Materials industry Other Machine tools BUILT FOR SPEED


Cornerstone OTA fast-tracks research, development, prototyping, demonstration, qualification and integration of manufacturing capabilities and capacities, across 19 technical sectors. Sectors can be added or removed by the government as needed. (Graphic courtesy of Adele Ratcliff, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program director)


Special Operations Forces operational requirements


Te solution to both of these problems is the Cornerstone OTA, a government- managed vehicle supported by the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Develop- ment Command’s Chemical Biological Center (CBC) and awarded by the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island (ACC-RI). Under the Corner- stone OTA, the acquisition timeline for execution is reduced to 55-100 business days, depending on which of three stan- dardized solicitation processes are used. Additionally, the Cornerstone OTA fast- tracks research, development, prototyping, demonstration, qualification and integra- tion of manufacturing capabilities and capacities into the U.S. industrial base by using several industry sectors, which a standard OTA does not provide.


Te Cornerstone OTA differs from other OTAs as there is no third party involved and it is strictly government-managed. Te CBC manages the Cornerstone consor- tium and works with program offices to develop the acquisition approach, while ACC-RI handles contracting responsi- bilities, including pricing, negotiations and award. This approach allows for


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