A TAILORED APPROACH


A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS Tanks to a thorough revamp of the DOD 5000 series of instructions, this new, flexible and tailored approach has been instantiated in the new Adaptive Acquisi- tion Framework (AAF).


By design, this framework provides six pathways that simplify policy, tailor approaches, empower program manag- ers, facilitate data-driven analysis, actively manage risk and emphasize sustainment.


We are taking advantage of each of the AAF pathways today. For example, with the middle tier of acquisition (MTA), the focus is on speed: authority for require- ments and acquisition oversights are pushed down, and funding is provided for smaller capability increments.


INVESTING IN MSV


As a result, programs rapidly develop fieldable prototypes to demonstrate new capabilities or rapidly field production quantities of systems with proven tech- nology requiring minimum development within five years.


Tis fall, we approach the five-year mark of initiating MTA programs in the Army. Currently, we have 19 efforts leveraging the MTA pathway to rapidly prototype or rapidly field mature technology: 15 programs are in rapid prototyping and four are in rapid fielding—and we see good results.


In addition to MTA, we are finding increased value in the new software acqui- sition pathway, already initiating six new programs—three in the planning phase and three in the execution phase.


Recognizing that modern software devel- opment is a continuum of development, production, operations and sustainment, the software acquisition pathway is built upon industry best practices. Tis pathway


6 Army AL&T Magazine Winter 2022 SPECIAL DELIVERY


The first prototype hypersonic hardware was delivered to Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade in October. Hypersonics is part of the Army’s No.1 modernization priority of long-range precision fires, and is one of the highest priority modernization areas DOD is pursuing. (Photo by Spc. Karleshia Gater, I Corps (photo edited))


Alexander Pillot, a new equipment trainer assigned to the Program Executive Office (PEO) for Soldier, hands a second-generation Modular Scalable Vest (MSV) to a Soldier during a fielding event at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The 82nd Airborne Division is the first to receive all eight sizes of the second-generation MSV. (Photo by Jason Amadi, PEO Soldier)


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