A path to agility, innovation and affordability march 24, 2015 mr. When used effectively, prototyping reduces risk and improves the likelihood that weapon systems will be completed on time and within budget. Recognizing congress did not define the term prototype in 10 u. Moving rapid prototyping and agile development into large bureaucratic organizations is challenging for dod cultures. Dtics pdf and excel spreadsheet versions of congressional budget reports are available shortly after postings on thomas library of congress website. It also keeps dod s technology pipeline stocked with innovative technologies that.
Attendees expected other than caucus members at the event are primarily congressional staffers, dod, and other agency employees. Future directions at the intersection of management. Adopting best practices can improve innovation investments and management. Funding for latestage development, prototyping, and demonstration receives a substantial increase in line with dods priorities under its third offset strategy. Army sees rapid prototyping as key to rapid innovation. Department of defenses waiver of competitive prototyping. At the front endfor example, during applied researchprototyping can mean relatively small and.
Response and defeat operations support redops fact. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Griffin is the under secretary of defense for research and engineering. Dod research and engineering defense innovation unit experimental townhall. Pentagon fasttracks prototyping contracts defense systems. The communities of interest cois were established as a mechanism to encourage multiagency coordination and collaboration in crosscutting technology focus areas with broad multiple component investment. These ships entered service between 1986 and 1996 and have an expected service life of 35 years. Ndia 2008 waldenrapid prototyping 6 6 air force rapid capabilities office established april 2003 mission. The navy s t aox program is an effort to replace its 15 existing fleet oilers.
Dod announces new allied prototyping initiative effort. A list of common ot myths along with a discussion of the facts are identified with a symbol indicating that a myth exists for the item described see appendix d. Dod research and engineering international test and. Prototyping material jetting droplets of building material are selectively deposited. The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the governing board of the national research council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the national academy of sciences, the national academy of engineering, and the institute of medicine. Competitive prototyping a defense acquisition university. Dare is the deputy director for developmental test, evaluation and prototyping within the office of the under secretary of defense for research and engineering. Efforts today prepares dod sustainment community for a future of weapon systems built with increasing am technology. Department of defense research, development, test, and. The national academies press 500 fifth street, nw washington, dc 20001. If competitive prototyping is not considered feasible, single prototypes at the system or subsystem. Dod research and engineering north carolina military. It addresses the approach, assessment, validation, sourcing, resourcing, and fielding of operationally driven urgent, executionyear combatant commander needs.
Getting stuff in the field quickly secretary carter. Some of the challenges we have today are not challenges we have foreseen and so we need to adapt, but also we need to be focused on how we innovate, to make sure that tomorrows force, perhaps doing things in a fundamentally different way, is prepared for the challenges of 2020 and beyond. Defense innovation marketplace connecting industry and. The most common question we hear from clients about the recent boom in the department of defenses spending on other transactions, or ots, is a simple one. Competitive prototyping, which involves commercial, government, or academic sources producing early prototypes of weapon systems or critical subsystems, can help department of defense dod programs reduce technical risk, refine requirements, validate designs and cost estimates, and evaluate manufacturing processes prior to making major commitments of resources. I n t e g r i t y s e r v i c e e x c e l l e n c e. Additive manufacturing opportunities within dod maintenance. Last year, diig found that the defense acquisition system sat at an inflection point after rebounding from the defense drawdown but was still facing. Purpose the other transactions guide for prototype projects version 1. Department of defense dod forces to operate with freedom of maneuver in the electro magnetic spectrum ems.
On july 15, 2014, we received notice from dod that it had waived the competitive prototyping requirement for the fleet replenishment oiler taox program. Response and defeat operations support redops program takes a systems analysis approach, working with explosives countermeasures experts from all levels of government to identify best practices for rendering ieds safe. It translates promising basic research into solutions for broadly defined military needs and includes studies, investigations, and nonsystem specific technology efforts. The defense department wants to make approving prototype contracts easier by delegating contracting authorities to agencies and combatant commanders during the coronavirus pandemic. Speed to market prototyping, demonstrations, and experimentation force of the future science, technology, engineering and math stem. Download the brief for over a decade, the defenseindustrial initiatives group diig at csis has published an annual report examining trends in what the department of defense dod is buying, how dod is buying it, and from whom dod is buying. President trumps fiscal year 2018 budget requests a 5. Dod research and engineering science and technology breakfast national defense industrial association. Gao continues to expand the scope of prototypes dod may. Mc12w liberty i created the sco for rapidity of fielding, not 10 and 15year programs. The third reason we invest in research and engineering is to develop technology surprise. He is the departments chief technology officer, and is responsible for the research, development, and prototyping activities across the dod enterprise and is mandated with ensuring technological superiority for the department of defense.
According to a recently released april 6 memo, ellen lord, dod s acquisition head, issued new guidance for prototype. Highlights of gao17499, a report to congressional committees june. Dtic online this search queries the dtic online public web site. Recommendations for funding levels for the defense science. Official definition of the united states department of the termprototype. Under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and. The rapid acquisition process rap provides rapid transition funding for the development and fielding of highly successful competitive experiments and demonstrations. Conducting a competitive prototype acquisition program. Our specific example is the joint and allied threat awareness system jatasanaar59 program within program management aviation272 pma272 advanced tactical.
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