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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meetings and Speakers." National Research Council. 2008. Pre-Milestone A and Early-Phase Systems Engineering: A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Systems Acquisition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12065.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meetings and Speakers." National Research Council. 2008. Pre-Milestone A and Early-Phase Systems Engineering: A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Systems Acquisition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12065.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Meetings and Speakers." National Research Council. 2008. Pre-Milestone A and Early-Phase Systems Engineering: A Retrospective Review and Benefits for Future Air Force Systems Acquisition. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12065.
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Appendix B Meetings and Speakers MEETING 1 JANUARY 8-9, 2007 THE KECK CENTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES WASHINGTON, D.C. Briefing to NRC Committee on Systems Engineering Terry Jaggers, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering DOD Systems and Software Engineering Mark Schaeffer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Thoughts on Systems Engineering Maj Gen Mark D. Shackelford, Director, Plans and Requirements Headquarters, Air Force Space Command Air Force Acquisition: Transforming Acquisition The Honorable Sue C. Payton, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Air Force Materiel Command Pre-Milestone A Systems Engineering Winifred Okumura, Deputy Director, Intelligence and Requirements, HQ AFMC/A2/5 120

appendix B 121 Applying Systems Engineering to Pre-Milestone A Activities Col Jim Horejsi, Chief Engineer, Space and Missile Systems Center Acquisition Transformation and Accelerating Change The Honorable James I. Finley, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Early Planning Systems Engineering: ASC Implementation Chris E. Leak, Chief, Capability Development Branch, Aeronautical Systems Center The Counterspace Architecting Process Roberta M. Ewart, Chief Scientist, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center An Assessment of the National Security Software Industrial Base Piere Chao, Center for Strategic and International Studies Systems Engineering Issues Bob Rassa, Raytheon; Chair, NDIA Systems Engineering Division National Reconnaissance Office Doug Loverro, Associate Director, Imagery Systems Acquisition and Operations, National Reconnaissance Office A Perspective on System Engineering: Delivering Capabilities Dave Jacques, Curriculum Chair, Air Force Center for Systems Engineering MEETING 2 JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 1, 2007 THE ARNOLD AND MABEL BECKMAN CENTER IRVINE, CALIFORNIA Analytic Services (ANSER) Systems Engineering Emphasis Ruth David, President and CEO, Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER) Space Program Acquisition: Systems Engineering and Programmatic Improvements William F. Ballhaus, Jr., President and CEO, Aerospace Corporation Space Based Infrared Systems Wing Col Randall Weidenheimer, Space Based Infrared Systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center

122 PRE-MILESTONE A AND EARLY-PHASE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING An Assessment of the Continuum of the Systems Engineering Process: AFIT’s Systems Engineering Case Studies John Griffin, Committee Member The Next Generation of Air Force Systems Engineering: Application to Capability Planning Jeff Loren, Senior Acquisition Technical Manager, Systems Engineering Policy and Programs, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology, and Engineering System of Systems Engineering Challenges BGen Ellen Pawlikowski, Commander, MILSATCOM Systems Wing, Space and Missile Systems Center Developing Space-Based Capabilities: Has DOD Lost the Recipe? Myron Hura, Senior Engineer, RAND Corporation MEETING 3 FEBRUARY 27-28, 2007 THE KECK CENTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES WASHINGTON, D.C. C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP): A Technology Insertion Program Case Study John E. Weaver, Director, Air Systems Design and Integration, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Air Force Perspective on Planning, Requirements, and Systems Engineering Harry Disbrow, Assistant Director of Operational Capability Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans and Requirements, USAF/A5R Program Review on the Future Combat Systems Major General Charles A. Cartwright, Program Manager, Future Combat Systems (Brigade Combat Team) The Value of Systems Engineering: Some Perspectives from Commercial Industry Dinesh Verma, Associate Dean and Professor, Charles V. Shaefer, Jr., School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology Early Systems Engineering (SE) in Context of Acquisition Initiatives Kristen Baldwin, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)

appendix B 123 Pre-Milestone A/B Engineering of Highly Capable, Complex, and Affordable Air Force Systems Jim Mattice, Senior Consultant, Universal Technology Corporation Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment: Report Summary Briefing Lt. Gen. Ronald Kadish (USAF, ret.), Booz Allen Hamilton MEETING 4 MARCH 27-28, 2007 THE KECK CENTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES WASHINGTON, D.C. Discussion with Committee Brig. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Director, Intelligence and Requirements Directorate, and Special Assistant for Command Transformation to the Commander, Headquarters, Air Force Materiel Command

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The ability of U.S. military forces to field new weapons systems quickly and to contain their cost growth has declined significantly over the past few decades. There are many causes including increased complexity, funding instability, bureaucracy, and more diverse user demands, but a view that is gaining more acceptance is that better systems engineering (SE) could help shorten development time. To investigate this assertion in more detail, the US Air Force asked the NRC to examine the role that SE can play during the acquisition life cycle to address root causes of program failure especially during pre-milestone A and early program phases. This book presents an assessment of the relationship between SE and program outcome; an examination of the SE workforce; and an analysis of SE functions and guidelines. The latter includes a definition of the minimum set of SE processes that need to be accounted for during project development.

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