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Appendix C: Background Information on Policies and Processes Related to Technology Development
Appendix C: Background Information on Policies and Processes Related to Technology Development
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. The Programming Phase For the United States Air Force (USAF)
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for the next 6 years.2 TheC-1.eps also describe what is POM may not fully funded and the risks associated with the budget shortfall. Senior leaders of the OSD and Joint Staff review all of the military service POMs and integrate them into an overall coherent DoD program.
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. After that, the overall DoD budget is provided as part of the President's Budget Request to Congress.3 Thus the PPBE process addresses preacquisition technology development only indirectly, and it delegates the responsibility for the review of individual program 3 Ibid.
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Draft PBD President's Budget activities to the services as part of their POM development, with OSD-level review C-3.eps only when adjustments are addressed during formal budget review hearings. The overall prioritization of USAF preacquisition technology development activities is handled during POM formulation and in detail only by the Air Staff Board Panels, and within each panel only for those Program Elements that are assigned.
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AIR FORCE ACQUISITION IMPROVEMENT PLAN As stated in Chapter 2 of this report, the USAF Acquisition Improvement Plan (AIP) does not directly address technology development for any phase of the ac quisition life cycle.
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s . a i r f o rc e P r e ac q u i s i t i o n t e c h n o lo g y d ev e lo P m e n t s 128 of BOX C-1 The Purpose of the Acquisition Improvement Plan MEMORANDUM FOR ALMAJCOM-FOA-DRU/CC DISTRIBUTION C MAY 4, 2009 SUBJECT: Air Force Acquisition Improvement Plan "The United States Air Force is committed to recapturing acquisition excellence by rebuilding an Air Force ac quisition culture that delivers products and services as promised-on time, within budget and in compliance with all laws, policies and regulations.
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During the technology development phase, the sponsor performs technology maturation activities, builds competitive prototypes, and may perform design ac tivities leading to a Preliminary Design Review. The Initial Capabilities Document provides a wide aperture for operational capability to define system requirements and to encourage technological innovation.9 It is vital that the science and tech nology, users, training, and system developer communities collaborate to agree on a proposed solution that is affordable, militarily useful, and based on mature, demonstrated technology.
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For example, in the 1970s, the Air Force successfully managed the design and flight test of six new designs in three competitive prototype programs; that is, the YF-16/17, YA-9/10, and YC 14/15 aircraft. In the past several years, competitive prototyping has been effectively employed in a variety of air-to-surface weapons development programs, including the Joint Direct Attack Munition and Small Diameter Bomb.10 Key factors in the effective use of prototyping, either competitive or noncompetitive, include a defi nition and disciplined assessment of the critical technologies to be demonstrated, in addition to the specification of a few key system performance parameters.
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12 as well as in DoD Instruction 5000.02.13 The DAG requires that the technology development strategy include a description of the prototyping strategy at the system and subsystem levels, as well as the number of prototype units that may be produced and employed during technology development and competitive prototyping. The Air Force has responded to the congressional and OSD direction by up dating internal guidance on competitive prototyping including AFI 63-101 on Prototyping.14 The Air Force prototype vision recognizes that risk is not limited to technology, but that it includes integration and manufacturability risks as well.
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