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Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force (2016)

Chapter: Appendix C: Meetings and Speakers

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Meetings and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23631.
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Meetings and Speakers

MEETING 1
January 13-15, 2016
Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Washington, D.C.

Gordon England, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and former Secretary of the Navy

William H. Gerstenmaier, SES, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, NASA

Lee Buchanan, President and CEO, Arete Associates

Vice Admiral James D. Syring, Director, Missile Defense Agency

Robert B. Raines, SES, Associate Administrator for Acquisition and Project Management, NNSA

Jaiwon Shin, SES, Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, NASA

Stan Soloway, President and CEO, Professional Services Council

Edward J. Hoffman, Chief Knowledge Officer, NASA

Lt. Gen. Ron Kadish (USAF, retired), former Director, Missile Defense Agency

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Meetings and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23631.
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MEETING 2
February 8-10, 2016
Keck Center of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Washington, D.C.

Vice Admiral David A. Dunaway (USN, retired), former Commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)

Jacques Gansler, professor emeritus, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland; former Under Secretary of Defense for AT&L

Lt. Gen. Charles R. “CR” Davis (USAF, retired), President & CEO, Seabury Global Aerospace and Defense

Richard B. Clifford Jr., SES, Deputy General Counsel for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

James P. Woolsey, SES, President, Defense Acquisition University

Blaise J. Durante, Director, Blaise J. Durante & Associates, Inc.

Ronald Poussard, Executive Vice President for business development and contracts, Advanced Concepts and Technologies International (ACT-I)

Col. George N. Schwartz, 645 AESG/CC

John Weiler, Vice Chair, Interoperability Clearinghouse and IT Acquisition Advisory Council

MEETING 3
March 30-April 1, 2016
Courtyard Dayton Beavercreek
Dayton, Ohio

General Ellen Pawlikowski, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)

Douglas L. Loverro, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

Thomas D. Robinson, SES, Director of Contracting, AFLCMC

Jorge F. Gonzalez, SES, Director, Engineering and Technical Management/ Services Directorate, AFLCMC

Col. Keith L. Bearden, Deputy Director, Engineering and Technical Management, AFMC

Col. Steven J. Butow, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx)

Kevin W. Buckley, SES, PEO of Air Force Mobility Programs, AFLCMC

Brig. Gen. Eric T. Fick, PEO for Fighters and Bombers, AFLCMC

Gary L. Poleskey, Vice President, Dayton Aerospace, Inc.

Kathy L. Watern, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, SAF/FMC

Lt. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Air Force Space Command

Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO, SpaceX

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Meetings and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23631.
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Lynn M. Eviston, Director, Plans and Programs, AFLCMC

Brig. Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, PEO for Tankers, AFLCMC

Lynda T. Rutledge, SES, PEO and Director for the Agile Combat Support Directorate, AFLCMC

Christine H. Fox, Senior Advisor, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory; former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense and former Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)

MEETING 4
May 16-18, 2016
The National Academy of Sciences
Washington, D.C.

This final meeting was a committee-only working meeting.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Meetings and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23631.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Meetings and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23631.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Meetings and Speakers." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23631.
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While there are examples of successful weapon systems acquisition programs within the U.S. Air Force (USAF), many of the programs are still incurring cost growth, schedule delays, and performance problems. The USAF now faces serious challenges in acquiring and maintaining its weapons systems as it strives to maintain its current programs; add new capabilities to counter evolving threats; and reduce its overall program expenditures. Owning the technical baseline is a critical component of the Air Force's ability to regain and maintain acquisition excellence.

Owning the technical baseline allows the government acquisition team to manage and respond knowledgeably and effectively to systems development, operations, and execution, thereby avoiding technical and other programmatic barriers to mission success. Additionally, owning the technical baseline ensures that government personnel understand the user requirements, why a particular design and its various features have been selected over competing designs, and what the options are to pursue alternative paths to the final product given unanticipated cost, schedule, and performance challenges.

Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force discusses the strategic value to the Air Force of owning the technical baseline and the risk of not owning it and highlights key aspects of how agencies other than the Air Force own the technical baseline for their acquisition programs. This report identifies specific barriers to owning the technical baseline for the Air Force and makes recommendations to help guide the Air Force in overcoming those barriers.

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