Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD)
Abstract
The purpose of the Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) Program is to: • Demonstrate joint solutions to prioritized Combatant Commander (CoCom) capability gaps. • Speed solutions to warfighters inside the traditional two-year programming/budgeting cycle with a goal of 12 to 30 months. • Mitigate the technical risk and facilitate transition to programs of record for projects responding to enduring capability needs. The JCTD Program was redesigned in FY 2006 from the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) Program. The Department initiated forty-nine (49) JCTDs from FY 2006 through FY 2009 and will initiate up to seven immediate start JCTDs in FY 2010, plus five (estimated) rapid starts as determined in the new selection process as funds are identified. • The JCTD model is based on DoD, Government Accountability Office (GAO), and Congressional recommendations for risk reduction and shorter transition cycles. • The tenants of the JCTD model provide increased funding in the first two years of the demonstration effort to accelerate completion with “transition” funding available for projects that provide significant military utility. • Program goals include: Interim products and deliverables; Operational Utility Assessment (OUA) complete within 12 to 30 months; and 80 percent of the JCTDs transition products to fielded capability sustainment and/or a program of record (POR). • The JCTD business model explicitly calls attention to the needs of the joint warfighter through the U.S. Combatant Commands, while garnering JROC validation through the Joint Staff Joint Capability Integration Development System (JCIDS) process. • The JCTD program provides flexibility through the new selection process to address the most urgent U.S. Combatant Commanders needs. MEASURABLE OUTCOMES: The JCTD model is capability based, not threat based, serving U.S. Combatant Command priorities by focusing on near-term joint needs. Stated metrics include: 50 percent of JCTDs will provide an operationally relevant product demonstration within 12 months and 75 percent will complete final demonstration within 30 months of Implementation Directive signature. JCTDs will spiral products and deliverables during the demonstration. Since inception in 2006, the JCTD program is exceeding all metrics including faster completion times and increased transition rate to Programs of Record (PORs). Transition Achievement: The JCTD program has been achieving actual transition rates in excess of the stated goal. The JCTD Program defines transition as a project’s product or products going to new or existing Programs of Record (PoR) and/or providing residual products in direct support of the Warfighter that satisfies a specific requirement. Fourteen of 15 completed JCTDs have transitioned to programs of record (POR) and/or operational sustainment (93% successful transition). As of FY09, out of 184 total AC/JCTDs, 64 have deployed in support of OEF/OIF covering the following Functional Areas: Battlespace Awareness: 26, Command & Control: 11, Force Application: 9, Logistics: 14, Protection: 13, Net-Centric: 2. CENTCOM-sponsored AC/JCTDs deployed in OEF/OIF: 13. This exceeds the objective of 30 percent for demonstration programs (Draft Strategic Objective 4-2, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (OUSD (AT&L)).
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 0603648D8Z_3_0400_PB_2011
- Change Summary Explanation
- This budget submission combines the three JCTD Program Elements (transfers BA4 and Defense Acquisition Executive Pilot programs back to JCTD BA3 0603648D8Z).
- Service Agency Name
- Office of Secretary Of Defense
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