Requirements Analysis and Maturation

Abstract

The Requirements Analysis and Maturation (RAM) program addresses a critical need for decision-quality information prior to initiating a new acquisition program by executing integrated materiel studies and analyses across the Air Force (AF) enterprise (air, space, and cyber). A number of Department of Defense (DoD), Government Accountability Office, and industry studies point to a need for more disciplined, early-phase systems engineering and pre-systems acquisition planning to produce the detailed acquisition information that previously did not surface until after the initiation of a program. Activities funded by the RAM program element include system and sub-system concept development, acquisition strategy development, modeling and simulation, cost analysis, pre-planning required for successful demonstration and validation of prototypes and systems-of-systems demonstrations, and costs associated with these activities, to include travel. This comprehensive approach supports acquisition courses of action to initiate high-confidence acquisition programs. Specific efforts are determined each year by requests submitted from AF Major Commands and subsequently prioritized and approved by the AF Development Planning Governance Structure. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes, since it involves system specific efforts that expedite technology transition from the laboratory to operational use.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Source ID
0604337F_4_3600_PB_2013
Change Summary Explanation
In FY11, Other Adjustments include: -0.386 (Congressional General Reductions), -0.173 (Congressional Rescissions)
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Market Research
  • Prototypes
  • Space Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Technology Assessment
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space

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