Requirements Analysis and Maturation

Abstract

The Requirements Analysis and Maturation (RAM) program funds early systems engineering and pre-acquisition planning and analysis activities. These activities include requirements analysis, capability decomposition and trade space characterization, concept development (system of systems, air, space, and cyber), cost analysis, modeling and simulation of representative or prototype systems, and costs associated with these activities to include analytical tools and travel. Outcomes of these activities are fiscally and technologically informed requirements, mature concepts that are technically feasible, and areas for science and technology (S&T) investment to reduce technology risks. These activities provide the analytic basis for cost and capability trades to inform weapon systems requirements and acquisition milestones, decision points, and phases; for example, the Materiel Development Decision (MDD). A number of Department of Defense (DoD), Government Accountability Office(GAO), and independent industry studies point to a need for more disciplined, early phase systems engineering and pre-systems acquisition planning to produce decision-quality acquisition information that previously did not surface until after the initiation of a program. Early-phase systems engineering and technical planning activities funded by this program provide the foundation for informed investment decisions leading to successful acquisition programs. Specific efforts are determined each year based upon the highest Air Force priorities. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P) because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment. For FY 2014 and out Space and Non-Space RAM program activities were combined into a single Development Planning project, 45349 In FY 2015 and out, 645349, Development Planning, efforts were transferred to PE 0606017F, Requirements Analysis and Maturation, 666157, Development Planning, due to an internal DoD budget activity realignment.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2015
Source ID
0604337F_4_3600_PB_2015
Change Summary Explanation
Decrease in FY13 Other Adjustments was due to Sequestration. Decrease in FY14 Congressional Directed Reduction due to program decrease. Decrease in FY15 due to program efforts transferring to PE 0606017F, Requirements Analysis and Maturation, due to an internal DoD budget activity realignment.
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
  • Maturation
  • Prototypes
  • Space Systems
  • System Of Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Technology Assessment

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space

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