ACQUISITION AND COMMAND SUPPORT

Abstract

Supporting Congressional and SECDEF mandates, program funding provides the framework for Air Force business and acquisition transformation in developing capabilities-based architectures, re-engineering and enabling technologies, integrating robust systems engineering into early acquisition processes, and developing and managing a larger, more relevant technical workforce with the expertise to uniformly implement OSD and Air Force engineering guidance and policies. Leveraging the Defense Acquisition Performance Assessment, restores stability in Air Force acquisition systems by integrating major processes to reverse trends toward unpredictable program cost, schedule, and performance to facilitate quick response to urgent operational needs from across the entire spectrum of potential conflicts. The PEO/EIS formerly known as 554th Electronic Systems Wing, designs, tests, and evaluates combat support system architectures, operating environments, and computer platforms. Efforts include: oIncreasing technical and analytical support through training development; independent cost estimating and assessment to help analyze cost/risk growth and create defendable risk analyses for cost, schedule, and technical risks; information technology infrastructure development; and economic, statistical, and engineering analyses of acquisition programs oInitiating performance measures for capability-based planning constructs, aligning relevant science and technology areas with operational requirements to include systems integration modeling and architecture analysis oIncreasing activities to recruit, develop, and manage the technical workforce, enhancing business and engineering processes to develop leaders to manage the acquisition and engineering transformation and interface with the academic community oTransforming acquisition review processes to re-establish clean lines of responsibility, authority, and accountability at appropriate levels oExploring methods to operate a materiel solution development process that is responsive to COCOM capability needs, aligned with the OSD Joint Task Assignment Process oCreating an acquisition business systems environment, supporting acquisition transformation and enabling Acquisition Excellence, consisting of a foundation of centrally managed and integrated tools applying data standards and enabling repeatable processes across the Air Force Acquisition Enterprise. This environment will support (1) reengineering legacy capabilities into target architectures, environments, and future service-oriented capabilities and (2) implementation of new capability to support Air Force Acquisition processes at the enterprise level. Implementation will result in streamlined processes, standard tools enabling standard work, leveraging of modern technology to provide robust enterprise solutions, and the reduction of manual effort and redundant data entry across the enterprise. Initiative includes providing capability to: (1) conduct program resources management, (2) conduct program management and oversight, (3) plan and achieve on-time acquisition milestone readiness, (4) adopt commercial enterprise concept of Product Lifecycle Management for the production of traceable requirements, (5) standardize risk management, and (6) manage scientific and technical information. This program is in Budget Activity 6, RDT&E Management Support because this budget activity includes research, development, test and evaluation efforts and funds to sustain and/or modernize the installations or operations required for general research, development, test and evaluation.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2012
Source ID
0702806F_6_3600_PB_2012
Change Summary Explanation
FY12: Increase to improve Acquisition IT systems
Service Agency Name
Air Force

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Combat Support
  • Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Information Systems
  • Program Management
  • Recruits
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics

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