Portfolio Systems Acquisition (PSA)
Abstract
The program is broken up into two focus areas (Portfolio Management and Reform Initiatives) and consolidates work previously performed under various other Program Elements. FY 2019 Accomplishments: - Continued A&S staff re-organization efforts resulting from the dissolution of OUSD(AT&L). - Began applying Mission Engineering analysis on warfare areas to identify portfolio and program synergies, reduce duplication, and identify opportunities for cost savings. - Conducted analyses and supported implementation of updated Better Buying Power (BBP) initiatives. - Provided technical expertise in management of warfare area portfolios. - Assessed progress of program management initiatives and continued support to a variety of certification and qualification standards activities. - Continued "reliability by design", capability, capacity, and lethality analyses and support to programs. - Updated roadmaps to guide investments in critical areas (for example:Future Vertical Lift, unmanned systems, ground vehicles, weapons/munitions and Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD)). - Provided analytical support for the IAMD portfolio. - Performed analytical support for the munitions acquitisiom process, from requirements generation to demilitarization. - Piloted Mission Engineering practice within A&S to evaluate warfighter priority mission areas with a rigorous, data-driven analytic process to determine how systems work together in an operationally relevant environment and identify ways to integrate technology and systems to provide affordable capability solutions for our warfighters. - Advised senior Department leaders on strategies to produce, develop, and sustain the F-35 Lightning II program and worldwide fleet of aircraft. - Developed and implemented a comprehensive acquisition strategy to identify capability gaps and requirements across the F-35 enterprise. - Provided technical expertise to identify F-35 portfolio synergies to reduce program duplication, improve aircraft production, improve fleet health, and identify cost savings. - Responded to Government Accountability Office (GAO) inquiries. - Responded to DOD Inspector General (DODIG) inquiries. - Coordinated and participated in senior level leadership meetings for the F-35 program to include Executive Steering Groups (ESGs) and Acquisition Small Groups (ASGs). - Provided expert acquisition/program support to enable Programming and Budget Review (PBR) activities for the F-35 Program Objective Memorandum (POM). - Provided support to the Deputy's Management Action Group (DMAG). - Provided technical expertise to integrate strategic communications and develop analytical products for decision by DoD officials, U.S. Congress, and the White House. - Prepared strategic communications and developed analytical products for engagements with the media, interagency, industry, and international partners. - Coordinated strategic forums to promote dialogue to include the F-35 CEO Roundtable and F-35 Senior Executive Review meetings. - Assessed progress of program management initiatives to support the F-35 program’s shift from development & initial production to full rate production and modernization. - Supported Air Warfare Major Defense Acquisition Programs (Primarily VC-25B; KC-46B; F-35; and the National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC), Executive Airlift, Airborne National Command Post (ABNCP), Take Charge and Move Out (TACAMO) (NEAT) Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)) - Supported Acquisition Staff Specialists with drafting, reviewing, and coordination of programmatic, policy, and congressional issues and related documentation. Examples include Action/Information Memos; read-aheads; correspondence; budget documents; Reports to Congress; congressional legislation; legislative proposals; FOIA requests and congressional, GAO and DoD IG RFIs. - Supported OUSD(A&S) and CAPE meetings. Examples include NEAT AoA WIPTs, Executive SAGs, and SAGs - Coordinated with OSD Joint Service Provider to provide NEAT AoA Study Team computer and software support to enable effective semi-monthly working group meetings in the National Capitol Region (NCR). - Supported drafting, review, tracking, and staffing of Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) UAS exemption waivers in accordance with Deputy Secretary of Defense (DSD) UAS Cyber Vulnerabilities Memo, May 23, 2018, and associated DSD Guidance for submission of waiver requests. - Supported Chair, DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation Working Group and UAS Subgroup - Reviewed Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Cases and Draft DoD Directives and Instructions - Conducted Security Reviews. - Completed independent assessment of October 2016 Red Sea Events - performed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 13760692313d63768b22936ecb3fba1f