Accelerated Acquisition
Abstract
In Fiscal Year 2013, no Air Force requirement. In Fiscal Year 2012, Accelerated Acquisition (AA) focused on fostering M&S tools, data, and infrastructure that enabled high confidence acquisition of capabilities that supported the joint warfighter. This included Live-Virtual-Constructive (LVC) infrastructure, tools and processes supporting LVC events, and models, tools, data, simulations/stimulation that supported requirements definition, systems engineering and test activities. Activities also included M&S support for studies and analysis that supported both current program planning and execution and future program planning. These efforts enabled more efficient delivery of effective capabilities to the warfighter while reducing the time and resources required for design, development, test and evaluation, maintainability and sustainment. A key objective was to improve interoperability of weapon systems and platforms through continuing, rigorous interoperability evaluation in a representative Joint Mission Environment. Additionally, AA activities sought to reduce risk associated with acquisition programs by influencing models, simulations, tools, data and infrastructure linking combat system engineering sites to facilitate concept exploration, development and assessment of systems in a net-centric mission context. This provided the capability to improve both Service and Joint system performance in a system-of-systems environment. Connectivity established by the infrastructure built upon existing Service and Joint combat system engineering and test sites, such as Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and Intelligence (C4I) hardware in the loop and computer-program-in-the-loop engineering sites (including design activities, software support activities, test & evaluation facilities and training commands). Development included concept of operations, business rules, and procedures that enabled acquisition managers to effectively use LVC capabilities. These efforts enabled accurately represented C4I networks for capability requirement definition, development, and testing activities to evaluate those systems for interoperability and integration into a joint environment. This addressed interoperability issues by providing a means for discovering issues early on. This program was in Budget Activity 7, Operational System Development because this budget activity included development efforts to upgrade systems that have been fielded or have received approval for full rate production.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2013
- Source ID
- 674991_0207601F_7_3600_PB_2013
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