Integrating Innovation: Keeping the Leading Edge
Abstract
From the Jeep to the Internet to GPS, there was a time when the U.S. military led the way in inventing technologies that would later become dominant in the general public. Times have changed. Today, we more often see the opposite patternthe commercial sector achieves the breakthrough, and the military adopts and adapts it to meet our requirements. This reality means that our adversaries have access to many of the same technologies in the commercial marketplace that we dowithout the hurdles that exist in our acquisition system. To maintain our superiority, our acquisition approach must be adaptive enough to enable rapid technology insertion, but also disciplined enough to ensure holistic interoperability once the systems are in warfighters hands. Put simply, our challenge is to be the integrator among fast-moving innovators. That framework is driving todays efforts in the Army acquisition community to set conditions for future success. Drawing on programmatic lessons learned and the tenets of Better Buying Power (BBP) 3.0, we are structuring processes and tailoring our acquisition methodologies to ensure we retain the leading edge.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1015974
Entities
People
- Kevin Fahey