What's The Hold Up Reconciling Acquisition Timeline Differences

Abstract

The chain of command for Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) is short and straight. In most cases, responsibility and authority is limited to, and rises up, from the Program Manager, to the Program Executive Officer, to the Service/Component Acquisition Executive and, for ACAT ID programs, to the Defense Acquisition Executive. Other staff and organizations provide support and advice. MDAP Milestone A, B, and C reviews require the submission of an independent cost estimate. The Air Force Cost Analysis Agency prepares this estimate, called the Service Cost Position (SCP) for Air Force MDAPs. Cost estimators use historical cost, schedule and past-performance data and models as the basis for the SCP. The SCP presents, by budget appropriation, the forecast of a programs total lifecycle costs, aligned with its estimated program schedule. Within the Fiscal Year Defense Program, the SCP further separates estimated costs by year.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 16, 2016
Accession Number
AD1037597

Entities

People

  • Suzanne Farrell

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Attack Submarines
  • Computer Programming
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Reductions
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Acquisition
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Program Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Virginia Class
  • War Colleges

Readers

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