An Analysis of Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT) and Acquisition Lead Time (ALT) in the Department of Defense (DOD)

Abstract

We evaluate the Department of Defense (DOD) Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT), as it produces a vital role toward the fielding weapon systems to support our warfighters at the speed of relevance. We examine the roles of the contracting processes and associated PALT by gaining knowledge based off previous topic-related research including but not limited to: peer-review articles, theses, governing regulations, and real-life PALT data provided by a Naval Surface Warfare Center. We discuss the impact on actual real-world situations such as political agendas and worldwide events similar to the pandemic, and how it plays a role on PALT today and the influence that may arise as a nation. We studied the acquisition professionals duties at the higher-level DOD Program Objective Memorandum(POM) and the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process. From this analysis, we developed recommendations for acquisition professionals to effectively and efficiently navigate within the constraint of the POM and PPBE five-year cycle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1185073

Entities

People

  • Carlos A Oritz
  • Chengwen S Fang
  • Gabriel G Ledesma

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Financial Management
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Law
  • Lead Time
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design