Breaking The Code On Military Construction: Edwards Air Force Base's Response To Emerging Facility Requirements
Abstract
As the global arms race intensifies, it becomes increasingly important for the U.S. to become more agile and efficient in developing and modernizing military capabilities. Improving the U.S. military's acquisition processes, specifically for critical new facilities, enables greater competition with the Peoples Republic of China in global power competition. The U.S. needs to overcome antiquated standards that are not responsive to todays global environment. Utilizing the problem-solution framework, this paper explores Edwards Air Force Bases (Edwards) rapid response to a lack of purpose-built facilities when the DoD Military Construction process takes too long to meet the emerging needs of todays warfighter. Over the past six-years, Edwards has used relocatable facilities procured as equipment, to support the quick-turn support for emerging test programs. Rapid acquisition of relocatable facilities has proven successful to expeditiously provide structures (hangars, SCIF, SAPF, office, etc.) for emerging test programs to conduct research, development, test and evaluation for the warfighter, which is absolutely critical to keeping the U.S. agile and responsive to China's assertions. This paper provides additional information on Edwards successes, as well as lessons learned for other installations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1214841
Entities
People
- Michelle Perry
Organizations
- 412th Test Wing