Evolutionary Acquisition: An Alternative Strategy for Acquiring Command and Control (C2) Systems.

Abstract

This guide encourages consideration and use of an Evolutionary Acquisition (EA) strategy by the services in acquiring C2 systems. While this guidance is aimed specifically at the use of an EA strategy in acquiring Command and Control systems, the principles discussed may also be applicable to the acquisition of other kinds of systems. This EA strategy is of a character that the system is not required to have full capability when deployed, but will evolve to full capability through one or more incremental upgrades. Considered most broadly, EA consists of first define sequentially defining, funding, developing, testing, fielding, supporting and evaluating increments of the system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190509

Entities

People

  • C. E. Bergman
  • Eward Hirsch
  • Francis W. A'hearn

Organizations

  • Defense Systems Management College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Configuration Management
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Logistics
  • Procurement
  • Program Management
  • Security
  • System Software
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control