Reform Week III. Open Systems Concepts & Application to DoD Weapon Systems

Abstract

This seminar addresses the Open Systems Approach (OSA) to weapons system design, one of the centerpieces of DoD acquisition reform. The seminar focuses on the OSA as an integrated technical and business strategy that defines key interfaces for a weapon system and facilitates the use of standards widely supported and used by commercial industry. It is an innovative way of doing business, which allows program managers the flexibility to leverage the creativity and competitive pressures of the commercial marketplace to find less costly solutions for weapon systems. One of the objectives of the seminar is to highlight new techniques for designing weapons systems using an Open Systems Approach. A short exercise has been included in the seminar where participants will select a standard interface for a system using the concepts and techniques taught in the seminar.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 17, 1998
Accession Number
ADA402720

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Information Transfer
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Open System Architecture
  • Operating Systems
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Forces
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • STEM Education
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design