The Logistics Impact of Evolutionary Acquisition

Abstract

In 2003, the Department of Defense directed that Evolutionary Acquisition (EA), often referred to as spiral development, become the preferred approach for the acquisition of major weapon systems. Under EA, development, testing, production and fielding of a system take place in increments, once the system reaches a certain stage of maturity. We contend that EA was adopted without consideration of the impact of this approach on logistics support of the system. The result could be degradation of support to each increment of the system and of operational availability. We recommend policy changes that could mitigate the effect of EA on logistics support by elevating the role that logistics play in the testing and milestone approval process for systems acquired using this approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 26, 2007
Accession Number
ADA471344

Entities

People

  • Aruna U. Apte
  • Ira A. Lewis

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Management Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Software Development
  • Spiral Development
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Software Engineering.