Accession Number:

AD1016084

Title:

Owning the Technical Baseline - a Key Enabler: Agility as the Counterweight to Uncertainty and Change

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article

Corporate Author:

Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) Washington United States

Personal Author(s):

• LaPlante,William A.

Report Date:

2015-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

The basic acquisition environment involves constant change. The threat to United States interests is going to change, technology is going to change and warfighters will discover different ways to use their equipment. In order for weapon systems to accommodate these certain yetin specific termsoften unpredicted future changes, we must design systems up front to be constantly modified, perhaps in ways that we may not be able to anticipate now but will discover in the future. This fundamentally means we must embrace adaptability as a basic precept for how we develop, procure and sustain our weapons systems to be effective for the warfighter over their life cycles.

Descriptors:

• military acquisition
• weapon systems
• computing system architectures
• open system architecture
• test and evaluation
• air force
• military standards
• life cycle management
• management planning and control
• uncertainty

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE