Accession Number:

AD1064111

Title:

Defense Acquisition. Volume 47, Number 5, September-October 2018

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article - Embargoed Full-Text

Corporate Author:

Defense AT and L Ft. Belvoir United States

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

2018-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

AT ANY CONFERENCE OR FORUM ON DEFENSE acquisition in the last few years, you would have heard one word repeated almost relentlessly Agile. Search the Web and youll find a number of articles and briefing charts highlighting the challenges of adopting Agile principles in the context of a weapon system. Typically, the discussion centers on shifting away from the waterfall approach, addressing systems engineering, and getting through various certification and testing authorities. Let me share my experience in successfully applying Agile values and principles to the acquisition program of the Special Operations Command SOCOM MQ-9 Reaper unmanned air vehicle UAV without dictating a particular software development methodology.

Descriptors:

• unmanned aerial vehicles
• military acquisition
• military aircraft
• computer programming
• software testing
• supply chain
• business administration
• logistics
• systems engineering
• test and evaluation
• information systems
• weapon systems
• Cybersecurity

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE