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Washington Perspective AFA Technology Symposium

Washington Perspective AFA Technology Symposium. Lt Gen Mark Shackelford Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition). Current Climate. Win Today’s fight – we cannot afford to waste resources Capability to the warfighter – shorten the time-line

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Washington Perspective AFA Technology Symposium

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  1. Washington Perspective AFA Technology Symposium Lt Gen Mark Shackelford Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

  2. Current Climate • Win Today’s fight – we cannot afford to waste resources • Capability to the warfighter – shorten the time-line • Emphasis on the “front end of the acquisition process” “. . . Modernization programs have sought a 99 percent solution over a period of years, rather than a 75 percent solution over a period of weeks or months.” – Secretary Gates, testimony to Congress, Jan 09 “Once a program begins, it too often moves forward with inadequate technology, design, testing, and manufacturing knowledge, making it impossible to successfully execute the program within established cost, schedule, and performance targets.” – GAO report to Congress, Mar 09

  3. USAF Flight Path • Recapture Acquisition Excellence: • Revitalize the Air Force acquisition workforce • Improve requirements generation process • Instill budget and financial discipline • Improve Air Force major systems source selections • Establish clear lines of authority and accountability within acquisition organizations • Air Force 2008-2010 Strategic Plan • Reinvigorate AF Nuclear Enterprise • Win Today’s Fight • Develop & Care for Airmen & Families • Modernizing Aging Air & Space Inventories • Recapture Acquisition Excellence

  4. Workforce Initiatives • Fill vacant positions • Expedited Hiring Authority enables AFMC to hire faster • Increase authorizations • NDAA Sec 852 funds Interns, Co-ops, Journeymen, HQEs • FY10 POM funds 2062 new positions • OSD directed 4865 new hires / contractor to civilian conversions • Make them competent • Sec 852 funds increased DAU course offerings / seats, AFIT degrees, tuition assistance • Focus is on contracting, cost estimation/analysis, systems engineering, program management, counsel 4

  5. Requirements Initiatives • Involve developmental planners, systems engineers, and testers in the requirements development process • To ensure testable, achievable, evaluable requirements • AFMC/CC & SAE attest to requirements parallel to AFROCC • Require incremental block development strategies • Minimize KPPs to only those absolutely necessary • Ensure traceability of requirements from RFP to SRD to CDD/CPD to what the warfighter really asked for • Use Configuration Steering Board to address requirements changes – recommendations approved by CSAF & MAJCOM/CC • Include cost / schedule consideration for scope increase

  6. Funding Initiatives • Program actions: • Seek higher fidelity cost estimates • Establish proper level of funding through program ADM • Baseline program with post-PDR understanding of risk • Informed by competitive prototyping • Fund baseline to appropriate confidence level for program phase • Stabilize funding through Corporate churn with SAE involvement • Industry actions: • Assess and control rising overhead rates • Match profit to risk and performance • Demand & use higher fidelity Earned Value Management data

  7. Source Selection Initiatives • Improve source selection evaluation teams (SSETs) • SAE & Chief of Contracting approve key SSET leaders • Seek source selection experienced individuals • Improve training including recent lessons learned • Consider dedicated source selection cadre • Provide independent reviews at AF and OSD levels (ACAT 1D) • Improve pre-MS B acquisition planning leading to better RFPs and high success source selections • Require extensive A5R/MAJCOM/program office collaboration • Simplify the source selection process

  8. Organizational Initiatives • Assess organizations in light of CSAF direction • Wing – 1000, Group – 400, Squadron – 35 • Assess contribution of Wing/Group/Squadron to acquisition • Adjust as necessary • Assess and adjust overtasking of Program Executive Officers • Identify where dedicated PEOs are necessary

  9. Air Force Budget, FY10(FY09 PB vs. FY10 PB) Procurement by Capability RDT&E by Capability AF FY09 PB: $117.0 B Recapitalization/ Modernization $41.6 B AF FY10 PB: $115.6 B Recapitalization/ Modernization $41.1 B (Includes $0.7B for RDT&E Civ Pay) Other: Logistics, Installation Support, Personnel & Training, Comm & Info, C2/Cyber 9

  10. AF Technology Challenges • Decreasing procurement dollars • RDT&E effort even more important • Rigorous technology development a must • Critical to AF corporate process and senior leaders • Clarify the best use of funding – is 80% solution better? • Milestone A – do the hard work early • Up to 80% of life cycle cost is determined during concept refinement and requirements generation • Identify risk – cost, technical, integration, manufacturing, sustainment • Protect Technological Edge • Senior Leaders committed to protecting technology investments

  11. Our Vision War-winning capabilities …on time, on cost

  12. Backup

  13. F-22A Raptor • Air dominance for the combatant commander – Freedom to attack, freedom from attack • Advanced low observables • 2D thrust vectoring • Supercruise • Integrated avionics • High altitude operation • F-22A merges air dominance, negation of enemy air defenses, precision attack, and ISR network expansion in a single platform • F22-A Lot 10 procures 4 F-22s to replace combat losses • Estimate $785M for Lot 10 • Complete deliveries by Mar 2012 • Modernization: ensure every Raptor maintains maximum combat capability to ensure air dominance for the coming decades • Pre-planned product improvements program (Increments 2 and 3) • Common configuration program—reduce 6 configurations to 3 (Block 20, 30, 35)

  14. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter • 5th generation, multi-role strike fighter aircraft • USAF, USN, USMC, and allied partnership • Commonality shares / minimizes life cycle costs • 8th year of 13 year Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) • 9 flight and ground test aircraft delivered • 7 flight test aircraft being built • 3 ground test aircraft being built • Over 100 flights on 3 test aircraft • Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) Lot 3 • 7 AF CTOLs & 7 Navy STOVLs • Lockheed award on 2 Jun 09 • P&W award on 22 Jul 09 • Service Acquisition Executive (SAE) leadership transitioned from Navy to Air Force Apr 09

  15. KC-X AF’s #1 acquisition and recapitalization priority 179 Aircraft begin recapitalization of Eisenhower-era KC-135s Refuel any AF / Navy / Allied fixed-wing aircraft Cargo Passengers Aeromedical SECDEF terminated solicitation AF working new proposal Draft RFP summer 2009

  16. Airlift C-17 Provides rapid delivery of troops and cargo to Main Operating Bases or directly to forward, austere locations Performs airdrop of cargo, personnel, and humanitarian daily rations Future upgrades include survivability and avionics enhancements C-5 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) & Reliability Enhancement Re-engining Program (RERP) • C-5 Provides outsized cargo transport • C-5 AMP upgrades fleet to a “glass cockpit,” provides a digital architecture for RERP, and provides CNS/ATM capability • C-5 RERP provides new engines, improved reliability, and increased delivery capability

  17. Tactical Airlift C-27J (Joint Cargo Aircraft) • Primary Role: Provide direct support airlift of time sensitive/mission critical cargo to Army ground forces in remote areas with short/ unimproved landing/drop zones • C-27J aircraft, & C-27J acquisition will transfer from Army to AF in 2010 • Deployed AF C-27Js will work for Army aviation commanders

  18. RQ-4 Global Hawk • High altitude, long-endurance ISR UAS • Planned replacement for the U-2 in support of AF high altitude ISR recapitalization plan (HAT) • Core fleet of 26 Block 30 Multi-INT aircraft with capacity to support 6-24/7 CAPs • Supplementary fleet of 15 Block 40 (3 CAPs) aircraft to provide GMTI capability • Attrition reserve of 23 aircraft (16 Blk 30 and 7 Blk 40) • 13 Ground Control Stations • FYDP Funded Program: 61 aircraft • Objective Program:77 aircraft

  19. MQ-1 Predator/MQ-9 Reaper • Medium altitude, long-endurance UAS fleet expanding • Sustained 50 CAP capability by FY11 • MQ-1 Predator • Multi-role – performs intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, target acquisition & attack roles • Currently performs 31 CAPS • Sensors • Electro-optical/infra-red full motion video with laser designator • SIGINT (limited number of sensors) • Weapons: 2 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles • MQ-9 Reaper • “Hunter-Killer” capable of automatically cueing and prosecuting critical TSTs with a self-contained hard-kill capability • Currently performs 5 CAPs • Sensors • Electro-optical/infra-red full motion video with laser designator • Lynx synthetic aperture radar w/MTI • Weapons: GBU-12, GBU-38, AGM-114 Hellfire

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