Transcript Command Briefing Template - NDIA

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US Special Operations Command
SOCOM
Acquisition Perspective
to
NDIA
James W. Cluck
Acquisition Executive &
Director, Center for Acquisition and Logistics (SOAL)
20 March 2009
The overall classification of this briefing is:
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Agenda
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Mission
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SOF Acquisition
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Special Operations Peculiar
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State of Acquisition
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SOFIC
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USSOCOM Acquisition Mission
Provide Rapid and Focused Acquisition, Technology, and
Logistics Support to SOF Warfighters
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SOAL Manpower and Acquisition
Funding Trends
4,500
$4,207
Support Contractors
$3,812
Authorized Manpower Positions1,2
Government (Mil + Civ)
1200
Acquisition Funding
FY09 Funding $3,114 to date 4,000
*Does not Include Congressional
Adds or full Supplementals
3,500
$2,982
1000
3,000
$2,670
$2,539
2,500
800
$2,153
681
626
$1,743
600
556
349
400
200
2,000
$944
303
303
290
125
125
120
321
323
151
153
348
357
168
177
270
1,500
335
1,000
178
178
170
170
170
180
180
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
286
291
332
2008
2009
2010
0
SOAL Acquisiton Funding3($M)
1400
500
0
1.
Fiscal Year
In house contractors for years 2000-2007 are rough estimates
Acquisition funding for all years except 2009 includes annual Presidents Budget , Supplementals, Plus-ups, and DERF for RDT&E, Procurement, and Acquisition O&M
3. 2008 Manpower Growth due to PDM and MARSOC Adds and Definitional changes in the way contractors were counted; 2010 Growth due to PM-CISS and SOFSA billet transfers
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What Makes SOF
Acquisition Different
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Acquisition Efforts Are Inherently Joint
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Formal Requirement at 70-80% Capability Level; Can
Evolve the Design to a 100% Capability
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Short Chain of Command; Small Staff; Only
Commander and Acquisition Executive Can Say No
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Understand and Accept Risk; Aggressively Manage It
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Maturity of User Is Key in Risk Acceptance
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Milestone Decision Authorities
Internal vs. External
MDA
PEO
ACAT
Programs
AE
FW
II
NS
PT
RW
SW
Totals
22
40
20
7
23
66
178
9
14
5
2
0
7
37
ACAT
PEO MILDEP Other
*
2
19
4
4
0
42
71
9
0
3
1
14
4
31
2
7
8
0
9
13
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ACAT PM Totals
I
II
III
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
3
20
40
19
7
21
66
173
NonPrograms
ACAT
SOCOM MILDEP
and
Efforts
Projects
**
2
20
4
12
1
28
67
6
40
17
5
0
8
76
16
0
3
2
23
58
102
24
60
24
19
24
94
245
MDA –Other consists of two AT&L ACAT I programs and all programs being tracked that are TBD for the level
of MDA at this time
** Non-ACAT Efforts consists of projects that are tracked below ACAT level III
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State of Acquisition
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Crossroads or Crisis?
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Requirements Oversight
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What’s Changed
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Significant Challenges
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Keys to Success
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Crossroads or Crisis?
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New Perspective Required for New Security Threat
Environment
 Differentiate Rules for Less than ACAT I/II Programs…Accelerate
Requirements to Execution
 Implement “Common” Investment Profiles for Modification
Programs
 Replace Oversight Reporting with Transparency (Data &
Decisions)
 Encourage Innovation – Not Every Mistake Is Fraud, Waste or
Abuse
 Emphasize Agility & Best Value Within a Competitive Marketplace
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Requirements Oversight
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Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System
 “The JCIDS Process Has Also Proven to Be Lengthy, Taking an Average
Up to 10 Months to Validate a Need.” (GAO Report)
 JCS Metrics Show that 10 Months Is on the Low Side
 Nominally JCIDS Documents Are 50 Pages
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Dispensation by VCJCS for SOF Peculiar Capabilities
 JROC Kept Informed…SOCOM Has Approval
 Nine Paragraph Format Approved by Component CDR
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Process Truths
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Increased Oversight Does Not Translate to Better Products
Following Every Rule does not Guarantee Success
Early Failures Must Be Allowed with No Retribution
Every Failure Is Not a Case of Fraud, Waste or Abuse
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What’s Changed
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Users Actively Evolving TTPs and Expecting Immediate Response in
Equipment
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Operators Prefer the Portable Solutions
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We’re Less Likely to Pursue Long Term Government/Industry Development
Projects
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Large Percentage of Commercially Developed Aircraft Modified for SOF Use
Versus Military Aircraft Modified for SOF Use
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Component Resource Sponsoring Role
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Through Our Materiel Management Activity We Can Track MFP-11
Equipment from the Time It Is Fielded to Where It Is Currently Located –
Worldwide
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Forcing Service Common Items To Be Better Defined.
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Significant Challenges
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High Power, Low Weight, Fuel Efficient and Moderate Cost Engines for
Combatant Craft; Lightweight, Multi-Fuel, Submersible, 30 HP Outboard
Engines; High-Bandwidth Communications for Small Craft
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Looking at the Warrior as a System Instead of Individual Products
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Ammo – Require Smokeless, Flash Suppressant with Greater Accuracy and
Reliability
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There Are Only Two Companies Working Acceptable I2 Solutions in the US
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Next Generation Multi-Function C4I Devices
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Operational Leasing Legislation and Lease Duration Restrictions
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Increased Pace of Getting Technology and Capability Forward Outpaces the
Training and Support Base
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Still Using the Methods and Tools Used to Train the Last Generation
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Transition to Capability-Based Budgeting
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Keys to Success
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Abandon Legacy Systems/Practices
 Avoid Death Spiral Phenomenon
 Directed Purges Vice Proportional Cuts
 Force the Requirements Process to Adapt
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Establish Meaningful Metrics Thru Competitive Prototyping
 Avoid the SLA Trap on IT Systems
 Define the Operational Envelope of Reality vs Requirements
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Manage Expectations Vice Projects
 Primary Obstacles are Policy & Culture – Not Technology
 Portray User/Business Benefit – Not Technical Capability
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Cultivate the Workforce
 Commitment to Individual Training and Growth
 Certification Bonuses and Criteria
 Implement Adaptive Hiring Authorities
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SOF Industry Conference (SOFIC)
2-4 Jun 09
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Science & Technology Theme Designed to:
 Communicate USSOCOM Technology Development Objects
 Focus Industry Technology Development Efforts
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Keynote Presentations by:
 USSOCOM Acquisition Executive – Mr James Cluck
 USSOCOM Science Advisor – Mr William Shepherd
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USSOCOM Panel Discussions on:
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Command Control, Communications & Computers (C4)
Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR)
Mobility Platforms
SOF Individual Operator
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Industry Presentations on Current Technology Efforts
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For More Information Go to: www.meetingmattersplus.com/SOFIC09.htm
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