ASDC3I C4ISR TRANSITION WORKING GROUP SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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ASDC3I C4ISRTRANSITION WORKING GROUP SUMMARY
AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• WORKING GROUP REGARDING THE ACQUISITION AND
  DEPLOYMENT OF EXPERIMENT
• GOLD NUGGET TECHNOLOGIES
• MARCH 31, 2000

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C4ISR WORKING GROUP MEMBERSTRANSITION
GROUP

• GERALD DOUGLAS LOCKHEED MARTIN
• CHRIS BEHRE OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY
• RANDY BROOKS GENERAL DYNAMICS
• FRANK CREASER UNISYS
• TOM GANDY GENERAL DYNAMICS
• GREG LARSEN IDA
• TERRY MAYFIELD IDA
• KATHY McDONALD DARPA
• BOB MYER UNISYS
• JANE POWERS LOCKHEED MARTIN
• BILL SEIG ETAS
• GARY WHEATLEY EVIDENCE BASED RESEARCH
• OUR MOST SINCERE THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED !!

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C4ISR WORKING GROUP PROBLEM
TRANSITION GROUP
EXPERIMENTS (JEFX, JWID, ETC ) FREQUENTLY YIELD
TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS THAT ARE REASONABLY
MATURE AND SATISFY A MILITARY NEED. VERY FEW OF
THESE GET PROCURED AND FIELDED. WHY CANT THESE
GOLD NUGGETS GET PROCURED AND FIELDED
QUICKLY? CAN WE RECOMMEND SOMETHING THAT ASDC3I,
USD AT, OR OTHERS CAN DO TO QUICKLY PROCURE
GOLD NUGGETS ? AND , CAN IT BE DONE IN CY 2000?
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C4ISR WORKING GROUP APPROACH
TRANSITION GROUP

• CONSIDER EXPERIENCES OF MEMBERS AND OTHERS.
• REACH OUT FOR SERVICES EXPERIENCES
• REVIEW CLINGER - COHEN
• REVIEW 5000.X REVISIONS
• CHARECTERIZE THE PROBLEM, IF THERE IS ONE.

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C4ISR WORKING GROUP RESULTS
TRANSITION GROUP

• THE PROBLEM IS REAL. GOLD NUGGETS ARE NOT
  MOVING TO OPERATIONAL USE VERY FAST OR VERY
  OFTEN.
• TECHNOLOGY IS SELDOM THE PROBLEM.
• THERE IS NO RELIABLE, VIABLE FAST TRACK PROCESS
  TO RAPIDLY MOVE FROM EXPERIMENT TO FIELD.
• THE REVISIONS TO 5000.X DO NOT ADDRESS THIS
  PROBLEM.
• CLINGER - COHEN DOES NOT CONVEY ACQUISITION
  AUTHORITY TO ASDC3I.
• TESTING IS A PROBLEM - TAKES MUCH TOO MUCH TIME.
• THE ILITIES AND TRAINING NEED TO BE DEALT WITH.
• THE POM/ACQUISITON CYCLE IS LONGER THAN THE LIFE
  OF MANY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.

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C4ISR WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS
TRANSITION GROUP

• EXPAND AND STERNGTHEN THE ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
  OF ASDC3I-CIO IN THIS REGARD.
• ASDC3I COULD FORM AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  CLEARING HOUSE TO SERVICE ALL SERVICES AND
  AGENCIES.
• ESTABLISH A FAST TRACK PROCESS. INCLUDE IN
  5000.X
• PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ACCEPTABLE ILITIES.
• PROVIDE SUPPORT TO DOTE TO DEVELOP FAST TRACK
  TEST PARAMETERS .
• CAPITALIZE AND SUPPORT SOME EXISTING/EMERGING
  PROCEDURES THAT WORK SOMEWHAT.
• ACTD ACC/JBC ARMY CTSF USAF/ESC
  PROBABLY OTHERS
• MAKE THIS AN INTEGRAL PART OF A BROADER C4ISR
  ACQUISITION PROCESS REVOLUTION

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C4ISR WORKING GROUP SUMMARY
TRANSITION GROUP
C4ISR SYSTEMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE
DEPENDENT ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, MUCH OF IT
COTS. WE MUST ALL LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH IT
FASTER AND BETTER. OUR PROCESSES MUST UNDERGO
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. TINKERING AROUND THE EDGES
IS NOT SUFFICIENT. WE MUST TAKE BOLD STEPS !!