Abstract
AbstractMilitary acquisition has long emphasized the portion of the life cycle between the Request for Proposal (RFP) and Initial Operational Capability (IOC). In response to changing political and economic realities during the 1980s, though, much of the Services' own performance of many technical acquisition tasks devolved to management of contractor efforts. After a number of aircraft accidents in the mid‐ to late 1990s were traced to breakdowns in these processes, the Air Force issued new policy stressing the need to apply Systems Engineering (SE) discipline during later life cycle phases. Significant cost and schedule overruns on major programs, and resultant intense Congressional scrutiny, engendered several initiatives to restore technical and programmatic credibility throughout the entire Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition enterprise. This paper recounts the Air Force's approach to modernizing engineering and technical management policy and practices over the 2000–2006 timeframe, and provides a glimpse of key highlights of their roadmap for the next several years.
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