ACQUISITION UPDATE
Commanders’ Decision Roundtable
4-5 NOV 2014
Mr. Jim Smith, Deputy Director for Acquisition
– Mr. Tony Davis, Director of Science and Technology
– LTC Tom Ballenger, Deputy Director of Science and Technology
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Agenda
• S&T Vision
• Strategy Overview
• Current / Future
S&T Projects
• Take Aways for Commanders
• Advanced Manufacturing Initiative
• Take Aways for Commanders
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SOCOM S&T Vision
Discover, Enable, and Transition
technologies to provide an asymmetric
advantage for Special Operations Forces
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Strategy Overview
Understand Gaps
Technology
Gaps
Component &
TSOC Gaps
PEO
Gaps
Threat-Related
Gaps
Discover
Enable
Transition
Involve Warfighters
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Understand Technology
• Scouting
• Roadmaps
• Red Team
• Internal Projects
• External Projects
• Studies
• PEOs
• Military Services
• Enablers, COI, OGA, DoD
Increase Speed
Develop Solutions
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Deliver
“Game Changing”
Technology
Maximize
Leverage (DoD,
Industry,
Academia,
Partner Nations)
Execute
Planned
Transitions
Manage Risk
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Current S&T Projects
HUMAN
PERFORMANCE
FIRES
C4
MOBILITY
JOINT ACQUISITION
TASK FORCE (JATF)
Physiological Status
Monitoring for Mission
Planning Support
Case, Directional
Fragmentation APERS
‘Mini-Claymore’
Multiple In Multiple Out (MIMO)
Mobile Ad Hoc Network
(MANET) Radio
UAV Noise Abatement
Tactical Assault Light
Operator Suit (TALOS)
MK IA, IB, IC / MK II
SENSORS
Gunship Wind-Sense
BIOMEDICAL
Freeze Dried Plasma
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SEW
Maritime Disablement
Operations – Polymer Kelp
JCTD
Jolted Tactics JCTD
SBIR
Rapid DNA
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FY15 New S&T Projects
HUMAN
PERFORMANCE
Human Performance
and Information
Technology ((HPINFO)
Mode
FIRES
C4
MOBILITY
JOINT ACQUISITION
TASK FORCE (JATF)
Advanced Armor
Urban Breaching Round
VHF/UHF Magnetically Coupled
Antennas
SENSORS
BIOMEDICAL
SEW
VAWD Sense Through
Obstruction Remote
Monitoring Systems
(STORMS)
Lightweight, Rugged,
Compressible, and Easy
to Use Freeze Dried
Plasma (FDP)
Harbinger Increment IV
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Advanced Angel Armor Vehicular
JCTD
Cargo Pocket ISR (CP-ISR)
JCTD
Tactical Assault Light
Operator Suit (TALOS)
MK III
SBIR
Small Lightweight
Concealable Stabilization
Device
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Take Away for Commanders
• S&T Strategy will concentrate on engagement and
coordination with SOF user community and PEOs
• Increased focus on leveraging external organizations to
invest R&D on SOCOM gaps and priorities
• Component/TSOC participation in the S&T Council is your
voice in how we spend S&T $$
• SORDAC is developing PEO technology roadmaps to sync
S&T investments with warfighter requirements gaps
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Questions/Discussion
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USOCOM Advanced Manufacturing
Vision: Enable the Global SOF Network with distributed use
of networked advanced design and manufacturing tools
Objective: Empowered units and individuals solving
problems and implementing solutions at the point of need
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In Use Today
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In Use Today
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USSOCOM Advanced Manufacturing
1 Empower Existing Users
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Contract Vehicles for Support
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Licenses and Hardware
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Focused On-Site Training
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Portal and Library
2 Develop the Workforce
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Training in Design and Mfg
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Enable OJT
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Inform Commanders
3 Connect and Expand
Equip and Enable
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Echeloned Mfg Tools
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Software Licenses
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Strong SOF Network
4 Respond and Adapt
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Avoid Surprise
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Exploit Developments
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Initial Concept
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Problem Statements
Design Ideas
Training Needs
Other Support Requests
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Problem Statements
Design Ideas
Training Needs
Other Support Requests
$
Network of Capable
Enablers ($)
• Design Solutions
• Products or Prototypes
• Training
Network of Worldwide
Customers
Wounded Warrior AM
Support Cell
• Design Solutions
• Products or Prototypes
• Training / Guidance
Referrals
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Take Away for Commanders
• Advanced Manufacturing (AM) provides Point of Need
empowerment for small distributed units and individuals
• Already in use; SOF problem solvers are making it work
independently at the unit level
• SOCOM can enable enterprise-level AM efficiencies
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Network
Training
Software Licenses
Equipment
Policy
• Preparing to address AM support in POM 17
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Questions/Discussion
Backups Follow
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Wounded Warrior AM Support Cell Detail
Wounded Warrior AM
Support Cell
• 1-10 Wounded Warriors
• Operating space (501E, UTB, other)
• Office Space: ST and/or UTB
• Personnel Support
• Communications
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NIPR, SIPR, ACCM, Phone (black and red)
• IT Equipment
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Standard workstations
Non-networked design stations
Servers or server space for digital library
• AM Equipment
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Could begin with none, grow to poly and
metal
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Rating chain, UCMJ, etc
Advocacy
Transition support
“Top Cover”
• Mandate or Charter to operate
• Training
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OSD, America Makes, Crane, ORNL
Establish and internalize training program
• Funding
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Training, travel, shipping
Raw materials
Task support for enablers
• Engineering and Acquisition Oversight
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Efforts to Date
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Completed an initial International Design Exchange with AUS SOF
Follow-on international effort in planning for weapon/vehicle integration
Two separate 3D Printing capabilities at Technical Experimentation 14-3
– RDECOM and REF both had multiple printers, design tools, and support
staff. Affordable, capable, useful
Participated in the facility planning estimate with PEO SRSE and TALOS for
an offsite lab
Site visits with the Care Coalition to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Rich
Robertson, Dr. Frederick) and America Makes (Matt Mullins)
Interviewed a Wounded Warrior candidate for initial cell manning
Initial staffing of a Statement of Work to America Makes for workforce
training
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