ESC Role in Technology Development

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ESC Role in Technology Development
Air Force Materiel Command

• Lt Gen Ted Bowlds
• ESC/CC
• 3 Sep 09

Integrity ? Service ? Excellence
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Shape Technology Investment
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Enablers
Investment Strategy
Tech Dev Enablers
ESC Technology Investment Decisions

• Partnership w/ AFRL
• Disseminate ESC Needs
• ID linkage w/ Industry
• Deconflict w/ AFRL Investments
• Monitor Industrial Innovation

• PEO C2 CS Allocation
• Stimulate technological innovation
• Use small business to meet Federal RD needs

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Acquisition in the New World

• Characteristics
• Venture Capitalists in Nature
• Very Quick Reaction Days vs Weeks
• Rely on Judgment, Not Process

• Characteristics
• Common Denominator Of Requirements
• Structure To Ensure Service (Info Assurance
  Data Integrity)
• Necessary Oversight And Standards

• Characteristics
• SOA Based Applications
• Quick Reaction
• Presume Data Integrity

Traditional Acquisition
Lab/SB
Applications
Applications
Quick Reaction
Innovation Across The Spectrum
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Some ESC IT Technology Needs

• Tactical Broadband Wireless Solutions at Forward
  Operating Bases
• Addressing Scheme to enable Tactical Data Network
  (TDN)-Internet Protocol (IP)-Voice Bridging
• Item Unique Identification/ Unique Item
  Identifier
• Radio Frequency Identification

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A Venture Capital Approach

• Leveraging other peoples money
• SBIRs
• MITRE MOIEs MSRs
• IRAD
• CRADA
• Leveraging Venture Capital activities
• DeVenci
• In-Q-Tel
• OnPoint

Ongoing
In Planning
Novel Approaches To Identify Innovative Solutions
For ESC Technical Problems
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Technology Open House

• Objective To illustrate netcentric ops through
  application of technologies against an
  operational scenario The Art of the Possible
  and the Now
• How Presentation of compelling demonstrations
  virtualizations developed through collaboration
  between warfighters, technologists acquirers
• Process
• Users create a vignette illustrating netcentric
  TTPs CONOPs (requirements)
• Technologies are found via SBIRs, DARPA, CRADAs,
  A/JCTDs, PoRs, experiments, etc.
• Technologies are horizontally integrated with
  user as part of the build
• Standards, products, architectures, process
  models, etc become GFP/GFI to PoRs or warfighter
  units

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Persistent Virtual Warfighter Environment (PVWE)
2. Role Playing
Vignette
Technology Open House
Vendor X
1. Participant Guidelines
Collaboration Space
User Centric
3. Requirements
Tailored Solutions Horizontally Integrated
4. Build
Enabling Technologies Unique Configurations