{"id":86457,"date":"2017-12-07T21:12:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/12\/07\/army-looks-to-cut-typical-acquisition-timeline-in-half\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:54:30","slug":"army-looks-to-cut-typical-acquisition-timeline-in-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/12\/07\/army-looks-to-cut-typical-acquisition-timeline-in-half\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army looks to cut typical acquisition timeline in half"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army is looking at how it can reduce by half what has turned into an unacceptably long timeline to deliver capabilities to soldiers in the field, according to the newly confirmed Army secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe process now to acquire something is maybe 10 to 15 years. 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So our aim would be to get it back to where it used to be as a starting point,\u201d Mark Esper said following a Dec. 7 Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on acquisition reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Specifically, Esper said during his testimony that the Army plans to reduce the time it takes to develop requirements for a typical acquisition program from five years to 12 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy for reducing the requirements development process so dramatically is to prototype capability early, test and then learn, he said. \u201cThat really sharpens your requirements process so you know exactly what is in the realm of the possible and how much it may cost, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army also plans to use soldiers more in testing prototypes to garner more productive feedback during a time when it\u2019s easy to change requirements or design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once requirements are ironed out, Esper added, \u201cyou can go quickly through the process and get into production, so that is where we see we can really cut the timelines off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted there are already examples cropping up in the Army\u2019s modernization efforts that show prototyping actually helps rapidly define requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, the Army\u2019s Joint Multi-Role demonstrator program \u2014 designed to help guide requirements for a Future Vertical Lift aircraft expected to come online in the 2030s \u2014 will see two industry-built prototypes fly next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2017\/10\/24\/armys-future-vertical-lift-you-cannot-use-a-cookie-cutter-acquisition-process\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" data-original-title=\"\" style=\"\">Army\u2019s Future Vertical Lift: \u2018You cannot use a cookie-cutter acquisition process\u2019<\/a>]<br><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we can give industry some reassurance that there will be a contract on the other end, that there are dollars committed behind it, then I think you will see a lot more industry putting their dollars into the game and getting us there quickly,\u201d Esper said. \u201cWhat we are trying to do is improve collaboration with industry. That is how we see it moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One way the Army is instilling confidence in industry that there is money to be spent on acquisition programs is defining its six modernization priorities: Long-Range Precision Fires; next-generation combat vehicle; Future Vertical Lift; the network; air and missile defense; and soldier lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The priorities provide a clear picture to industry on where Army investments should be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s new Futures Command \u2014 which will stand up in the summer of 2018 to address those top six modernization priorities \u2014 is the mechanism by which the service hopes to see acquisition reform take shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[<a 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