The Army has paired staffers from its research and development community with the requirements community as a way to improve development on new Army platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith respect to the appreciation of what\u2019s going on out in the technology [sector], that\u2019s the purpose of bringing [Research, Development and Engineering Command] closer to the requirements community so they can show \u2018Here\u2019s the challenge that I have, the capability I\u2019m striving for. Here\u2019s what\u2019s available on the market,\u2019\u201d Ryan McCarthy, the undersecretary of the Army, said at the AUSA Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama March 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This synergy will help better advise the requirements developers, which has been a major focus for the Army as it looks to modernize and deploy new capabilities faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll bring together the technologists who will have the ability to better be able to advise the requirements writers on the state of technology, the advancements of technology whether the technology is being done in house to the Army or whether they\u2019re being done by international partners, academia, or through private industry,\u201d Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, commander of RDECOM told C4ISRNET at the symposium. \u201cYou\u2019ll have a better opportunity to do that to help shape the requirements development process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, the technology community can inform the requirements community if a technology already exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe more we understand through our experimental prototyping efforts, the capabilities that we\u2019re going after, the more you can buy down risk in defining your requirements and then perhaps pass a better product to our industry partners,\u201d Wins said. \u201c[We can] say, \u2018Hey this is what we\u2019re looking for in the way of a capability.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Winns added this approach may also help eliminate the criticisms that the requirements process is too prescriptive and not descriptive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEventually we\u2019ve got to get to a requirements document but a lot of the feedback we get is the requirements are so prescribed that it doesn\u2019t really allow the innovation that we want to have,\u201d Gen. James McConville, the Army\u2019s vice chief of staff, said at the symposium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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