{"id":32284,"date":"2021-10-12T16:13:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T16:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/12\/affordable-hypersonics-small-business-and-sustainment-lead-dod-tech-chiefs-priorities\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:38:29","slug":"affordable-hypersonics-small-business-and-sustainment-lead-dod-tech-chiefs-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2021\/10\/12\/affordable-hypersonics-small-business-and-sustainment-lead-dod-tech-chiefs-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Affordable\u2019 hypersonics, small business and sustainment lead DoD tech chief\u2019s priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 The new undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2021\/04\/27\/biden-picking-shyu-for-dod-research-and-engineering-chief\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heidi Shyu<\/a>, has laid out some of her top priorities for the Pentagon in its innovation race with China during the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual meeting Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Experimentation:<\/b> Next year, Shyu wants to launch a series of annual rapid joint experiments to quickly field new weapon systems. Based on capability gaps and scenarios identified by the Joint Staff and geographic combatant commanders, Shyu\u2019s office collected 200 ideas from the services for capabilities, and she wants to experiment with the best 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u2019s seeking an undisclosed amount of fiscal 2023 funding to hold the first one, where troops will assess the products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf there\u2019s utility, then let\u2019s head toward rapid fielding,\u201d she said. \u201cIf you want to add some additional capability where you go through one more cycle \u2026 we plan to do [that] every single year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sustainment costs:<\/b> To drive down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/10\/05\/air-force-pick-pledges-to-tackle-f-35-sustainment-costs-back-nuclear-modernization-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">sustainment costs<\/a> for weapon systems, Shyu is seeking to create a new sustainment director position \u2015 and, to that same end, she\u2019s emphasizing additive manufacturing; modular, open systems; and breakthroughs in more durable materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The armed services collectively face tens of billions of dollars in sustainment costs that they project will be unaffordable, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gao.gov\/products\/gao-21-439\" target=\"_blank\">Government Accountability Office reported<\/a> in July. For example, the Air Force needs to reduce estimated annual per-plane costs by $3.7 million, or 47 percent, by 2036; otherwise, costs in that year alone will be $4.4 billion more than it can afford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Supporting small business:<\/b> Shyu is asking Congress for more flexibility in the funding to bring research and development projects to the market. That effort is performed through Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shyu wants there to be a special new tranche of funding that would continue supporting the most promising projects that are not quite ready for Phase III, aimed at commercialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shyu \u2015 a former Army acquisition chief turned private consultant \u2015 said working with small companies made her realize how difficult it is for them to navigate the Department of defense. She hailed the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, which has performed matchmaking between acquisition program officers and small companies. Those small firms are paid $5,000 to brief officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce you go through a scoring process, they will take the best in class of the ideas they really want, and they get the full funding to move ahead,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is a great process, but it took time for them to learn and figure out what\u2019s the best process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u201cAffordable\u201d hypersonic weapons:<\/b> Days after the Army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2021\/10\/07\/dark-eagle-has-landed-us-army-finishes-equipping-first-unit-with-hypersonic-capability-minus-the-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">completed its delivery<\/a> of the first Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, dubbed \u201cDark Eagle,\u201d to a unit, Shyu expressed confidence the service will fully field it on time, by 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy, which co-designed a common hypersonic missile with the Army, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/training-sim\/2021\/08\/26\/us-navy-tests-second-stage-rocket-motor-for-hypersonic-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\">plans to field a ship-launched capability in 2023<\/a>. \u201cI just want to see the same capability fielded rapidly by the Navy as well,\u201d Shyu said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon\u2019s FY22 budget request for hypersonic research was $3.8 billion, up from $3.2 billion in the FY21 request. With the services worrying about the costs, Shyu said she wants to help industry focus on developing \u201caffordable hypersonics materials and processes to drive down costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we start to buy more than onesies and twosies, the price curve will come down.\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, Heidi Shyu, laid out some of her top priorities for the Pentagon in its innovation race with China at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual meeting on 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