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While there are examples of successful weapon systems acquisition programs within the U.S. Air Force (USAF), many of the programs are still incurring cost growth, schedule delays, and performance problems. The USAF now faces serious challenges in acquiring and maintaining its weapons systems as it s...
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An ad hoc committee of inter-disciplinary experts will be formed to:
1. Identify the strategic value to the U.S. Air Force in properly controlling, as well as the risk of not controlling, the technical baselines of its programs.
2. Investigate how others (e.g., services, government agencies, and commercial industry) control technical baselines and provide an assessment on the most promising mechanisms for potential application within the U.S. Air Force.
3. Recommend ways to remove or remediate barriers across the U.S. Air Force, such as barriers identified in Owning the Technical Baseline for Acquisition Programs in the U.S. Air Force: A Workshop, to properly control the technical baselines of future programs.
4. Recommend ways for the U.S. Air Force to assess and adopt any identified methods for controlling the technical baselines across its acquisition programs.
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Committee
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Committee Membership Roster Comments
Sponsors
Department of Defense
Staff
Andrew Kreeger
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Air Force Studies Board
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