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Consensus
·2016
The Air Force (USAF) has continuously sought to improve the speed with which it develops new capabilities to accomplish its various missions in air, space, and cyberspace. Historically, innovation has been a key part of USAF strategy, and operating within an adversary's OODA loop (observe, orient, d...
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Description
An ad hoc committee will be formed to:
(1). Define the current state of practice of experimentation within the Air Force (AF).
(2). Assess the role of experimentation in the innovation life-cycle and address how it can support the Air Force’s future technology requirements.
(3). Evaluate the role of risk management and experimentation in the innovation life cycle.
(4). Evaluate current legislative, organizational or other barriers that limit the use of experimentation within the AF.
(5). Review and recommend best practices for incentivizing experimentation based on an assessment of comparable S&T organizations.
(6). Recommend metrics that can be implemented across the AF to monitor and assess the use and value of experimentation.
In addition the committee will address any other factors deemed to be relevant such as organizational structure or concepts of operation that could enhance the likelihood of successfully implementing a robust experimentation program within the Air Force acquisition community.
Contributors
Committee
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Sponsors
Department of Defense
Staff
George Coyle
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Major units and sub-units
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Air Force Studies Board
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