Acquisition 'Reforms' for the New Administration: Creating a 21st Century Transformation

摘要

CHANGES DRIVING SECURITY TRANSFORMATION: Holistic View of Security * World-wide terrorism; pandemics; weapons proliferation; rogue nuclear states; energy dependence; insurgencies; environment; mass migration; regional conflicts; transnational threats; resource access (i.e., water, critical materials) * New Missions * Homeland defense; missile defense; counterinsurgency; stability and reconstruction; civilian cybersecurity; nonkinetic situational influence of operations * Unpredictability * Requiring agility, rapid responsiveness, broad-based capability * Defense Budget Changes * From Equipment to Personnel, O&M and Homeland Security; frequent changes cloud spending outlook and planning * Technological Changes * Info. tech, biotech, nano-tech, robotics, high-energy lasers, etc. - and every warfighter and platform a 'node' in a system-of-systems * Warfighting Changes * Net- Centric Warfare; Asymmetric warfare (bio, cyber, IEDs); Systems-of-Systems; Joint and coalition operations; evolving doctrine requiring frontline decision- making * Intelligence Changes * Integrated data; open sources; Language and culture understanding; real-time intel flow between soldier/sensors and command structure.