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Effective DoD Acquisition Needs Less Noise … Part 2

Marv's Smart Future

The well-known valley of death between the DARPA or Military Service Science & Technology (S&T) development and military Programs of Record (PORs) is the result of the high-entropy, high-noise channel, that sits between S&T and the bureaucratic DoD acquisition system. SECDEF Robert McNamara Jan 1061-Feb 1968.

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Navy Acquisition Can Easily Be Fixed

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can no longer remain ahead while fielding and sustaining 3, 4, or even 5 generation old information technology. To turn this around “speed to capability” should be the primary program metric, with cost, performance, and schedule as secondary metrics.