Make sure you packed a lunch before you start this post. Follow me down the rabbit hole and, hurry. We are already late!
A veritable alphabet soup of acronyms and agencies were
represented at the “Net Zero to the Tactical Edge” conference at Arizona State
University this week. My goal in this
post is to toss out the bread crumbs that might possibly lead business along
the path to find the holy grail of the defense industry: adoption as a (fanfare
of trumpets) “Program of Record” .
Before I go through the litany, here is a quick program
reminder. There are two sides to the
Army: Civilian and Military. The
Secretary of the Army is over all in charge and civilian leadership reports to
him. The Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA, ALT) reports to the Sec Army. ASA, ALT’s job is to turn requirements in to
things for the Army. On the uniformed side, the Chief of Staff
(CSA) of the Army is the senior soldier in the Army, but not a commander. The Deputy Chiefs of Staff for Operations is
the G3 and the DCS, Logistics is the G4 and they report to the CSA. The Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is
responsible for translating warfighter needs into requirements documents that
allow the acquisition world to program money in order to buy stuff to meet the
requirements. TRADOC reports to CSA. Questions?
The various groups who presented represented each of these
three constituencies. The key groups
were the REF, LIA, TRADOC, BMC, and Program Managers for the following areas: Mobile
Electric Power, Soldier and Force Sustainment Systems. All the presentations are here.
Here are the players.
1.
REF – Rapid Equipping Force working for the
Army’s Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (G3), reports to Vice Chief of Staff, Army
a.
Finding technology solutions to commanders’
immediate battlefield needs. The REF does not have a public facing website so
they can only be reached when they come out of their burrows to see if there
will be 6 more weeks of winter. Will keep you posted.
b.
Interests: Any system not already under
consideration.
2.
LIA –
Logistics Innovative Agency, a Field Operating Agency of the Army’s Deputy
Chief of Staff for Logistics (G4)
a.
LIA's mission is to continually examine the
Army's logistics capabilities, and find ways that might make it more effective
and/or efficient. LIA identifies
logistics solutions that address emerging and future needs. They also have the
operational energy portfolio. If you
have an energy good idea, send it to LOIA-ZXI.NCLT@conus.army.mil
. They will point you in the right
direction.
b.
Interests: Any system not already under
consideration.
3.
NIE/BMC - Network
Integration Experimentation is a program under the Brigade Modernization
Command. BMC works for the Army
Capabilities Integration Center which is part of TRADOC. The BMC works closely with System of Systems
Integration (SoSI) Directorate which is part of the Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.
a.
The NIE is the first in a series of semi-annual
evaluations designed to integrate and mature the Army’s tactical network and is
a key element of the Army’s emerging Network Strategy.
b.
On 11 Jan, 2012, the U.S. Army, through the
System of Systems Integration (SoSI) Directorate, announced that it is seeking
interested industry and government
sources with mature solutions to enhance existing network systems
capabilities to participate in the Network
Integration Evaluation (NIE) 13.1 event, scheduled to occur in Oct/Nov 2012
at Fort Bliss, Texas and White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), N.M. The NIE is a
series of semi-annual evaluations designed to further integrate and mature the
Army’s tactical network, and accelerate and improve the way network
technologies are delivered to Soldiers.
c.
The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to
identify emerging capabilities to be evaluated against a set of entrance
criteria for an opportunity to participate in NIE 13.1. This Sources Sought
seeks solutions with a narrow focus
d.
Interests: Any system not already under
consideration.
a.
TCM-Soldier provides intensive system management
of everything worn, consumed or carried for individual Soldier use in a
tactical environment to maximize lethality, command and control, survivability,
sustainment, and mobility, and training.
b.
Interests: Soldier Power.
a.
TRADOC’s AEWE provides capability developers,
the science and technology community and industry a repeatable, credible, rigorous
and validated operational experiment venue to assess possible solutions for
capability gaps in concepts and materiel development efforts. AEWE is focused on the Squad and soldier
capability.
b.
Interests: Soldier Power.
6.
CBITEC - Contingency Basing Integration Technology Evaluation
Center - Army G4 Logistics Innovation
Agency and Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign,
IL.
a.
Army G4 Logistics Innovation Agency provided funding
to USACE (CERL and Kansas City District) to design, construct and operate a
full scale contingency base at Fort Leonard Wood, MO to conduct demonstration,
assessment and evaluation of contingency basing capabilities and technologies (power,
environmental, sustainable construction, force protection) that support Army
requirements and future acquisition decisions. This facility will also provide
a training venue to military units and Engineer School students to learn
sustainable base operations. CERL supports the Maneuver Support Center of
Excellence by preparing a CBITEC master plan, technology evaluation plan, and
providing a project manager, to be located at FLW, for the longterm operation
of the facility.
b.
Interests: Basing Power.
a.
PM-MEP’s mission is to provide standardized tactical
electric power and environmental control capabilities to the Department of
Defense in support of National Security.
For the Acquisition community, PM-MEP provides modernized,
technologically advanced, tactical, diesel fueled, lightweight, portable,
reliable, rugged, power generating systems in a variety of sizes from 2
kilowatts (kW) to 840 kW. They also are responsible for power distribution
hardware. They will be the ultimate
arbiter of energy systems for adoption by all of DOD.
b.
Interests: Acquiring products as required by
TRADOC. 2kW and larger.
8.
BCIL – The
Base Camp Integration Lab, operated by PM, Force Sustainment Systems in Fort
Devens, MA. The BCIL works for
Acquisition Corps.
a.
The 10-acre BCIL features a pair of Force
Provider 150-person Expeditionary Base Camp modules modeled after forward
operating bases in Afghanistan. One module is designated as the baseline
control module set in the current configuration. The other module is designated
as the new technologies test bed in an operational environment. Service members
training at Ft. Devens will occupy the BCIL’s base camp, allowing for the
integration and evaluation of immediate and future integrated expeditionary CB
solutions in a realistic environment. The BCIL will provide data to
substantiate and support all aspects (technologies, training, installation,
maintenance, etc.) for the rapid fielding of solution sets integrated into
currently deployed, developmental, and future expeditionary force sustainment
and basing solutions.
b.
In order to participate in the process,
vendors must first find a government partner who can access the BCIL website to
download the application that the vendor then submits. Really?
So now I have to do business development twice? And does it have to be someone in the
acquisition community that sponsors me or can I go find a buddy in the
Department of Education to download the forms.
Typically, when I see something that appears to be stupid, I assume I
don’t understand it and then go to school to educate myself. If, after I do that, it still appears stupid,
it is probably stupid. I am still studying this one.
I appreciate how byzantine this all appears, but I assure you it
is light years ahead of the situation that existed five years ago when there was little or no energy related cross talk. In my one
on one meeting with the REF, I complained loudly (if tongue in cheek), that they were putting me out
of the business of helping people understand this system. Looking back over this, I am not changing my
business model anytime soon! Dan Nolan
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