SecDef overhauls acquisition requirements process, JCIDS changes

The Pentagon is killing the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process. The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC), which oversees that process, will stop validating component-level requirement documents. An Aug 20 memo titled, "Reforming the Joint Requirements Process to Accelerate Fielding of Warfighting Capabilities" lays out the objective and need for reform: "...to streamline and accelerate the joint force needs, work with industry earlier in the process, and better integrate requirements determination and resource prioritization to make better budgeting decisions." A new Requirements and Resourcing Alignment Board (RRAB), co-chaired by the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the deputy defense secretary, "shall select topics from the top-ranked KOP [key operational problems] and nominations from the co-chairs to perform analysis, issue programming guidance, and recommend allocation of funding from the Joint Acceleration Reserve (JAR)." Former deputy undersecretary of defense for industrial policy Bill Greenwalt of American Enterprise Institute, said that by shutting down the JCIDS, individual services again have validation authority over their bigger-ticket programs..." and "the move could ultimately cut through red tape and endless stacks of joint validated memos that wither on the shelf." Eric Felt, former director of architecture and integration in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, commented: "There are three processes that are broken: acquisition, requirements, and budgeting. All three must be fixed ... This memo takes a sledgehammer to the second problem, the requirements bureaucracy that had become the pacing process for many new programs," https://lnkd.in/eta44N9t #defenseindustry #procurementreform #defenseinnovation #defensebudget

JCIDS may be excessively slow and bureaucratic but what it provides is important. Eliminating the Joint Requirements Oversight Council shortens the timeline but increases the chance of duplications and omissions. Certain technologies are indeed moving so quickly that extreme decentralization is necessary. Others can still benefit from a more deliberate approach with "adult supervision." Consideration could be given to which types of acquisitions need different approaches. The "valley of death" isn't just a factor of time, it's also one of funding. Sudden fluctuations and changes in direction with DoD budgets can make companies less willing to take risk. Much of this comes down to thinking of acquisition from a capability standpoint vice a hardware standpoint. You don't necessarily need X widget, but you need to have capabilities A, B, and C that it provides. DoD needs to need to plan the FYDP budget and communicate its enduring requirements to industry accordingly. https://lnkd.in/d_9N_QSX

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