Download or read book Software Technology Readiness Assessments Managing Technology Risks in Space System Acquisitions written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) is an important factor in the milestone decisions of the defense acquisition system. The Department of Defense (DOD) offers substantial direction on assessing hardware technologies in its TRA Deskbook. However, with respect to software, particularly software used in space systems, the guidance has proven to be weak and ambiguous. The objective of this report is to offer tangible guidance on establishing Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) for space software and provide further insights into all dimensions of technology risk mitigation. To illustrate key points, a comparison of technology risk management within conunercial, market-driven companies versus currently codified risk management methods of the defense acquisition community is provided.
Download or read book Space Acquisitions DOD s Goals for Resolving Space Based Infrared System Software Problems are Ambitious written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DOD has assessed various alternatives for mitigating SBIRS flight software problems and developed a way forward to implement the program's software redesign and oversee its development. In April 2008, DOD approved the overall software redesign effort which was to address problems with the original design that affected the timing of stored programs, distribution of control between processors, and failure at the hardware interface level. Review teams comprised of personnel from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; Aerospace Corporation; Lockheed Martin Corporate; Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center Wing; and Software Engineering Institute evaluated the designs to ensure the technical solutions, software requirements, development approach, and readiness of the test facilities were of adequate quality. Currently, DOD and the contractor are working to implement the simplified architecture, develop additional software, and test elements critical to the integration and test of systems. DOD has also undertaken several initiatives to improve its program oversight and to help it better manage the development, such as acting on several recommendations identified in an Independent Program Assessment to address weaknesses in management responsibility, accountability, and organizational structure, and establishing a dedicated execution team with a focus on managing the first satellite effort.
Download or read book Space Acquisitions written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense acquisitions improvements needed in space systems acquisition management policy written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technology Readiness Assessment Guide Best Practices for Evaluating the Readiness of Technology for Use in Acquisition Programs and Projects 703694 written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Space Acquisitions DoD Faces Substantial Challenges in Developing New Space Systems written by Cristina T. Chaplain and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of large-scale acquisition programs in the DoD space portfolio have experienced problems during the past two decades that have driven up cost and schedules and increased technical risks. The cost resulting from acquisition problems has resulted in cancellations of programs that were expected to require investments of tens of billions of dollars. Many programs are experiencing significant schedule delays resulting in potential capability gaps in areas such as positioning, navigation, and timing; missile warning; and weather monitoring. This testimony focuses on: (1) the condition of space acquisitions; (2) causal factors; and (3) recommend. for better positioning programs and industry for success. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Space Systems Acquisition and the Industrial Base written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Strategic Forces Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense acquisitions incentives and pressures that drive problems affecting satellite and related acquisitions written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Space Acqusitions DOD Delivering New Generations of Satellites but Space System Acquisition Challenges Remain Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee on Armed Services U S Senate written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Systems Engineering and Risk Management in Control Systems Communication Space Technology Missile Security and Defense Operations written by Anna M. Doro-on and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides multifaceted components and full practical perspectives of systems engineering and risk management in security and defense operations with a focus on infrastructure and manpower control systems, missile design, space technology, satellites, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and space security. While there are many existing selections of systems engineering and risk management textbooks, there is no existing work that connects systems engineering and risk management concepts to solidify its usability in the entire security and defense actions. With this book Dr. Anna M. Doro-on rectifies the current imbalance. She provides a comprehensive overview of systems engineering and risk management before moving to deeper practical engineering principles integrated with newly developed concepts and examples based on industry and government methodologies. The chapters also cover related points including design principles for defeating and deactivating improvised explosive devices and land mines and security measures against kinds of threats. The book is designed for systems engineers in practice, political risk professionals, managers, policy makers, engineers in other engineering fields, scientists, decision makers in industry and government and to serve as a reference work in systems engineering and risk management courses with focus on security and defense operations.
Download or read book Space Acquisitions written by Cristina T. Chaplain and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be competitive in the global economy, the U.S. relies heavily on innovation through research and development (R&D). The Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 established the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to stimulate technological innovation among small businesses. SBIR offers one avenue for introducing technological innovation in the DoD space sector. This report assessed: (1) the extent to which DoD is utilizing the SBIR program to develop and transition space-related technologies; and (2) whether small businesses face challenges to participating in the space industrial base. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.
Download or read book Department of Defense Acquisition Policy written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Space Acquisitions written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Strategic Forces Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Defense written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SBIR program allocates 2.5 percent of 11 federal agencies' extramural R&D budgets to fund R&D projects by small businesses, providing approximately $2 billion annually in competitive awards. At the request of Congress, the National Academies conducted a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs. Drawing substantially on new data collection, this book examines the SBIR program at the Department of Defense and makes recommendations for improvements. Separate reports will assess the SBIR program at NSF, NIH, DOE, and NASA, respectively, along with a comprehensive report on the entire program.
Download or read book Technology Readiness Levels written by European Space Research and Technology Centre and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectively evaluating and managing science and technology risk and the maturation of critical new technologies are critical to the success of advanced technology systems development projects. Systems that depend upon the application of new technologies inevitably face three major challenges during development: performance, schedule and budget. Technology R&D programs are typically advocated on the argument that early investments in technology will substantially reduce the uncertainty in all three of these dimensions of project management. In this context, therefore, a metric is needed in order to support the evaluation of the maturity of a given technology within the scope of the envisaged application. The technology readiness levels (TRLs) defined in this handbook are intended to provide an answer to this need.
Download or read book Managing Uncertainty written by Robert L. Laughman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The defense acquisition system may be improved through tough, sometimes controversial, decision making based on risk. Three areas of risk management will be examined in the form of good projections of technology maturation, achievable requirements, and producibility. Technology maturation risk will examine the technologies being pursued by major defense acquisition programs and whether the available technologies were underdeveloped at Milestone B based on technology readiness levels (TRL). The requirements investigation will examine how well the program was able to define requirements, map requirements against achievable near term technology, and keep requirements from expanding beyond the core set needed for the mission (what many refer to as "mission creep"). Producibility risk, defined as the ability to produce end items within the projected cost and schedule, will be examined in terms of overall program cost and schedule growth or program restructurings. Some major defense acquisition programs as case examples will be examined to determine influencing factors that affect program acquisition that are beyond the ability of the program office to control. Recommendations are included for areas of further study.
Download or read book GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide written by Barry Leonard and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To use public funds effectively, the gov¿t. must meet the demands of today's changing world by employing effective mgmt. practices and processes, including the measurement of gov¿t. program performance. Legislators, gov¿t. officials, and the public want to know whether gov¿t. programs are achieving their goals and what their costs are. To make those evaluations, reliable cost information is required and fed. standards have been issued for the cost accounting that is needed to prepare that information. This Cost Guide has been developed in order to establish a consistent methodology that is based on best practices and that can be used across the fed. gov¿t. for developing, managing, and evaluating capital program cost estimates. Illustrations.
