Informatics Technology (ITECH) Mr. Paul Blatch S&T Advisor N6FT1 January 16, 2009 Good Afternoon .

Acquisition Continuum COI Grand Strategy Acquisition Continuum COI OUTREACH MICRO/MACRO ITECH Vision Will Process

Naval Acquisition Continuum S/A: N85, N86, N87, N88, N1, N2, N3/5, N4, N6, N8 Products: Harmonized, collaborative S&T investments (FNC/JCTD/RTT/TTI/SBIR) Single, integrated “Big Navy” Roadmap Performers: ITECH SURFTECH SUBTECH TD: SYSCOMS, WARFARE Centers USFFC CTO USMC CARTECH AIRTECH PEOs: C4I, IWS, AIR, SHIPS, SUBS ITECH NCO ITECH Goal: Provide, at the three-star level, an unambiguous, well-staffed description of the acquisition trade space in terms of capability and resourcing over time. Scope: S&T Cross-Domain/Cross-Platform Capabilities Sets

NCO COI (Net-Centric Operations Community of Interest) Performers: USA, USAF Joint Staff (J5, J6, J8) DDR&E, DARPA Products: Net-centric Technology Objectives Timely, actionable status reports to N6 leadership Academia Industry MDA-XXX Resource Sponsors NCO COI ITECH NCO ITECH NCO COI Goal: Shape, leverage and exploit every available venue in which NCO guidance, dollars, and schedules are expressed Scope: Policy Investment Strategy(ies) Studies/Analyses Acquisition continuum

Enterprise-to-Enterprise Performers: NAE SWE NNFE USE NECC PE Products: A fully described convergence point (20XX and Capability set) sufficient to enable US Naval forces to interoperate across its full mission set A management process capable of guiding DON to the convergence point. Enterprise NCO COI ITECH NCO ITECH NCO COI Enterprise Scope: Acquisition Continuum (FORCEnet) Governance Goal: Provide the N6 (and, by extension, the NNFE) a comprehensive description of all issues properly within the ITECH purview as the basis for well-informed interaction with other CFO counterparts in the FRE construct

Necessary and Sufficient Three In -Vision -Will -Process Three Out -Cost Reduction -Cost Avoidance -Speed to Capability One Result Affordable, Executable NCO

“It if doesn’t lead to NCO, what is it doing in the Navy budget?” COST OF FORCEnet = Navy TOA “It if doesn’t lead to NCO, what is it doing in the Navy budget?”

Acronyms S/A: Science Adviser TD: Technical Director FNC: Future Naval Capabilities JCTD: Joint Capability Technology Demonstration RTT: Rapid Technology Transition TTI: Technology Transition Initiative SBIR: Small Business Innovative Research FRE: Fleet Readiness Enterprise PE: Provider Enterprise