Integrity  Service  Excellence ESC Role in Technology Development Lt Gen Ted Bowlds ESC/CC 3 Sep 09 Air Force Materiel Command

2 C2 & CS Enterprise Needs AF Needs – Capability Gaps Identify Assess Plan Independent R&D Tech Dev Enablers ESC Technology Needs ESC Technology Investment Decisions Investment Strategy Shape Technology Investment

3 Independent R&D Tech Dev Enablers ESC Technology Investment Decisions Investment Strategy Independent R&D Partnership w/ AFRL Disseminate ESC Needs ID linkage w/ Industry Deconflict w/ AFRL Investments Monitor Industrial Innovation PEO C2 & CS Allocation Stimulate technological innovation Use small business to meet Federal R&D needs Enablers

Common Core Services Data Acquisition in the New World 4 Characteristics –Common Denominator Of Requirements –Structure To Ensure Service (Info Assurance & Data Integrity) –Necessary Oversight And Standards Traditional Acquisition Lab/SB Quick Reaction User Requirements Characteristics Venture Capitalists in Nature Very Quick Reaction – Days vs Weeks Rely on Judgment, Not Process Applications Innovation Across The Spectrum Characteristics SOA Based Applications Quick Reaction Presume Data Integrity

5 Tactical Broadband Wireless Solutions at Forward Operating Bases Addressing Scheme to enable Tactical Data Network (TDN)-Internet Protocol (IP)-Voice Bridging Item Unique Identification/ Unique Item Identifier Radio Frequency Identification Some ESC IT Technology Needs

Leveraging “other people’s” money SBIRs MITRE MOIEs & MSRs IRAD CRADA Leveraging Venture Capital activities DeVenci In-Q-Tel OnPoint Ongoing In Planning Novel Approaches To Identify Innovative Solutions For ESC Technical Problems A “Venture Capital” Approach

Objective: To illustrate netcentric ops through application of technologies against an operational scenario; “The Art of the Possible and the Now” How: Presentation of compelling demonstrations & virtualizations developed through collaboration between warfighters, technologists & acquirers Process: –Users create a vignette illustrating netcentric TTPs & CONOPs (“requirements”) –Technologies are found via SBIRs, DARPA, CRADAs, A/JCTDs, PoRs, experiments, etc. –Technologies are horizontally integrated with user as part of the build –Standards, products, architectures, process models, etc become GFP/GFI to PoRs or warfighter units Technology Open House

Persistent Virtual Warfighter Environment (PVWE) Vignette 1. Participant Guidelines 2. Role Playing 3. Requirements 4. Build User Centric Technology Open House Collaboration Space POR Tailored Solutions; Horizontally Integrated Enabling Technologies; Unique Configurations Vendor X