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

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. “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?”

8. 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