Research Summaries

Back Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) Project

Fiscal Year 2015
Division Research & Sponsored Programs
Department Joint Interagency Field Experimentation Program
Investigator(s) Buettner, Jr., Raymond R.
Sponsor Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics) (DoD)
Summary More aggressive integration and innovation needs to be implemented in the pre-acquisition environment to improve requirements generation and acquisition system performance to more effectively use defense dollars. This NPS led effort addresses the systems and challenges associated with more rapidly and efficiently fielding effective capabilities using a series of geographically distributed field experimentation venues designed to address various important problem domains identified by the COCOMS with an emphasis on the providing the warrior on the edge (in the foxhole, cockpit, and crew station) the equipment required for tomorrow's mission sets. This effort will incorporate appropriate interagency resources as well to ensure broadest applicability and increased efficiencies in both discovery and application. The increased efficiencies to include shorter time to delivery, reduced risk, and reduced cost are by products of the unique collaborative environment and interactive dialogue that is created by the quarterly field events. These events lead to more dynamic interaction between the war fighters and the engineers that will inform requirements and leverage corporate development dollars. This allows for more appropriate requirements and more mature staring points for the acquisition process.
This approach also provides an environment that increases the probability of discovery, and pre-acquisition development, of revolutionary capability advancements. The low barriers to collaboration, dynamic mix of scientists, engineers and domain experts, from government, academe and industry with a focus on the challenge context, vice narrow requirements, make this process uniquely suited for such discovery.
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