Development planning : a strategic approach to future Air Force capabilities / Committee on Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the U.S. Air Force Pre-Acquisition Development Planning ; Air Force Studies Board ; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the U.S. Air Force Pre-Acquisition Development Planning, issuing body.

National Research Council (U.S.). Air Force Studies Board, issuing body.

National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Air Force--Planning.

United States.

United States. Air Force--Research.

United States. Air Force.

Research and development projects--United States.

Research and development projects.

Research.

Planning.

Physical Description:

xvii, 79 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Development Planning provides recommendations to improve development planning for near-term acquisition projects, concepts not quite ready for acquisition, corporate strategic plans, and training of acquisition personnel. This report reviews past uses of development planning by the Air Force, and offers an organizational construct that will help the Air Force across its core functions. Developmental planning, used properly by experienced practitioners, can provide the Air Force leadership with a tool to answer the critical question, Over the next 20 years in 5-year increments, what capability gaps will the Air Force have that must be filled? Development planning will also provide for development of the workforce skills needed to think strategically and to defectively define and close the capability gap. This report describes what development planning could be and should be for the Air Force."--Publisher description.

Contents:

1 Historical Context Regarding Planning for Future Air Force Capabilities 9

Introduction 9

Planning For Airpower 9

The Rise of Development Planning 11

Vanguard, Applied Technology Councils, and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board 12

Vanguard 12

Applied Technology Councils 16

The Role of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board 17

A Critical GAO Report in 1986 18

The Decline of Development Planning 20

Concluding Remarks 21

2 Development Planning Today 23

Introduction 23

Overall Process and Implementation 23

Process Description and Organizational Responsibilities 23

Budget Trends 26

Key Interfaces and Linkages 27

Defense Strategic Guidance and Air Force 2023 Strategic Planning 27

Science and Technology Community, Including Alignment with Industry 30

Transition to Programming 35

Test and Operations Influence 37

Assessment Measures 38

Implementation of Development Planning on Recent Air Force Programs 43

JSTARS Recapitalization 43

Distributed Common Ground Station 46

Air Force Research Laboratory Layered Sensing 47

Development Planning for Air Force Workforce Development 49

3 Improving Development Planning Support to U.S. Air Force Strategic Decision Making 51

Introduction 51

Redefine Air Force Development Planning 51

Air Force Co-Champions for Development Planning 52

Organization for Development Planning 53

Chief of Staff of the Air Force Planning Team 53

Capability Collaboration Teams 54

Resources for Development Planning 57

Assessments for Development Planning 59

Bottom Line 60.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780309313650

0309313651

OCLC:

898046523