2017 - The Life Cycle Model Flashcards
What is the purpose of Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP).
- Minimum quantities required to **support operational testing ** and other design validation activities
- Establishes an initial production base for the total system
- Provides an efficient ramp-up to Full Rate Production (FRP)
- Maintains continuity in production
Define an acquisition program.
A directed, funded effort that provides a new, improved, or continuing, Materiel, Weapon, Information system, Service capability in response to an approved need
What are the two primary reasons for developing a new acquisition program.
- Take advantage of new technology
* React to an actual or potential threat
Identify the three Science and Technology (S&T) activities.
- Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD)
- Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration(JCTD)
- Joint Warfighting Experiments
What are the five phases of the Life Cycle Model?
- Materiel Solution Analysis
- Technology Maturation Risk Reduction
- Engineering and Manufacturing Development
- Production and Deployment
- Operations and Support
What is the purpose of the Materiel Solution Analysis Phase?
o To assess potential materiel solutions
o Conduct Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
o CAE will select a Program Manager and establish a Program Office to complete the necessary actions associated with planning the acquisition program
o Satisfy the phase-specific entrance criteria for the next program milestone designated by the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA)
What is the purpose of the Technology Maturation Risk Reduction Phase?
o Determine appropriate technologies to be integrated into a system
o Competitive prototyping is a statutory requirement for MDAPs and a regulatory requirement for all other programs
o Demonstrate critical technologies on representative prototypes
o Reduce technology, engineering, integration, and life-cycle cost risk
o Initiate traceable requirements flow down to complete a preliminary design for the system
What is the purpose of the Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase?
The purpose of EMD is to develop, build, and test a product to verify that all operational and derived requirements have been met and to support production and deployment decisions.
What is the purpose of the Production and Deployment Phase?
Purpose of Production and Deployment is to produce and deliver requirements-compliant products to receiving military organizations.
What is the purpose of the Operations and Support Phase?
o Execute the product support strategy
o Satisfy materiel readiness and operational support performance requirements
o Sustain the system over its life cycle
Which phase is the most overall expensive of the life cycle phases?
Operations and Support
Which is the most expensive of the research and developmental phases.
Engineering Manufacturing and Development
_________ Polish troops killed by Germans in 1939 because they didn’t implement new technology in WWIII and continued to use horses instead of tanks etc.
65,000
