Speeding Up Acquisition Awareness

[The Patriot]

Defense Acquisition University (DAU) regularly develops case studies for educational purposes to emphasize acquisition in action. In DAU's case-study-based curriculum, students spend weeks reviewing case studies that include the Army combat glove, the Navy's advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, the Air Force F-18 software acquisition and dozens of others. While it often takes months to research and develop these case studies, DAU is also looking at ways to make the process go faster. With support from Ellen M. Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, DAU personnel are speeding up the release cycle by collecting acquisition stories and developing micro-case studies in defense innovation as videos and podcasts for immediate use. Turning around the media in a matter of days instead of weeks means members of the defense acquisition workforce can learn what is being used in the field right now instead of last year.

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