OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY (OTA) APPLICATION FOR WARFIGHTING DEVELOPMENT
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Authors
Berry, Jonathan H.
Mulski, James D.
Subjects
Other Transaction Authority
OTA
Naval Special Warfare Command
interactive synthetic environment
early synthetic prototyping
acquisition agility
unmanned aerial system
Naval Information Warfare Center
Information Warfare Research Project
OTA
Naval Special Warfare Command
interactive synthetic environment
early synthetic prototyping
acquisition agility
unmanned aerial system
Naval Information Warfare Center
Information Warfare Research Project
Advisors
Hodges, Glenn A.
Menichini, Amilcar A.
Davis, Justin P.
Date of Issue
2020-12
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Naval Special Warfare (NSW) forces are often regarded as the best trained, most flexible, rapidly deployable, and most innovative forces in the Armed Services, yet, a clunky and troubled acquisition history has presented obstacles to find emerging, new, disruptive concepts that allow us to compete against the world’s Great Power Competition. How can we improve warfighter development within NSW and create acquisition agility and flexibility?
The purpose of our project is to analyze Other Transaction Authority (OTA) use to procure and develop innovative technology solutions that benefit the warfighter. By using Information Warfare Research Project’s (IWRP) OTA consortium, we will act as consultants to Naval Special Warfare Command (WARCOM) throughout procurement of the Interactive Synthetic Environment (ISE). ISE will act as a case study for this acquisition vehicle but will also be analyzed as an innovative prototyping technology in NSW. Traditional prototypes help to test and validate the desired warfighter capability; however, in many cases, the development of a proper prototype is too difficult, expensive, and time consuming. ISE is an emerging technology development initiative to produce a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) prototype of a virtual environment that can make it possible to collect valuable usage and design data to make a go/no-go decision, or to refine a new capability at a fraction of the cost of traditional prototypes.
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MBA Professional Project
MBA Professional Project
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Graduate School of Defense Management (GSDM)
Graduate School of Defense Management (GSDM)
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Approved for public release. distribution is unlimited
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.