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Business logistics --- Reengineering (Management) --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Air Forces --- Business process reengineering --- Re-engineering (Management) --- Supply chain management --- Management --- Industrial management --- Logistics --- United States. --- Accounting. --- Management. --- Information technology. --- Data processing. --- AF (Air force) --- Air Force (U.S.) --- U.S.A.F. (Air force) --- United States Air Force --- US Air Force --- USAF (Air force)

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The Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system is the U.S. Navy's next generation of networks and computing infrastructure, primarily for use on ships. It is intended to give the Navy a common set of key command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) networks across the fleet. This report discusses contracting strategies for the main hardware component and integration capabilities that will be used with the CANES system. Contractors will design the CANES, identifying specific hardware and developing the integration software necessary to consolidate existing command, control, communications, computers and intelligence functions. The authors examined a number of other government procurement programs and propose five potential contracting alternatives{u2014}a single prime contractor, three multiple contract models, and an all-government option. They recommend a multiple-contract model that assigns the technical, production, and installation functions to the organizations that can provide the best value, requires active and continuous government involvement, obtains frequent competitive prices for information technology hardware, and uses proven Navy processes to install the system on warships

Command and control systems --- United States. --- Communication systems. --- Procurement.

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Identifying the appropriate balance between contractor and government staff is not a new challenge for the government. However, recent direction from Department of Defense (DoD) leadership has led to increased awareness of the importance of finding this balance. During the past decade, in-sourcing has received increased support from members of Congress and the Obama administration. Unfortunately, producing definitive guidance that can be used to objectively determine the appropriate balance between contractor and government staff has proven quite challenging. The authors review the recent history of outsourcing and in-sourcing in DoD, assess relevant laws and policies, and offer interpretations of key terms. Using this information, they describe an approach to implementing current in-sourcing guidance and present a questionnaire designed to help officials make in-sourcing assessments in accordance with DoD policy.

Contracting out --- Evaluation. --- United States. --- Procurement. --- Rules and practice.

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Acquisition data underpin the management and oversight of the U.S. defense acquisition portfolio. However, balancing security and transparency has been an ongoing challenge. Some acquisition professionals are not getting the data they need to perform their assigned duties or are not getting the data and information in an efficient manner. To help guide the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) in addressing these problems, the RAND Corporation identified access problems at the OSD level -- including those organizations that require access to data and information to support OSD, such as analytic support federally funded research and development centers and direct support contractors -- and evaluated the role of policy in determining access. The study also involved a limited review of how data are shared between OSD and the military departments.

Defense contracts --- Government information --- Data processing. --- Access control --- United States. --- Procurement --- Appropriations and expenditures.

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The U.S. Navy's aviation maintenance capability suffers from supportability issues because of its antiquated software architecture and codebase. This report presents the results of an analysis of alternatives for fielding the Naval Aviation Maintenance System (NAMS), which is intended to help modernize the Navy's afloat and ashore maintenance capabilities. The Navy identified several key attributes and 269 high-level requirements for NAMS to meet the demands of the current and future aviation logistics enterprise. The RAND research team used this guidance to evaluate seven alternatives in terms of effectiveness (capability and quality), cost, risk, and schedule. The primary sources of data used for these analyses were industry and government responses to a request for information, follow-up discussions with selected industry and government experts, interviews with stakeholders, a literature review, and study guidance and the study problem statement provided by the research sponsor. Broadly speaking, the alternatives studied included maintaining the status quo, a commercial off-the-shelf solution, a government off-the-shelf solution, and a hybrid alternative combining a commercial off-the-shelf solution with the Naval Depot Maintenance System. The authors find that a commercial off-the-shelf solution is the best option. All alternatives have challenges in meeting schedule goals. If the Navy wants to meet schedule objectives, it will likely have to give up goals to make near-term gains in readiness derived from analytics. Beneficial analytics depend on clean and accurate historical data on maintenance actions and aircraft configurations, and it is unclear to what extent current data are accurate.