DOD Defense Acquisition Library

Reports/Analysis

Section 809 Panel

PDF

Volume 1 focuses on enabling a dynamic marketplace framework—an outcome‐based acquisition process for providing DOD with simplified access to the global marketplace. The panel’s research showed that the current acquisition process is an obstacle to DOD’s ability to access a marketplace, which has moved far beyond the traditional defense industrial base of the Cold War era. The report identifies specific recommendations to repeal provisions of law that unnecessarily constrain the authority of the Secretary of Defense and impede necessary agility.

Reports/Analysis

Defense Innovation Board

PDF

DOD's current approach to software development is a leading source of risk; it takes too long, is too expensive, and exposes warfighters to unacceptable risk by delaying their access to the tools they need to ensure mission success. This is an executive summary of a report proposing significant changes to the DOD acquisition process when buying software.

Reports/Analysis

Section 809 Panel

PDF

Volume 3 expands on the dynamic marketplace concept and recommends changes to portfolio management, IT procurement, budget, acquisition workforce, and other areas intended to streamline and simplify DOD's acquisition process. (Part 1 of 2)

Reports/Analysis

OUSD (A&S)

PDF

This report is the final annual report to the congressional defense committees pursuant to Section 801 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2020 (Public Law 116-92). Section 801(b) authorizes several specific pilot program activities, including: establishment of a team of DoD and private sector intellectual property (IP) experts to advise selected programs; assessment of commercial valuation methods, agency-level oversight, contracting mechanisms; acquisition planning for IP delivery and rights needed over the entire life cycle; and engagement with industry to develop and assess IP requirements and strategies, and develop innovative IP evaluation, valuation, and prioritization techniques.

Test and Evaluation

DOD

PDF

This guidebook promotes data-driven, mission-impact-based analysis and assessment methods for cybersecurity test and evaluation (T&E). It supports assessment of cybersecurity, survivability, and resilience within a mission context by encouraging planning for tighter integration with traditional system T&E.

Test and Evaluation

DOT&E

PDF

The T&E Enterprise guidebook clarifies the T&E role and actions for five of the six acquisition pathways detailed in DoDI 5000.02: major acquisition capability, middle tier of acquisition, urgent capability acquisition, defense business systems, and software acquisition pathway.

Test and Evaluation

DOD

PDF

Primarily for use in courses at DAU and secondarily as a generic desk reference for program and project management and T&E personnel, the TEMG is designed to assist government and industry personnel in executing their management responsibilities relative to the T&E support of defense systems. The guide is no longer current but is retained as a useful reference. More current T&E guidance is now incorporated in the on-line Defense Acquisition Deskbook.

Test and Evaluation

DOD

PDF

This guide is designed to help the DoD and industry test and evaluation (T&E) professionals identify T&E items to consider for inclusion when drafting requirements documents and solicitations, as well as managing contracts including T&E activities. 

Test and Evaluation

USAF/TE

PDF

This document contains guidance, best practices, and lessons learned relevant to Air Force test and evaluation (T&E). It is a “living” guide that reflects information compiled from many sources based on most recent collective test community experiences.

Test and Evaluation

AFLCMC

PDF

This process implements DOD and Air Force regulations by facilitating the selection of the best suited and available test organization that can plan and execute developmental test & evaluation (DT&E) activities for a program or project.