Unmanned Maritime Systems incremental acquisition approach

MBA Professional ReportThe purpose of this MBA report is to explore and understand the issues involved in the DOD's acquisition process for Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS) in order to recommend a new acquisition approach or solutions that would allow the military to keep pace with the rapid unmanned technology development cycle found in the commercial industry. We find that current UMS acquisitions are utilizing previous acquisition reforms, but could benefit from additional contractor peer competition and peer review. Additional cost and schedule benefits could result from contractor competition during build processes in each incremental process. We recommend that further analysis be performed to alleviate funding issues associated with evolutionary acquisition.http://archive.org/details/unmannedmaritime1094551684Lieutenant, United States NavyLieutenant, United States NavyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited