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Acquiring a Mosaic Force: Issues, Options, and Trade-Offs [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 114 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Oct-2021
  • Kirjastus: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 197740698X
  • ISBN-13: 9781977406989
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 114 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
  • Ilmumisaeg: 31-Oct-2021
  • Kirjastus: RAND
  • ISBN-10: 197740698X
  • ISBN-13: 9781977406989

Mosaic Warfare envisions more fractionated, heterogeneous forces, dynamically composed on tactical timelines. In this report, the authors present insights from a policy game to assess alternative governance models for acquiring a Mosaic force.

About This Report iii
Figures and Table
ix
Summary xi
Acknowledgments xix
Abbreviations xxi
Chapter One Introduction
1(6)
Research Questions
3(1)
Research Approach
3(1)
Organization of This Report
4(3)
Chapter Two Frameworks, Assumptions, and Acquisition Models for Analysis
7(16)
Conceptualizing Mosaic Warfare
7(3)
Conceptualizing Acquisition
10(4)
Assumptions
14(2)
Models for Analysis
16(7)
Chapter Three The Mosaic Acquisition Policy Game
23(6)
Game Design
23(6)
Chapter Four Insights About Mosaic Warfare Under the Department of Defense's Current Acquisition Paradigm
29(14)
Logic of Mosaic Warfare Might Promote Faster, Cheaper, More-Responsive Acquisition at the Tile Level, Regardless of the Acquisition Model
29(3)
Department of Defense Can Field Individual Capabilities on Mosaic Timescales Today
32(1)
Current Means of Gaining Speed in Acquisition Are Limited in Scale Under the Current System
33(9)
Summary
42(1)
Chapter Five Insights About Mosaic Warfare Under an Alternative Acquisition Paradigm
43(22)
Requirements
44(2)
Resourcing
46(1)
Technology Transition
47(1)
Acquisition Oversight
48(5)
Source Selection and Contracting
53(1)
Systems Engineering and Integration
54(1)
Test and Evaluation
55(2)
Fielding and Sustainment
57(2)
Governance
59(6)
Chapter Six Alternative Models Beyond the Joint Mission Office
65(4)
Mosaic Warfare as a Sustainment Activity
65(1)
Embrace the Middle Tier of Acquisition Pathway
66(1)
A Facilitator Model
66(1)
The Alternative Acquisition Model Trade Space
66(3)
Chapter Seven Conclusions and Next Steps
69(6)
Conclusions
69(2)
Next Steps
71(2)
Closing Thoughts
73(2)
Appendix: Mosaic Warfare Scenario and Vignettes 75(12)
References 87