Committee of Small Arms Producers CSAP National Small Arms Technology Center NSATC and Consortium Ov

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Committee of Small Arms Producers(CSAP)Nationa
l Small Arms Technology Center (NSATC) and
Consortium Overview

• 5 February 2004

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Objectives

• Committee of Small Arms Producer (CSAP)
  established to
• Maintain and strengthen Small Arms Industrial
  Base
• Maintain Small Arms Readiness in U.S.
• Approach
• Address both 1) Technology and development of new
  weapons/systems
• and
• 2) Production
• Strengthen links between government and industry
• New system efficiencies concept to production
• Proactively seek congressional funding plus-ups
  to address Small Arms

Provide the Soldier Superior Equipment Today and
in the Future
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Observations

• Low budgetary attention to Small Arms
• High military value/application in current
  conflicts
• Funding does not reflect value/need
  application
• Recognition of Soldier Centric need has become
  visible
• Government and industry actively remains
  unfocused
• Multiple common paths
• Few effective priorities
• Agendas vs. real results
• Does JSSAP committee effectively capture and turn
  needs into results/products
• Can National Center strengthen process and
  results through involvement of all DoD and broad
  industry, academia, non profit, etc.?

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CSAP Dual Path
Technology New Systems
Consortium/National Center
Requirements Pull and Technology Push
A Coordinated and United Funding Plan for
DoD/Congressional Attention
New Products
Product Improvements
Production
National Center Benefits Future Plans
Direct Manufacturing
Product/Technology Licensing to Key Manufacturers
Opportunity for Current Industrial Base and New
Participation Open Opportunities
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Consortium National Center

• Focus on technology and new capability
• System Focus Need, Concept, Development,
  Deployment
• Improve link of government industry academia
• Share and insert new technology ideas
• Synergistic benefits leverage
• Protect individual opportunities and data rights
• Eliminate overlap/duplication
• Within government
• Across industry/academia
• Stimulate innovation
• Establish opportunities

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National Small Arms Technology Center (NSATC)and
Consortium Rationale

• Raises importance/visibility of Small Arms needs
  to key organizations
• DoD
• Congressional
• Opportunity for focus on priority
  technology/systems
• Minimizes duplication/overlap, etc.
• CSAP selected NSATC as best approach
• Technology
• New systems
• Overall coordination
• Industry
• Government
• Academia
• Positive CSAP recommendation to move forward but
• Be flexible plan to adjust scope approach
  as needed
• Needs to transform JSSAP objectives and lessons
  learned from problem/requirement to product
  effectively
• Work to make Consortium/NSATC work effectively

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NSATC Challenges

• Managing committee of government members
• Open to all DoD all services
• Include membership of leadership from all
  services from start
• JSSAP committee can be advisory board with some
  degree of set agenda veto, etc. not just
  members
• Need Some Management Power
• Actively involve multiple services from the
  start!
• Open opportunities for all interested industry
  and academia no barriers
• Establishing effective Jointness

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What is Needed to Make NSATC Work Effectively

• Positive give the new approach a chance it is
  an opportunity
• Broad industry participation open
  opportunities
• No dominating forces all equal players all
  value added no agenda
• Clear objectives and opportunities
• Realistic expectations
• Linking multi-government agencies objectives but
  keeping individual location/capability
  independence

Focus on Effective Jointness Requirement
Technology Programs Fielding
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Small Arms Programs Pre Consortium NOW!
Requirements Pull
Operational Deficiencies and Needs
Technology Inputs
Technology Push
Input/Comments
DoD Army ARDEC

• Available to industry when completed
• Limited input/dialogue during updates

JSSAP Small Arms Master Plan
Iterative Planning
JSSAP Committee
PEO Soldier Ammo Other
Other Services and Agencies Link
PM Soldier Weapon
JSSAP Office
Other Service Labs/Agencies
Oversight Reviews
Program Definition and Execution
Coordinated Activity
RFPs, BAAs, Internal ARDEC, etc.
Industry/Academia Basically Outside Process
During Planning/Organizing
Contracts
Results, Payoff, Applications
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Small Arms Programs With Consortium The
Future!
Operational Deficiencies and Needs
Industry/Academia Involvement at All Levels
Throughout the Process
PEO Links Soldier, Ammo, Rock Island
JSSAP Committee
Consortium Management Teams
Total DoD Small Arms Community Establish Common
Plans, Objectives
JSSAP Management National Small Arms Technology
Center
Requirements Pull Technology Push
Small Arms Master Plan
Technology Assessment
Prioritized Program/Project Objectives
Critical for Effective Process and Payoff
Funding Requirements Multi-year
Integrated Plan
Joint IRD or CRADA, etc.
Joint Development with Industry/Academia
Industry/Academia Participates Jointly in
Assessment, Managing, Program Process
Program Contracts Primarily via BAA (Expedited
Process)
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Bottom Line

• NSATC and Consortium is an opportunity for
• Government
• Industry
• Academia
• Its new be flexible tailor/modify to make work
  to strengthen/serve the total Small Arms
  community
• Challenges are ahead make them opportunities
• Model for Jointness will show vision through
  success
• CSAP and organizing committee recommend moving
  ahead