Air Force Reconnaissance Systems Program Office

Challenge

The Reconnaissance Systems Program Office's objectives include:

Develop, acquire, sustain and improve highly classified IMINT and SIGINT reconnaissance payloads, and platforms.
Transform the organization to one based on architectural capabilities.
Ensure effective use of SPO workforce.

Solution

DRC acquisition professionals created spiral development plans to quickly deliver initial capability to war fighters and then add capability increments in future spirals. Among our many successful activities, we:

Used the Air Force Cryptologic Architecture for planning and decision-making.
Produced an architecture-based, capability-focused, SIGINT investment strategy for the USAF.
Built a SIGINT investment plan.
Recommended implementation of automated support equipment programs.
Established the priorities of all airborne SIGINT development efforts.
Supported the budget build with analysis and recommendations.

Benefits/Achievements

We helped the program seamlessly transition to a new architecturally focused organization that achieved optimal manpower effectiveness and provided capabilities to quickly get products to the war fighter.

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