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Improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Iraq produced up to 80% of U.S. casualties. Mine resistant and ambush protected vehicles (MRAPs), fielded to route clearance units prior to the war, were designed to protect occupants from IEDs. However, a protracted conflict between the requirements based Defense Acquisition System and the politically charged “moral imperative” to reduce causalities, delayed further MRAP fielding for nearly 3-years. This delay resulted in 1,600 preventable U.S. deaths. The Department of Defense (DOD) eventually fielded large quantities of MRAPs utilizing a highly tailored approach to the Defense Acquisition System (DAS). DOD should utilize the MRAP rapid acquisition approach as a limited tool to procure material-only …show more content…
JCIDS ensures procurement programs are prioritized, requirements-driven, and are long-term solutions. Within JCIDS, the capabilities-based assessment (CBA) process holistically considers linkage to strategic documents and the forecasted future-operating environment in eight to twenty-years. The CBA analyzes potential non-material solutions and new innovative approaches prior to recommending a material-only solution. Innovative approaches include changes to doctrine, basing, facilities and the adaptability existing capabilities. Finally, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) reviews the results of the CBA and if justified conducts the final validation of the …show more content…
The MRAP program essentially began in Phase IV (PD). The program manager contracted nine vendors to produce 2,000 prototypes for testing, despite no formal decision to proceed to Phase IV. DOD purchased $23 million of unusable vehicles. LRIP contracts, instead of full production contracts, were used to procure the first 14,000 MRAPs. Finally, contracted solutions were necessary to sustain the MRAPs since fielding occurred without completing the O&S

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