NDIA Industry Forum Rocky Mountain Chapter Future of

NDIA Industry Forum Rocky Mountain Chapter “Future of Competitive Sourcing” Break-Out Session 26 August 2005 Ms. Laurie Carroll, HQ AFSPC/XPM De. Forest Hamilton, The Boeing Company Randy Welsch, Master Solutions

Why “Outsourcing? ” • Definition: Paying another company to provide services which a company might otherwise have employed its own staff to perform. • Outsourcing has a bad connotation of sending US jobs overseas to places like India and China. In today’s context, a better phrase is “competitive sourcing. ” • Why competitive sourcing? – – Department of Defense is “right-sizing” Budget pressures Adds budgetary and manpower flexibility for the Command Common sense factor that industry can do some things better

Defense Industry’s Role • Historical competitive sourcing: – – – “Roads and commodes” Landscaping / building maintenance Military housing (construction, management) Law enforcement Computer / Information Technology (small scale) • Out-of-the-Box competitive sourcing ideas: – – – Communications / Information Technology infrastructure ICBM missile maintenance (Minot, F. E. Warren, etc. ) Flight crew members on non-weapons carrying aircraft Launch sites (VAFB, Cape Canaveral) Satellite Operations (50 th Space Wing: 2 SOPS, 3 SOPS)

Challenges • Is the military culture ready for the invasion of the contractors? – – Some may see it as limiting their professional space training options In certain fields, there may be concerns with “white lab coats” War fighting missions may be off limits Training changes: moving from the ICBM model with lists to the commercial model, e. g. , Iridium, Spaceway, etc. (Maytag repairman) • Contractor Ops must provide a transition plan to be credible. • Process improvements to the current competitive sourcing methods? – A Do. D-wide coordinating body for competitive-sourcing? – Other…?