Air Force Bending the Cost Curve: PlugFest PLUS

Bending the Cost Curve:  PlugFest PLUS

In a June 13, 2014 speech at the Atlantic Council, Dr. William LaPlante, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisitions, announced that the Air Force is launching an initiative to improve acquisition processes by "Bending the Cost Curve." (Watch Video)

He explained that Air Force Acquisition processes are too rigid and too slow to keep pace with emerging global technologies. The result is higher costs and longer development times than are acceptable to fully support the warfighter. Through the Bending the Cost Curve (BTCC) Initiative, the Air Force will develop and implement a wide range of transformative reforms.

A key element of BTCC is that the Air Force is now proactively engaging industry to gather input on avenues for truly meaningful reform. How will the Air Force go about Bending the Cost Curve, particularly when it comes to the especially difficult problem of harvesting rapidly evolving commercial information technology?

One avenue is through an accelerated acquisition structure, called PlugFest Plus. Please plan to join us on January 20, 2015 at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia to learn more about this innovative acquisition approach and how you and your company can be part of the solution!

Why participate in the USAF Bending the Cost Curve Plug Fest Plus Event?

The Air Force is serious about measurably improving the speed-to-capability and capability-per-cost of its weapon system acquisitions.

The Bending the Cost Curve: PlugFest Plus event inserts your team into the mix of people, processes, and technologies that will execute funded rapid, adaptive, open system prototyping shortly after the event.