Please Mark Your Calendars! During the weeks of 14-16 March and 26-29 April 2022 the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation and Air Force Research Lab’s Transformational Capabilities Office will host the 2022 Future Force Capability Development Strategy Interchange Meetings.
You Asked, We Listened! Following the 2021 Hybrid SIM, we asked how we could improve the effectiveness and value of the SIM. This year we took your feedback to heart and evolved the event to more effectively expand its reach, share more relevant information with participants, help industry shape new transformational investment areas, and encourage continued dialogue around Future Force Capabilities. See below for some of this year’s changes:
Note: As a result of evolving internal demand signals and the uncertainty that the COVID-19 pandemic has created, we have made the difficult decision to scale back in-person sessions from what had previously been shared with industry.
Structure & Focus Areas
A Phased Approach:
We divided the event into phases to provide participants the opportunity to digest the information with time to prepare before coming back for more detailed discussions around specific problem sets.
- Focus: The SIM is open to U.S. Defense Companies Only. Participants must be either a DoD employee or a DoD contractor with a valid DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. If you wish to participate and do not already have a DD Form 2345, a guide to completing the form can be found here. Completion of this form may take up to four weeks. This phase will allow participants time to complete this process ahead of the SIM. Note: This approval process is outside the control of SDPE & TCO so please verify your current status and/or apply ASAP!
- Dates: 31 January 2022 – 4 March 2022
- On-Line Registration: https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=625539&k=0463470C785E
- Focus: The plenary session will take place virtually to maximize the number of participants who wish to attend the SIM. The session will highlight current Future Force efforts, challenges, and investments – diving into a wide-array of USAF and USSF technical areas and challenges. The session will include presentations from the key senior leaders and organizations executing Future Force Capability Development and will highlight opportunities and focus areas. At the conclusion of this phase, participants will be given instructions on how to submit their whitepapers (UNCLASSIFIED or COLLATERAL SECRET) addressing their solutions and/or concepts. White papers will be reviewed and selected companies will be invited to participate in in-person, one-on-one sessions with government experts during Phase 2. The Phase I technical agenda is provided below.
- Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
- Dates:14 March 2022 – 16 March 2022
- Location: Virtual – A link to the Zoom Meeting will be sent the week prior to this event to those that registered and provided a valid DD2345.
- Focus: This follow-on event will be by invitation only for those companies that were selected after white papers were reviewed. Participants will have the opportunity to meet with subject matter experts to discuss their solutions and/or concepts and how they address or influence challenges our technical experts are currently facing.
- Classification: UNCLASSIFIED or SECRET
- Participants MUST participate in Phase 1 to be eligible for Phase 2.
- These sessions will be held at varying classification levels.
- Dates: 26 – 29 April 2022
- Location: The General Jacob E. Smart Conference Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD
Technical Agenda
Day 1 Agenda
0900-0905 (5 min) - Welcome/Logistics/IT/Rules of Engagement, etc.
0905-0915 (10 min) – Purpose of Event, Introduction of Keynote
0915-0945 (30 min) – Keynote -- Operational Imperatives (OIs) and the Need to Beat China
0945-1005 (20 min) – OI Attack Plan and The Call To Industry
1005-1015 (10 min) – Break
1015-1020 (5 min) – Introduction of First Panel
1020-1130 (1 hr. 10 min) – An Internal Look: Posturing the DAF to Beat China and Delivering
Operational Imperatives (OIs)
- Purpose is to explain how key orgs within the DAF are working together to align processes,
secure resources, and consolidate priorities in support of delivering on the OI’s
1130-1135 (5 min) – Tee up Afternoon
1135-1235 (1 hr.) – Lunch
1235-1240 (5 min) – Introduction of Next Panel
1240-1400 (1 hr. 20 min) – Evolving Processes to Accelerate Transformation & Capability
- Purpose is to explain how top level process, priorities, strategic drivers, and how they work
together with other panel members
1400-1420 (20 min) – Bringing Industry In Earlier to Transformation
- Explain desire to have industry inform WARTECH 3.0 topics, how they will hear 3.0 topics
throughout SIM which will serve as the basis for whitepapers and one on ones in Phase 2 in April.
Iterate a desire to have industry participating in scoping for 4.0 topics and out but that it is
still in work.
1420-1435 (15 min) – Break
1435-1440 (5 min) – Welcome/Block Introduction
1440-1655 (2 hrs. 15 min) – Wartime Transition
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 6 areas of interest
1655-1700 (5 min) – Day 1 Wrap Up
Day 2 Agenda
0900- 0905 (5 min) - Welcome/Logistics/IT/Rules of Engagement, Block Introduction etc.
0905-1050 (1 hr. 45 min) – Resilient Space
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 1 areas of interest.
1050-1105 (15 min) – Break
1105-1235 (1 hr 30 min) – Resilient Basing – Part 1 of 3
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 5 areas of interest.
1235-1240(5 min) – Tee up Afternoon
1240-1340 (1 hr.) – Lunch
1340-1510 (1 hr. 30 min) – Resilient Basing – Part 2 of 3
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 5 areas of interest.
1510-1525 (15 min) – Break
1525-1610 (45 min) – Resilient Basing– Part 3 of 3
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 5 areas of interest.
1610-1615 (5 min) – Day 2 Wrap Up
Day 3 Agenda
0900-0905 (5 min) - Welcome/Logistics/IT/Rules of Engagement, Block Introduction etc.
0905-1035 (1 hr. 30 min) – Air Dominance – Part 1 of 4
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 2, 3, and 4 areas of interest.
1035-1050 (15 min) – Break
1050-1220 (1 hr. 30 min) – Air Dominance – Part 2 of 4
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 2, 3, and 4 areas of interest.
1220-1225 (5 min) – Tee up Afternoon
1225-1325 (1 hr.) – Lunch
1325-1455 (1 hr. 30 min) – Air Dominance – Part 3 of 4
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 2, 3, and 4 areas of interest.
1455-1510 (15 min) – Break
1510-1555 (45 min) – Air Dominance – Part 4 of 4
- Multiple individual presentations on threats, programs investments and challenges. Many
topics may relate to Operational Imperative 2, 3, and 4 areas of interest.
1555-1625 (30 min) – Next Steps: Phase II White Papers leading into One vs Ones
- Purpose is to inform industry on opportunities for submissions of whitepapers and call back
for one on one conversations with DAF SMEs.
1625-1640 (15 min) – Day 3 Wrap Up & Closing Remarks
What’s In It For You?
The world is evolving and the Department of the Air Force response is altering the ways we plan for, invest in, and develop both capabilities and concepts for the Future Force. Participation in this Strategy Interchange Meeting offers:
- Opportunities to learn the DAF’s Future Force strategies, efforts, challenges, and investments geared towards securing our Airmen and Guardians strategic advantages
- Insight into the Department’s interests in a wide-array of technology areas and concepts
- Potential to securely share and garner feedback from interested government stakeholders and subject matter experts on your internally developed solutions in one-on-one settings
- Potential to inform future IR&D and commercial investment around known areas of interest to the Department
- Potential to obtain validated technical and threat information from government sources to inform future business models and investments
- Gain connection to numerous DAF stakeholders and customers
- Potential to co-develop future force concepts alongside government stakeholders
- Ability for you to network throughout the Department and with potential new industry partners
Target Audience
The SIM informs Industry’s large, medium and small businesses; academia; and national laboratories of the Department of the Air Force’s strategic direction, priorities, and challenges in many technical areas relevant to current and Future Force Capabilities, Technology Roadmaps, and Future Acquisition funding streams. This event will include presentations and discussions with objective of positively informing future investments, Industry’s Corporate Investment Strategies, Independent Research & Development (IR&D) technology portfolios, and new or revised approaches to collaborating and partnering with Industry. Additionally, subsequent phases will allow some participants to co-develop Future Force concepts alongside government subject matter experts. For this reason, it is highly encouraged that industry participants be innovative, strategic thinkers, technical experts, or senior planners who have wide insight into corporate technology portfolios and processes that can offer technical or conceptual solutions, and are familiar with both long-term and short-term corporate strategic plans.
Attendee Registration / DD2345
The Deadline to Register and Provide Certified DD2345 is Friday, 4 March 2022
Participants must register for Phase 1.
https://einvitations.afit.edu/inv/anim.cfm?i=625539&k=0463470C785E
Send a copy of company’s certified DD2345 to the AF IR&D Office.
Restrictions
* Portions of this Event may be Classified *
All phases of the SIM will be open to U.S. Defense companies only. In order to participate, interested parties must be either a DoD employee or DoD contractor with a valid DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement. Depending on a participant’s individual clearance level, portions of Phase 2 may be classified at the Collateral Secret level. Personal security credentials will have to be validated for all attendees, including Government Military, Civilian, as well as, Industry participants.
Future Updates
All subsequent updates and any additional information will only be posted to this Defense Innovation Marketplace website. Any key documents deemed of high importance to this dialogue with industry will be provided. Please note some government data distribution statements may vary, meaning some documents may be limited to U.S. Government Agencies and/or Department of Defense (DoD) employees/contractors. Partnering with defense-experienced companies is strongly suggested for firms that do not fall within these categories.
Disclaimers
The government is not obligated to enter into a contract with industry as result of collaborations from our dialogue. Data exchanges as a result of these dialogue activities follow restrictions of No Foreign Nationals (NOFORN) and International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR). Some information we intend to share may be classified or unclassified and can only be released as Distribution C, D, or E material.
Any changes due to health protection impacts or other influences that may affect our deliberate planning and execution will only be posted on the Defense Innovation Marketplace Website.
Dates and locations listed for this event are subject to change. Refer requests for additional documents and data to dtic.belvoir.ecm.list.dev-plan-and-exp@mail.mil.
Thank you and we look forward to your participation!