Air university

92 Bill Barksdale, “The Boeing Company JDAM Team Receives William J. Perry Award,” The Boeing Company News Release, January 22, 2004, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.The Boeing Company.com/ids/news/2004/q1/nr_040122m.html.

93 “Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), GBU-29, GBU-30, GBU-31, GBU-32”

94 Used information from “JDAM: a GPS-INS Add-on Adds Accuracy to Airstrikes,” Defense Industry Daily, and from inflation schedules to compute 1993 and current year AUPPs.

95 A portion of the information came from Dominque Myers, “Acquisition Reform-Inside the Silver Bullet, A Comparative Analysis-JDAM versus F-22,” Acquisition Review Quarterly, Fall 2002, page 315; on-line, Internet, available from http://www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/arq2002.asp.

96 Evolutionary Acquisition Tutorial, October 2007, on-line, Internet, available from www.afit.edu/ls/knowledge/KO-04/DOD5000_KO04.htm.

97 681st Armament Systems Squadron, “SDB and FLM Questions/Answers for ABC News Interview,” February 2008. Circular error probable (CEP) is a simple measure of a weapon system's precision. It is defined as the radius of a circle into which weapons will land at least 50% of the time.

98 Marguerite Ozburn, “Small Diameter Bomb Increment I Backgrounder,” March 2007, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/sdb/docs/ SDB_ overview.pdf.

99 Office of the Inspector General Department of Defense (IGDoD), “Powered-Low Cost Autonomous Attack System Advanced Technology Demonstrator,” Audit Report No. D-2001-106, May 7, 2001, p.2, on-line, Internet, available from www.dodig.osd.mil/Audit/reports/fy01/01-106.pdf. Also in James R. McClendon, Colonel (Retired), USAF, “SDB Single Acquisition Management Plan (SAMP),” September 1, 2003, p. 7. Col McClendon was a former USAF SDB Program Manager.

100 James McClendon, Colonel (Retired), USAF, “SDB Single Acquisition Management Plan (SAMP),” September 1, 2003, p. 8. Colonel McClendon was the USAF SDB Program Manager, Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base (AFB).

101 Ibid, p. 7.

102 IGDoD, p. 3; and McClendon, SAMP, p. 7.

103 This ATD came right out of the laboratories as opposed to an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) that is sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

104 Bill Wise interview on February 28, 2008. He was the SPO’s designated Boeing “helper” during CAD. Mr. Wise is currently a Senior Acquisition Engineer contractor for Sverdrup Technology.

105 Linda Rutledge interview on April 7, 2008. She was the Miniature Munitions PM in 2001. Ms. Rutledge is currently serving as the Director of the Direct Attack 708^th Armament Systems Group at Eglin AFB.

106 Erik Simonsen and Bob Algoratti, “Boeing Awarded Small Diameter Bomb Contract,” Boeing News Release, October 3, 2001, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.boeing. com/defense-space/missiles/sdb/news/2001/q4/nr_011003b.html. Also found in Andreas Parsch, “Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles, Appendix 5: Guided Bombs, SDB, 2006,” on-line, Internet, available from http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm /app5/sdb.html.

107 Lynda Rutledge, “SDB Industry Day Brief”, February 22, 2001. Slide 17. She was the Miniature Munitions PM in 2001. Ms Rutledge is currently serving as the Director of the Direct Attack 708^th Armament Systems Group at Eglin AFB.

108 Bnet, “Interview with Marvin Sambur, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force : pathfinder program testing the potential of spiral arms development - Acquisition - Evolutionary Acquisition - Cover Story,” July 2003, on-line, Internet, available from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KAA/is_4_32/ai_111202132/pg_1.

109 In February 2005, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) sustained Lockheed Martin’s protest of the sole source award to Boeing for SDB-II based on Darlene Druyun’s criminal conviction for violation of interests as the Air Forces Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition. The GAO could not rule out Ms. Druyun’s influence on getting the SDB-II requirements deferred inappropriately as she was setting up jobs for her daughter and son-in-law at Boeing.

110 Bill Wise interview.

111 James McClendon, Colonel (Retired), USAF, “Small Diameter Bomb, Briefing to OSD General Counsel,” December 2003, slide 29. Colonel McClendon was the Program Director, Direct Attack, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB.

112 Ibid, slide 5.

113 Judy Stokley, Deputy for Acquisition, Air Armament Center, Memorandum for the Record (MFR) on SDB Increment I Program Performance to Dr. Lamartin, presiding officer of the Overarching Integrated Product Team (OIPT) for consideration of SDB to LRIP, April 2005.

114 Ibid.

115 Colonel James McClendon, USAF (Retired), interview on March 10, 2008. Colonel McClendon was the USAF SDB Program Manager, Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB from CAD to summer 2006.

116 Stokley MFR.

117 Dan Jaspering interview on March 6, 2008. He was Boeing’s first SDB PM from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Jaspering currently serves as Boeing’s Director of Direct Attack, Weapons Division.

118 James Brooks interview on March 7, 2008. He was the SDB Chief Engineer until he took over as Boeing’s SDB Program Manager in Summer 2007.

119 Ibid.

120 Bill Wise interview.

121 Ibid.

122 McClendon, “SDB, Briefing to OSD General Counsel,” Slide 13.

123 MBDA was created in 2001 following the merger of Europe’s major businesses in the sector: Matra BAe Dynamics in the UK and France, Aerospatiale Missiles in France, the missiles activities of Alenia Marconi Systems in the UK and Italy and EADS/LFK in Germany. MBDA is jointly owned by BAE Systems (37.5%), EADS (37.5%) and Finmeccanica (25%). More information can be found on-line, Internet, from http://www.mbda-systems.com/mbda/site/FO

Scripts/siteFO_contenu.php?lang=EN&noeu_id=33.

124 http://www.sargentfletcher.com/

125 Jaspering interview.

126 ^ McClendon interview. Verified by interview with Mike Wasylczk on March 17, 2008. He was the lead SDB airframe engineer. Mr. Wasylczk currently serves as Boeing’s Focused Lethality Munition PM. This “hammering” incident was right after the 2003 Superbowl commercial that featured a trained monkey helping drivers out of sticky situations at the push of an On-Star-like button.

127 McClendon interview.

128 McClendon, SAMP, p. 6.

129 Stokley MFR.

130 McClendon interview.

131 Stokley MFR.

132 McClendon, SAMP, p. 11.

133 Judy Stokley Memorandum^.

134 Being News Release, “Boeing selected for small diameter bomb contract,” August 28, 2003, on-line, Internet, from http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2003/q3/nr_030828o.html

135 McClendon interview.

136 Jaspering interview.

137 McClendon, “SDB, Briefing to OSD General Counsel,” slide 30.

138 Stokley MFR.

139 McClendon and Wise interviews.

140 Jaspering interview.

141 Wise interview.

142 McClendon, SAMP, p. 8.

143 Bnet, “Interview with Marvin Sambur” Assistant Secretary of the Air Force: Pathfinder Program Testing the Potential of Spiral Arms Development,” July 2003, on-line, Internet, from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KAA/is_4_32/ai_111202132/pg_4.

144 Captain Louis Roscetta, “Small Diameter Bomb Certified for Operational Test and Evaluation,” Air Force Link, September 30, 2005, on-line, Internet, from http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123011981

145 McClendon interview.

146 “Small Diameter Bomb I Delivered Ahead of Schedule,” Air Force Link, September 6, 2006, on-line, Internet, from http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123026454

147 Technical Sergeant Russell Wicke, “ACC Declares IOC for Small Diameter Bomb,” Air Combat Command, October 5, 2006, on-line, Internet, from http://www.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123028489.

148 Marguerite Ozburn, “Boeing Receives First SDB Full-Rate Production Order from U.S. Air Force,” GlobalSecurity.org, Dec 19, 2006, on-line, Internet, from http://www.globalsecurity.

Org/military/library/news/2006/12/mil-061219-boeing01.htm.

149 Marguerite Ozburn, “Boeing SDB team receives William J. Perry Award,” Boeing News Release, February 2, 2007, on-line, Internet, from http://www.boeing.com/ids/news/2007/q1/

070202a_nr.html.

150 Tim Deaton, “Boeing Celebrates Small Diameter Bomb Delivery Milestones,” Boeing News Release, February 28, 2008, on-line, Internet, from http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/

2008/q1/080228a_nr.html. Colonel Richard Justice, commander of the 918^th Armament Systems Group at Eglin AFB, gave the “20 percent under cost” figure during his comments at the 1000^th Delivery Ceremony at Boeing weapons, Saint Charles, MO, on February 28, 2008.

151 McClendon, “SDB, Briefing to OSD General Counsel,” slide 28.

152 Deaton.

153 Brooks interview.

154 Jaspering interview.

155 Lieutenant Colonel Chris Baird interview on February 28, 2008. He is the commander of the 681^st Armament Systems Squadron for SDB I.

156 John Wilcox, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Precision Engagement and Director of JCTD Programs, “Working Urgent Warfighter Solutions Inside the PPBE,” the Air Armament Symposium, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, October 11, 2007, slide 5, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.ndiagulfcoast.com/events/archive/33rd_ symposium/ day1/10_Wilcox %20-%20Air%20Armament%20Symposium%202007%20-%20October%2010-11,%202007.pdf.

157 Major General Eidsuane, “Air Armament 2020: a PEO Perspective,” at the Air Armament Symposium, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, October 11, 2007, slide 9, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.ndiagulfcoast.com/events/archive/33rd_symposium/day1/06_Gen%20

Eidsaune %20Final%20NDIA%209%20Oct%2007v4.pdf.

158 Marguerite Ozburn, “Laser JDAM Backgrounder,” July 5, 2006, on-line, Internet, available from www.boeing.com/news/feature/farnborough06/assets/bgs/Laser%20JDAM.pdf.

159 Circular error probable (CEP) is a simple measure of a weapon system's precision. It is defined as the radius of a circle into which weapons will land at least 50% of the time.

160 Lieutenant Colonel Steve Wingfield, USAF (Retired), interview on March 19, 2008. He was a F-4E and F-15E Air Force Weapons Systems Officer and Requirements Staff officer at Air Combat Command. Mr. Wingfield currently serves as a Boeing Manager of JDAM Business Development.

161 “For the test, a Laser JDAM was released from a U.S Air Force F-16 flying at 20,000 feet approximately four miles from an unmanned truck moving at 15 miles per hour. A second F-16 trailing the test aircraft targeted the truck with a laser. The inert JDAM tracked the laser to the target and scored a direct hit on the truck.” Chris Haddox and Bill Barksdale, “Boeing Laser JDAM Hits Moving Target in Flight Test,” Boeing News Release, May 24, 2005, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.boeing.com/ids/news/2005/q2/nr_050524n.html.

162 Circular error probable (CEP) is a simple measure of a weapon system's precision. It is defined as the radius of a circle into which weapons will land at least 50% of the time.

163 Marguerite Ozburn and Chris Haddox, “Boeing Successful in Second Laser JDAM Moving Target Test,” Boeing News Release, September 18, 2006, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/missiles/jdam/news/2006/q3/060918a_nr.html.

164 Wingfield interview.

165 Wingfield interview.

166 Marguerite Ozburn, “Boeing Awarded Laser JDAM Contract,” Boeing News Release, June 11, 2007, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.boeing.com/ids/news/2007/q2/070611c_nr.html.

167 Statement of Bruce W. Clingman, U.S. Navy, Director of Warfare, before the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces of the House Armed Services Committee on FY 2008 Navy TACAIR Programs, March 22, 2007, p.6, on-line, Internet, available from http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/JointALSPEF032207/Clingman_Testimony032207.pdf.

168 Waldine Messmore, Captain, USAF, 681^st Armament Systems Squadron, Eglin AFB, “Talking Paper on FLM JCTD,” November 30, 2007. Aerojet is a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader serving armament markets since 1942. More information can be found on-line, Internet, available from http://www.aerojet.com/home.php.

169 Chris Haddox and Marguerite Ozburn, “Boeing Wins $27 Million SDB-I Focused Lethality Munition Contract,” Boeing News Release, September 27, 2006, on-line, Internet, available from http://boeing.com/news/releases/2006/q3/060927b_nr.html.

170 John Wilcox, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Precision Engagement and Director of JCTD Programs, “JCTD Program Practical Operating Guidelines (POG), Version 1.0, Narrative Description,” February 20, 2008, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.acq. osd.mil/ jctd/POG/JCTD%20POG%20Narrative%20Description %20v%201.0.doc.

171 Wilcox, Air Armament Symposium, Slide 5. To find out the latest in active JCTDs, go to the JCTD Homepage, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.acq.osd.mil/jctd/index.htm.

172 Wilcox, POG. See footnote 14.

173 James Parslow, Captain, USAF, interview on April 14, 2008. He was the very first USAF Focused Lethality Munition Program Manager in 2006.

174 Marguerite Ozburn, “Boeing Awarded $17.7 Million SDB-I focused Lethality Munition Contract,” Boeing News Release, March 22, 2007, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2007/q1/070322a_nr.html.

175 Tim Deaton, “Boeing Celebrates Small Diameter Bomb Delivery Milestones,” Boeing News Now, February 28, 2008, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q1/080228a_nr.html.

176 Mike Wasylczyk interview on March 19, 2008. He currently serves as Boeing’s Program Manager for the Focused Lethality Munition.

177 See Chapter 4 about Mike Wasylczk’s testing methods being compared to the 2003 Superbowl commercial that featured a trained monkey helping drivers out of sticky situations at the push of an On-Star-like button.

178 Messmore “Talking Paper on FLM JCTD.”

179 Wilcox, Air Armament Symposium, Slide 5.

180 Wasylczyk interview.

181 “Raytheon Awarded 144M Small Diameter Bomb II Risk Reduction Contract,” Spacewar, April 24, 2006, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Raytheon_

Awarded_144M_Small_Diamter_Bomb_II_Risk_Reduction_Contract.html.

182 Marguerite Ozburn, “SDB-II Backgrounder,” May 2006, on-line, Internet, available from www.boeing.com/news/feature/farnborough06/assets/bgs/SDB%20II.pdf.

183 Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report B-295402, February 18, 2005, p. 2-8, and p. 15, on-line, Internet, available from http://www.gao.gov/decisions/bidpro/295402.pdf.

184 Jason Denney, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, interview on October 28, 2007. He is the SDB-II PM out of the 682^nd Armament Systems Squadron.

185 For more information on the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), on-line, Internet, available from http://www.raytheon.com/media/ausa07/docs/factsheets/jagm.pdf.

186 Terry Little, Acquisition Advisor to the Director, Missile Defense Agency, before the House Armed Services Committee regarding DoD Acquisition Reform, March 29, 2006, p.7, on-line, Internet, available from http://armedservices.house.gov/comdocs/schedules/3-29-06LittleTestimony.pdf.

187 Jim Collins, 2001, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Take the Leap, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., ISBN 0-06-662099-6. 

188 Ibid. 

189 W Scott Sherman, Gail E Garland. “Where to Bury the Survivors? Exploring Possible Ex Post Effects of Resistance to Change,” S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal. Cincinnati: Winter 2007. Vol. 72, Iss. 1; pg. 52, 12 pgs, can be bought on-line, Internet, available from goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6528113/Where-to-bury-the-survivors.html.

190 “ASK Talks with Terry Little,” National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Academy Sharing Knowledge, March 3, 2005, on-line, Internet, available from http://appel.nasa.gov/

ask/issues/04/interview/index.html.

191 Little, p.3-8.

192 Ronald Kadish, Lieutenant General, USAF (Retired), former Program Manager that saved the C-17 program in the mid 1990s, “Six Great Truths of Acquisition,” Truth #5, Unpublished.

193 Kadish, Truth #6.

194 Kadish, Truths #1 and 2.

195 Kadish, Truth #4.

196 Kadish, Truth #3.

197 Robert Trice, Senior Vice-President, Business Development, Lockheed-Martin, “The U.S. Aerospace and Defense Industrial Base,” February 2008, slide 20. An unpublished, but non-proprietary presentation given to the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows Lockheed-Martin Company Days.

198 Steve Goo interview on August 24, 2007. Mr. Goo is Boeing’s Vice-President for Program Management.

199 Roger Witek, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, “The Wall Manifesto for Acquisition Program Management Organizations,” Air University Quick Look, Air University Research Information Management System, January 15, 2008, p.2, search on-line, Internet, available from https://www.afresearch.org/skins/RIMS/home.aspx.