Echo - Navy XLUUV program cuts years from program delivery schedule.

This Echo episode of "Acquisition Practices Worth Emulating" Mr. Howard Berkof explains how the Navy's eXtra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV) program cuts years from  program delivery schedule by focusing on stakeholder trust, bringing industry in sooner during requirements development and running early prototypes to get smarter sooner.  These efforts resulted in a tailored program that fit its technical, cost and schedule requirements and will allow the team to deliver new lethality capabilities years sooner.  They stress it is not about rapid, it is about doing acquisition smarter and more efficiently.  Their best practices are being shared across the Navy.