Description:
In recent decades, the U.S. military has made great strides in developing lethal warfighting products to defeat our nation's enemies. But what has been more effective is the ability to design and produce these products in a rapid fashion that enables the military to keep up with ever-changing technological trends while focusing on dramatically reducing costs.
As the organic Lead Systems Integrator (oLSI) for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Webster Outlying Field (WOLF) operates under a product-based business model whereby WOLF Civilians lead and manage the efforts of combined government—industry teams.
Using this oLSI approach, the government maintains ownership of intellectual property and data rights, enabling WOLF to rapidly adapt solutions to the dynamic needs of the warfighter.
WOLF's product-oriented organizational structure empowers the lowest levels of WOLF with the authority to manage and execute program funding. This results in quicker prototyping-to-product realization than could be experienced under traditional design and development approaches.
Additionally, WOLF collaborates with industry partners to achieve "best of breed" while maintaining full accountability for delivering warfighter solutions. Industry partners are critical to every project's success.
WOLF's oLSI approach is unique within NAWCAD.
Because of this unique approach to product development, WOLF is also NAWCAD's rapid capability engineering source and 70% of its projects are less than two years in duration. In fact, 10% of WOLF's projects are less than three months in duration.