Proposed SoSE strategy for the air force electronic Systems Center

This paper describes a proposed System of Systems Engineering strategy for an Air Force Acquisition Organization - the Electronic Systems Center of the Air Force Materiel Command. An acquisition organization is dedicated to building and implementing systems on behalf of using organizations. This proposed SoSE Strategy responds to the requirement to integrate across broad user capability needs. This SoSE Strategy proposal contains four processes: architecture and analysis, testing and evaluation, management, and governance. These processes detail how this organization could improve its approach to SoSE for its many acquisition programs. The focus of this SoSE Strategy includes process methods or steps that require tailoring of already existing systems engineering processes to successfully deliver capabilities that can be shared across the Electronic Systems Center. The paper concludes by discussing implications of the strategy and processes, as well as recommendations for actions, products, key stakeholder decisions and future challenges.