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Appendix D: Background Information on the Vanguard Process and Applied Technology Councils
Pages 132-136

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... The funds must cover the entire period or there is no continuity of development or procurement. For years, the Army -- and the Army Air Forces while a part of it -- was hamstrung in its procurement programs by governmental shortsightedness.1 Around the time that General Arnold was writing those words, the newly estab lished Air Force was creating the Ridenour Committee to study the USAF's research and development activities.
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From page 133...
... A channel was established within the Air Force Systems Com mand (AFSC) , from the Deputy Chief of Staff for Development Plans down to each individual program office and laboratory, through which Vanguard data were accumulated, sorted, analyzed, and redistributed.
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... g. Can assurance be provided that technology work accomplished or underway by the USAF laboratories is not duplicated in contracts issued to defense contractors by USAF program offices?
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... Its demise is neither well documented nor well remembered, but it certainly did not survive the end of Air Force Systems Command in 1992, when AFSC essentially was subsumed within the old Air Force Logistics Command, and the new Air Force Materiel Command emerged. APPLIED TECHNOLOGY COUNCILS When it became clear that the need for coordination between the worlds of warfighter, S&T, and acquisition commands still existed, a new concept evolved at the Product Center level.
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... As with the demise of Vanguard -- and as with the declines of systems engineer ing and Development Planning -- the erosion of ATCs in some areas represents a significant setback in the pursuit of a fully integrated technology development and systems acquisition mission. R01861 AF PTD -- CS4 final.indd 136 2/18/11 2:26 PM
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