A Department of Defense organization determined a new weapon system was needed to meet a near term emerging threat. After assessing alternatives, the service selected the newly approved Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) as the appropriate process to rapidly develop and field the capability to address the emerging threat. Ventus Solutions personnel were integral in assisting the government with crafting and overseeing the execution of the acquisition strategy for this weapon system, which was one of the very first MTA projects for this service. Ventus provided critical support to a very lean government program team in all aspects of this project, from requirements development, all the way through design, and through day-to-day execution oversight. This included oversight of a test strategy, crafting an initial production schedule, declaring interim capability, and transition to a Major Capability Acquisition (MCA) program of record. Ventus personnel also directly managed the important interactions with the service’s Weapon System Safety Board to ensure all safety attributes were addressed and adjudicated to support the operational test schedule in the MTA program. Ventus Solutions support was instrumental to the service’s success with this early MTA project and ultimate successful transition to a program of record.
