Military Medical Research & Acquisition Overview

Mr Brian D. McCarty20 July 2016

R&A Mission and Vision

VISIONTurning gaps into capabilities through agile and responsive research and acquisition support

MISSIONProvide affordable, sustainable and integrated solutions to the warfighter and beneficiaries through capabilities based assessments, innovation, research and development, acquisition, operational testing, and program management support

Close Critical Capability Gaps

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Our Job is to look for research fitting near term needs…

Simulator Advances

Human Systems Integration

Improving Wounded Warrior mobility using Fractionated CO2 laser

Portable devices for detecting pathogens

Biomarker ResearchDCS in U-2 Pilots Preventing/Treating Eye Injuries

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…with an eye to the far term…

Traumatic OpticNeuropathy

SensorIntegration

Nanotechnology

TBI/PTSD Research

On Board LaserDetection

Genomics- based

Research

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Current Challenge:Complexity fn: Time & Cost

Project Level of Effort: Technology Incubation, Tactical, Operational, and Strategic:

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• More complex projects require more funding, time, and management

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$1M, 1 yr Project Time and Cost Low

High

$5M5 Years

Strategic

Operational

Tactical

Technology Incubation

Multiplier: # of interconnected vehicles, orders, performers, PCOs • Result: Patch-work of

contracts, orders, vendors, PCOs etc

• Ex: Situational Awareness ACTD has 8 performers on 10 vehicles serviced by 5 PCOs

• Path of least resistance

• Cottage Industry

Current Contracting Model Limitations

One-off awards to multiple performers over life of 3-5 yr development project – ‘…the sapphire laser got delayed but contract research staff had already been hired’

Awards limited in scope and cost ceiling to what was agreed upon at time of award – specific to tech project level work not tech program goals and objectives – ‘…paid for strategy, but need new contract to implement it..’

No on-ramp process in current structure – ‘…our developers found a whole new application for the core tech but we can’t bring in the component IP holders under this contract’

Performers brought together subjectively based on project need & past performance – ‘our partner did the initial design work so we hired them again for the development but they don’t have the manufacturing piece..’ Need performer in a class that provides a suite of capabilities Need governance mechanism to capitalize on team synergy, improve

communication, collaboration Need to build reach-back into government R&D resources (labs,

equipment, PIs) up-front rather than on a case-by-case basis 6

The bottom line requirement:

An efficient, standardized approach to provide research, development, testing and evaluation support for continuous transition of medical products and capabilities from the laboratory to the field AND fund modifications and enhancements required to utilize Commercial-off-the-Shelf and near-Commercial Off- the-Shelf (COTS) products for military applications

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Secondary Goals - Objectives Promote and Foster innovation, enabling the rapid development and

transition of critical biomedical technologies for use by the military – industrial complex in healthcare delivery, intervention and prevention

Stimulate the transition of cutting-edge, innovative life saving and outcome improving biomedical technologies to the commercial/private sector and the defense industrial-base

Provide an on-ramp for technologies to solve critical capability gaps in healthcare delivery technology

Improve technology / business operational Integration through cross-industry participation - build synergies through partnerships capitalizing on innovation and leveraging IR&D investments ; develop technology roadmaps to address critical capability gaps

Support IP development costs – free license to consortium members; provide standardized, robust capabilities to innovators – geared to go from concept to transition in a cost-effective and efficient manner – conduct outreach – attract and make easier for small business and individual innovators to bring their ideas in

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Foundation of New Vehicle – Technology On-Ramp

Continuously bring in new performers and technologies Innovative ideas brought in to solve critical capability gaps

New participants join with ideas / technology addressing roadmaps or providing innovative solutions to current real world problems

Government developed IP brought into consortium backdrop to ensure transition to public / private sector

Government lead organization brings innovators into consortia construct as customers – IP is protected and stimulus to transition and commercialize is provided

Participants bring in new ideas to address technology roadmaps Spirals / spin-off ideas come from the work of all – a culture of

continuous innovation is established Participants conduct active, recurring tech watch to identify critical

opportunities and innovations that rapidly cycle into commercialization successes and sustain military medical defense industrial base

Continuously refine Technology Roadmaps for known Capability Gaps

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Desired Vehicle Characteristics Multi-dimensional Product on 3 Axes: X-Axis: 3 types of participants (industry, academic, non-

profit) Y-Axis: Discipline types – PM, Info Tech, Clinical Trial,

Legal and Regulatory, Manufacturing, Commercialization, Admin, Engineering, Systems Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Test and Integration, Logistics, Finance, Acquisition, Development and Catalog Fielding to get Product ready for Military or Commercial Market

Z-Axis: Research Product Lanes – Emergency/Trauma & Enroute Care, Operational Medicine

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Questions?

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