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Air Force Targets APKWS In ‘Should Schedule’ Acquisition Experiment

Pat Host

Thursday, September 24th, 2015

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Air Force Targets APKWS In ‘Should Schedule’ Acquisition Experiment

Artist's illustration of an A-10 firing APKWS. Photo: BAE Systems.

The Air Force is targeting BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System (APWKS) among a handful of programs for its new “Should Schedule” acquisition experiment that is based on its “Should Cost” program.Air Force Secretary Deborah James last week announced the Should Schedule program, which is focused on improving delivery times as opposed to costs. Should Schedule, she said, will feature a competitive engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) portion that rewards and incentivizes speed to ramp. Defense Department officials often…

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