The Design Agent Process Strategy

For the past 40 years, the design agent concept of acquisition management has been successfully applied to some of this nation's most important national programs such as the U.S. Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) guidance systems. A description of this experience, along with related design agent key responsibilities, is presented as a backdrop to a discussion of design agent relevance to future acquisition requirements. Other applications of the design agent concept to avionics are described, along with recommendations for future 6.3 programs.