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Capability
Presentations
As
USJFCOM leads the transformation of the armed forces, the
command is often provided information from companies or
other government entities that are called capabilities
presentations.
These
presentations usually give some background on the organization
and the products and services they provide.
In
the simplest form, capability presentations are the vehicle
for industry and academia to submit briefings or white
papers. The briefing should highlight a developed or emerging
technology that would benefit the present joint warfighter
or/and the future of joint warfighting.
Why
are Capability Presentations important
USJFCOM, tasked with pulling the military forces together, performs its mission
through joint concept development and experimentation, identifying joint requirements,
advancing interoperability, conducting joint training, and providing ready
continental U.S.-based forces and capabilities - all in support of the combatant
commands.
For
this reason, it is extremely important that USJFCOM be
an informed command, knowledgeable about new developments
in science and technology, industrial research and development,
and non-DoD technological activities.
How
to request a Capability Presentation date
• Click
on this link to send an email to start the Capability Presentation process.
• Include: your name, title, contact information, and a short one page
proposal or white paper describing your presentation topic.
• Your request will be forwarded to the USJFCOM Technology Transfer Office.
You will receive an acknowledgment to your request via e-mail.
The white paper (or brief) should describe each project (one to two pages).
Include title, objective, description, and mission area need(s) being addressed.
• The request will be approved or disapproved after appropriate staffing
of the white paper. This process will take approximately 3-weeks.
• After approval, if appropriate USJFCOM will schedule a briefing date.
Keys
to a successful capabilities briefing
Industry representatives will be allotted one hour of meeting time. Briefings
should last no more than 30 minutes, be high-level, and focus on capability/payoff
rather than technical details.
Successful
meetings:
• Minimize acronym use
• Build-in 30 minutes for discussion
• Allow time for a demonstration (Hands-on is effective)
Sample Agenda:
• Introductions
• Purpose and expectations
• Brief overview of corporate technology development process
• Projects directly linked to specific joint warfighter needs
• Discussion/wrap-up
Companies
may also consider designating a few minutes, during the
presentation, to their IR&D process and explain applied
and advanced research efforts.
During
the process, industry representatives are responsible for
guiding the development of their corporation's briefing
to ensure that topics have a USJFCOM thrust and that the
level of the briefing is relevant for staff present.
What
feedback does industry receive?
Presenters may request written feedback after the meeting date.
Feedback
may include the following:
• Formal letter with executive comment summary addressed to senior representative.
• Raw-data feedback will be provided separately to the company representative.
Neither the capability presentation process, nor feedback to the contractor
is intended to nor does it constitute U.S. government direction to start a
contractual effort.
Company
Proprietary Data
The USJFCOM Business Management Office and Technology Transfer Office will
take all reasonable steps to protect properly marked proprietary data.
NOTE:
USJFCOM reserves right to revise these procedures in
response comments from industry and academia, and to
otherwise improve the process.
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