ADASM(DES)

**Phase 1 of the DE Ecosystem Glidepath Complete**

A unified, data-driven environment designed to transform how the Army designs, develops, and sustains its systems. By integrating engineering data, models, and tools across programs, the DE Ecosystem enables seamless collaboration, rapid analysis, and informed decision-making throughout the system lifecycle. This approach accelerates modernization, enhances interoperability, and supports a true system-of-systems view.

A modernized, automated platform designed to accelerate and streamline Army interoperability certification. DICE eliminates the need for full-scale physical lab environments by enabling digital, scenario-driven testing of data exchanges between tactical systems. Integrated with DevSecOps pipelines, DICE supports continuous, automated validation—delivering faster capability to the warfighter, reducing costs, and improving mission readiness. With robust scenario management, automated reporting, and cloud-based accessibility, DICE ensures high-fidelity, consistent testing and sets a new standard for digital certification across Army modernization programs.

Creating a pipeline of STEM professionals. This includes TDA slots and billets, developmental opportunities, and the introduction of a new technical MOS for Soldiers.

System-of-systems architecture is our vision for the future of Army modernization—an integrated approach where individual systems (like vehicles, sensors, and command networks) seamlessly connect and work together to deliver capabilities that will achieve a wholistic mission outcome greater than a single system could singularly achieve. By taking a true System-of-Systems approach, we achieve interoperability, faster innovation, and a unified, adaptable force ready to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Additionally, we're mining the SoS Architectures to enable greater system relationship understanding to inform programmatic leadership decision-making.

The Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) is a design and acquisition strategy that emphasizes the use of open standards and modular components. MOSA reduces lifecycle costs and accelerates modernization by enabling interoperability, rapid technology insertion, and competition among vendors. This approach enables module reuse and ensures Army systems can be easily upgraded, integrated, and adapted to evolving mission requirements, supporting greater flexibility and resilience across the force.

An ITRA provides a view of program technical risk, independent of the program and the immediate chain of command for the Milestone Decision Authority (MDA). It considers the full spectrum of technology, engineering, and integration risk. These areas include mission capability, technology, system development, MOSA, software, security, manufacturing, sustainment, and their potential impacts to cost, schedule, and performance.

Designs a standardized, streamlined pathway for small businesses in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to achieve applicable levels of CMMC by building a marketplace of verified service providers that will reduce the cost burden of protecting the government’s controlled unclassified information

Leverages and integrates user input, existing acquisition documentation, and external data sources to automatically generate key acquisition deliverables i.e. Acquisition Shaping Panel dashboards, contract language, and Cybersecurity Strategies.

Establishes a secure, simplified tactical network enclave leveraging commercial-grade encryption, government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) systems, and diverse transport pathways to lower acquisition barriers and accelerate speed-to-market, providing warfighters with real-time interoperability and robust security without compromising operational efficiency.

Designs and implements an acquisition security pilot aimed at employing risk-based measures and commercial tools and services to protect systems and technologies from adversarial exploitation and compromise.