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-Materiel -
Process
Overarching Policy
NSS/NMS/Joint vision
Joint Concept of Operations
DOTLPF
Process
Functional Area
Functional Concept
Integrated Architecture
Analysis of
Materiel
Approaches
Figure 8. The Budget Processes
Links: JCIDS ↔ DAS
ICD
JROC
From Department of Defense Instruction 2004, 3
Planning
Programming
Planning
Feedback
MS A
JROC DAB CPD
AoA
Concept
CD
Refinement
Technology
Development
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MS B
Demo
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MS B
Demo
Figure 9. The Budget Processes (Continued)
Budgeting
Programming
Planning
Execution
Budgeting
Programming
Concept &
Tech Development
Pre-Systems
Acquisition
Execution
Budgeting
Planning
MS C
MS C
Increment 2
MS B MS C
Links
Increment 3
Links: PPBE ↔ DAS
Programming
Execution
Planning
A
B
C IOC
Execution
FOC
Concept
Exploration
Technology System
Development Integration
System
Demonstration
LRIP Full-Rate Prod & Sustainment Disposal
Deployment
Critical
Design
Review
System Development
& Demonstration
Budgeting
Programming
Planning
Execution
Budgeting
Programming
Planning
FRP
Decision
Review
Production & Deployment
Systems Acquisition
(Demonstration, Engineering
Development, LRIP & Production)
Execution
Budgeting
Planning
Programming
Programming
Execution
Budgeting
Operations
& Support
Sustainment
Budgeting
Execution
After Solis 2004, 28
However, the story that these diagrams tell is that most of the lifecycle cost of
weapons systems is locked in before they enter the budget system. The rest of the story is
the reciprocal adjustment of program-to-budget as annual budgets encounter the volatility of
reality, as may be seen in the Raptor example. Moreover, often procurement accounts are
“robbed” to fund operating missions.