Lesson 5 - International Considerations in Defense Acquisition RESOURCES 1 PRINT 1 HELP
Lesson Introduction
• Defense Acquisition System phases
• Major activities
• International considerations
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Henry Ranquist, IA mentor, standing next to a whiteboard displaying three bulleted items: Defense
Acquisition System phases, Major activities, and International considerations
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Henry Ranquist: Welcome to Lesson 5, International Considerations in Defense Acquisition. In this
lesson, you will learn about the major activities accomplished in each phase of the Defense Acquisition
System.
You will also learn the international considerations in each phase and that opportunities for international
cooperation exist throughout the entire process.
,ACQ120 Fundamentals of International Acquisition
lesson 5- International Considerations in Defense Acquisition RESOURCES 1 PRIN T 1 HELP
lesson Obj ectives
At the end of this lesson y o u will be able to:
• Describe in ternational considerations in the Materiel Solution Analysis { MSA) phase
• Describe international considerations in the T echnology Maturat ion & Risk Reduction {T MRR)
phase
• Describe int ernational considerations in the Engineering and Manu fact uring Development
{EMD) phase
• I dentify the forms of cooperation in production and their differences
This lesson will take approx imately 60 minutes to complete.
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, ACQ120 Fundamentals of International Acquisition
Lesson 5 - International Considerations in Defense Acquisition RESOURCES 1 PRINT 1 HELP
Defense Acquisition Overview
The Defense Acquisition System manages the nation's inv estments in technologies, programs, and product
support necessary to achieve the National Security Strategy and support the U.S. Armed Forces .
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