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MC&G  CONFERENCE  KEYNOTE  ADDRESS  -  -  7 
MAJ  GEN  DURKIN ,  DIRECTOR  DMA 
UNCLASSIFIED 
VTFWGRAPH  1-  DMA  SEAL 
GOOD  MORNLNG,  LADIES  AND  GENTLEMEN.  I'M  PLEASED  THIS 
MORNLNG  TO  WELCOME  NOT  ONLY  OUR  HONORED  GUESTS  BUT  ALSO 
MEMBERS  OF  THE  MAPPLNG,  CHARTING,  AND  GEODESY  COMMUNITY.      I 
ALSO  WANT  TO  RECOGNIZE  THE  DEDICATED  PERSONNEL  OF  DMA  HERE 
TODAY.   I  ASK  YOU,  THE  PARTICIPANTS  OF  THIS  CONFERENCE,  TO  MAKE 
MAXIMUM  USE  OF  THE  TIME  WE  HAVE  TOGETHER  TO  SEEK  SOLUTIONS 
TO  OUR  COMMON  PROBLEMS  AND  I  ENCOURAGE  CANDID  EXCHANGES 
OF  INFORMATION  AMONG  THE  VARIOUS  GROUPS.    WE  MUST 
MUTUALLY  UNDERSTAND  THE  REQUIREMENTS,  AND  THE  PROBLEMS 
.AND  SOLUTIONS' THAT  FLOW  FROM  THE  CHALLENGES  THAT  FACE  OUR 
COMMUNITY. 
VIEWGRAPH  2  -  RESPONSIVE  AND  RESPONSIBLE  COMBAT  SUPPORT 
JtjRPRIMARY  MISSION  AT  DMA  IS,  SIMPLY,  COMBAT  SUPPORT.)  AS 
MANY  OF  YOU  ARE  AWARE,  I  SPENT  A  NUMBER  OF  YEARS  IN  AIR  FORCE 
AND  JOINT  PLANS'AND  OPERATIONS,  WHERE  DMA'S  PRODUCTS  ARE 
OFTEN  THE  KEY  TO  GETTING  THE  JOB  DONE  AND  DONE  EFFICIENTLY. 
TWO  WORDS  HAVE  BECOME  AN  IMPORTANT  PART  OF  MY 
VOCABULARY  LN  THE  PAST  FEW  YEARS  -  "  TIMELY  AND  TAILORED"  -
PARTICULARLY  AS  THOSE  WORDS  APPLY  TO  OUR  PRINCIPAL  . . 
CUSTOMERS,  THE  U&S  COMMANDS  AND  THEIR  COMBATANT- 
COMPONENTS.  SUPPORT  TTLVfiS  NOT  TAILORED  IS  INEFFICIENT 
SUPPORT  AND  SUPPORT  THAT  IS  NOT  TIMELY  IS  NO  SUPPORT  AT  ALL. 
IN  TAILORING,  WE  MUST  MAINTAIN  OUR  ABILITY  TO  PROVIDE 
ACCURATE  PRODUCTS  THAT  ARE  CURRENT,  USEABLE,   AND  MOST  OF 
ALL  AFFORDABLE.     HAVLNG  TAILORED  OUR  SUPPORT,  WE 
COLLECTIVELY  MUST  USE  THE  PRIORITIES  AND  DELIVER  THE  MOST 
NEEDED  SUPPORT  INTO  THE  HANDS  OF  OUR  USERS  IN  A  TIMELY 
FASHION. 
VTFWCRAPH  3-  F-lll 
IN  MY  BRIEF  TIME  AS  DMA'S  DIRECTOR,  AND  IN  MY  FORMER  JOBS,  ONE 
THING  HAS  STOOD  OUT  -  THIS  AGENCY  HAS  REPEATEDLY 
DEMONSTRATED  ITS  ABILITY  TO  DELIVER  SUPPORT  FOR  CRISES. 
LV  THE  LIBYAN  RAID  LA$T  YEAR, 
VipWGP  APH  4-l.IGHT  CRUISER 
IN  THE  PERSIAN  GULF  N^W,  AND  IN  MANY  OTHER  LESS  VISIBLE  CRISES, 
nM^^^gRggCT!CfL^N  VERY  SHORT  NOTICE,  PRQVIPEDJHE 
MEANSJFQRXaMBATANIJFORCES-TO  GETTHETT?  JOB  HONE—CRISIS 
SUPPORT  EXACTS  A  HIGH  PRICE  BY  DISRUPTLNG  A  CAREFULLY- 
PLANNED  PRODUCTION  PROGRAM.   WE  WILL  PAY  THAT  PRICE  TO
PROVIDE  THAT  SUPPORT,  BUT  WE  MUST  NOT  DEPEND  ON  A  CRISIS. 
SURGE  CAPABILITY  TO  BAIL  OUT  INEFFECTIVE  PLANNING. 
VIEWER  A  F**  5-  EXERCISES 
ONE  OF  THE  BEST  MEANS  WE  HAVE  USED  AND  WILL  CONTINUE  TO  USE 
FOR   UNDERSTANDING  AND  SUPPORTING  OUR  COMBATANT  FORCES  IS 
EXERCISES.   WE  SUPPORT  DOZENS  OF  U&S  EXERCISES  AND  WE 
PARTICIPATE  DIRECTLY  IN  MANY  OF  THEM.    WE  ARE  TAKING  THE 
LESSONS  LEARNED  FROM  THESE  BRIEF  SCENARIOS  AND   APPLYING 
THEM  THROUGHOUT  THE  AGENCY. 
VIEWGRAPH  6-  THE  CHALLENGE  OF  CHANGE 
WE  ARE  ALL  SURROUNDED  BY  A  STEADY  STREAM  OF  CHANGE   AND 
SOME  MIGHT  ARGUE  THAT  IT  IS  SEVERE  TURBULENCE.   OUR 
CHALLENGE,  WHETHER  IT  BE  RESOURCES,  NEW  PRODUCTION 
TECHNIQUES,NEW  WEAPONS  TECHNOLOGY,  POLICIES  OR 
ORGANIZATIONS,  IS  TO  EFFECTIVELY  MANAGE  THAT  CHANGE  TO 
IMPROVE  OUR  SUPPORT  OF  THE  USER.    DMA  IS  IN  THE  MIDST  OF  A 
PERIOD  OF  CHANGE  GREATER  THAN  EVER  BEFORE.     LET'S  TAKE  A  BRIEF 
LOOK  AT  SOME  OF  THE  CHANGES  WE  HAVE  INHERITED,  ARE  CAUSING, 
OR  EXPECT  TO  ENCOUNTER. 
VIEWGRAPH  7-  RESOURCE  LIMITS
EACH  DAY  WE  READ  ABOUT  THE  STRUGGLE  THAT  OUR  GOVERNMENT 
IS  HAVING  WITH  THE  BUDGET  DEFICIT  AND  THE  ONGOING  DEBATE  IN 
CONGRESS  OVER  DEPARTMENT  OF -DEFENSE  WEAPON  COSTS. 
REGARDLESS  OF  HOW  YOU  WOULD  P_ERSONALLY  SETTLE  THOSE 
DEBATES  IF  IT  WERE  IN  YOUR  POWER,-  WHAT  IS  CLEAR  IS  THAT  WE  IN 
COD  ARE  ALL  IN  FOR  A  PERIOD  OF  RESOURCE  LIMITATIONS  THAT  WILL 
REQUIRE  SOME  DIFFICULT,  PERHAPS  PAINFUL,  DECISIONS. 
WE,  THE  MC&G  COMMUNITY,  MUST  WORK  WITHIN  THOSE  LIMITS.    WE 
DO,  HOWEVER,  HAVE  SOME  VALUABLE  TOOLS  AT  OUR  DISPOSAL.   SOME 
EXAMPLES  INCLUDE: 
REQUIREMENTS  SCRUB  -  -  LA§T  YEAR  WE  ASKED  ALL  SUBMITTLPS 
OF  MC&G  AREA  REQUIREMENTS  TO  GIVE  THEIR  NEEDS  A  THOROUGH 
SCRUB,  EVEN  TO  THE  EXTENT  OF  STARTING  FROM  A  ZERO  BASELINE.   IN 
1986,  OUR  REQUIREMENTS  GREW  $170  MILLION  DESPITE  EFFORTS  TO 
ZERO-BASE.   THIS  YEAR,  YOU  CAME  THROUGH.  OVERALL,  19S7S  STATED 
REQUIREMENTS  DROPPED  $25  MILLION  FROM  THE  PRIOR  YEAR'S  LEVEL. 
WE  CAN  ALL  BE  PROUD  OF  THESE  RESULTS.  THEY  REPRESENT 
SIGNIFICANT  EFFORT  BY  ALL  COMMANDS.  FOR  EXAMPLE,  SAC  REDUCEC 
REQUIREMENTS  BY  1900  CELLS  OF  FEATURE  ANALYSIS   DATA   THAT 
WOULD  HAVE  COST  US  BETWEEN  $60-80  MILLION  TO  MAKE.    THAT  KINE 
OF  CAREFUL  REVIEW  IS  REQUIRED  IN  THIS  INDUCED  RESOURCE  ERA. 
SECOND  -  -  WITHIN  THE  STATED  REQUIREMENTS,  YOU  -THE  USERS  - 
MUST  PRIORITIZE  CAREFULLY  TO  PRESENT  YOUR  REAL  NEEDS.     DMA 
WILL  PRODUCE  TO  THOSE  PRIORITIES.
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THIRD  -  -  WE  URGE  YOU  TO  USE  OUR  STANDARD  DATA  BASES. .  ANY 
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NEW  DATA  BASE  WITH  WORLDWIDE  IMPLICATIONS,  EVEN  WITH 
"MODERATE  LEVELS  OF  DETAIL,  CAN-COST  SEVERAL  HUNDRED  MILLION 
DOLLARS. 
WHEN  YOU  NEED  DATA  BEYOND  OUR  STANDARD  SETS,   FOR 
EXAMPLE,  WITH  EMERGING  SMART  AND  BRILLIANT  WEAPONS,  WE 
MUST  COLLECTIVELY  DEFINE  A  MINIMUM  NUMBER  OF  NEW  DATA 
BASES  CAPABLE  OF  SUPPORTING  MANY  SYSTEMS.   WITHIN  THE  DOD 
COMMUNITY,  WE  JUST  CANNOT  AFFORD  TO  CREATE  AND  MAINTAIN 
■  . —   — — __ — _— ^ 
SYSTEM-UNIQUEDATA  . 
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VIEWGRAPH  q  -  OUR  INITIATIVES 
ONE  OF  OUR  GREATEST  CHALLENGES  IS  TO  MOVE  TO  A  MODERNIZED 
PRODUCTION  SYSTEM  WHILE,  AT  THE  SAME  TIME,  CONTINUING  TO 
DELIVER  USER-ORIENTED  SUPPORT.    WE  ARE  MAKLVG  SIGNIFICANT 
PROGRESS  IN  THAT  DIRECTION,  AND  I  WANT  TO  SHARE  WITH  YOU 
SOME  OF  THESE  EFFORTS. 
VffiW^RAPH  9-  FEATURE  EXTRACTION  SEGMENT 
THE  MARK  85  FEATURE  EXTRACTION  SEGMENT  IS  LN  PLACE  ALONG 
WITH  ALL  OTHER  ELEMENTS  OF  MK  85  EXCEPT  THE  DATA  INTEGRATION 
SEGMENT.  OUR  PEOPLE  AJ  BOTH  BROOKMONT  AND  ST.  LOUIS  ARE 
USING  THE  FEATURE  EXTRACTION  EQUIPMENT  TO  PRODUCE  DIGITAL 
»■  ^"—  —————  ■  -■— — 
FEATURE  ANALYSIS  AND  VERTICAL  OBSTRUCTION  DATA.    WE  WILL
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EXPAND  TO  MAP  AND  CHART  PRODUCTION  BY  THE  END  OF  1988.   DMA 
HAS  AT  LAST  STEPPED  INTO  A  NEW  ERA  IN  PRODUCTION. 
VTFWGRAPH  10-CARTQGRAPHIC  FINISHING  EOF 
THE  DATA  INTEGRATION  SEGMENT  WILL  BE  DELIVERED  NEXT 
FEBRUARY.    WE  ARE  ALSO  ACCELERATING  DELIVERY,  FROM  1990  TO 
1989,   OF  SOME  MK  90  SCANNERS  AND  CARTOGRAPHIC  FINISHING 
EQUIPMENT  SIMILAR  TO  THE  WORK  STATION  SHOWN  HERE.     THUS,  WE 
ARE  POSTURING  OURSELVES  TO  STEP  RAPIDLY  INTO  THE  MK  90  ERA. 
THE  CARTOGRAPHIC  WORK  STATION  WILL  BE  CONNECTED  TO  THE 
FEATURE  EXTRACTION  SEGMENT  TO  GIVE  US  A  POWERFUL  INTERIM 
TOOL  FOR  MAKING  TERRAIN  ANALYSIS  PRODUCTS. 
VIEWGRAPH  11-  FULCRUM 
IN  1988,  WE  WILL  TESTAJ3EELQXA3LE  DIGITAL  DATA  BASE  CONCEPT 
CALLED  MK  85.1.  MK  85.1  WILL  PUT  SEPARATE  REGIONAL  DATA  BASES 
SUCH  AS  DTED,  DFAD,  AND  SCANNED  MAP  DATA  ON  OPTICAL  DISKS 
FOR  MANIPULATION  ON  VARIOUS  WORK  STATIONS,  SUCH  AS  THE 
FULCRUM.    MK  85.1  CAN  BE  CONSIDERED  A  SIMPLIFIED  PRECURSOR  OF 
MK  90.1,  WHICH  WILL  BE  A  DEPLOYABLE  VERSION  OF  OUR  MK  90 
INTEGRATED  LAYERED  DATA  BASE  AND  WILL  REQUIRE  A  MORE 
SOPHISTICATED  WORK  STATION,  SIMILAR  TO  THE   CARTOGRAPHIC 
FINISHING  EQUIPMENT  SHOWN  ON  THE  PREVIOUS  SLIDE,  FOR  LOCAL 
USER  MANIPULATION  AND  VALUE-ADDLNG.
BEFORE  PROCEEDING,  I  WANT  TO  MENTION  THE  SYMPOSIUM  PUT  ON  BY 
OUR  SYSTEMS  CENTER  A  FEW  WEEKS  AGO.   IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  " 
EQUIPMENT  DISPLAYS,  THERE  WERE-MANY  EXCELLENT  PRESENTATIONS 
HIGHLIGHTING  EQUIPMENT,  TECHNIQUES,  AND  INITIATIVES.   THE 
PICTURES  OF  FULCRUM  AND  THE  PICTURE  OF  A  TYPICAL 
CARTOGRAPHIC  WORK  STATION  WERE  TAKEN  AT  THE  SYMPOSIUM. 
WE  COULD  NOT  BRING  THE  EQUIPMENT  HERE,  BUT  HAVE  INCLUDED 
SOME  OF  THE  KEY  PRESENTATIONS  FROM  THE  SYMPOSIUM  IN  THIS 
CONFERENCE'S  AGENDA  FOR  THOSE  WHO  WERE  UNABLE  TO  ATTEND 
THE  SYMPOSIUM. 
VIEWGRAPH  12  -  POLICY  INITIATIVES 
I  MENTIONED  TIMELINESS  EARLIER  -  DMA  HAS,  WITHiN  THE  PAST  YEAR, 
FORMALLY  DOCUMENTED  ITS  POLICY  OF  3- YEAR  CURRENCY  OF  SOURCE. 
WE  ALWAYS  ATTEMPT  TO  PRODUCE  CURRENT  PRODUCES,  BUT  IF  WE 
CANT,  WE  WILL  NOTIFY  THE  REQUESTING  USERS  AND  '3TVE  THEM  THE 
OPTION  OF  ACCEPTING  AN  OLDER  SOURCE  PRODUCT  OR  WAITING  FOR 
NEWER  MATERIAL.     IN  THE  COMING  MONTHS,  UNTIL  SOURCE 
CURRENCY  CATCHES  UP,  WE  WILL  HAVE  A  NUMBER  OF  THESE  ACTIONS. 
THE  SECOND  POLICY  INITIATIVE  DEALS  WITH  RELEASE  OF  DMA  DIGITAL 
DATA  TO  CONTRACTORS  IN  SUPPORT  OF  GOVERNMENT  CONTRACTS, 
CVEHAVE   PUT  CONTROLS  ON  RELEASE  TO  PREVENT  MISUSE  SUCH  AS 
CHANGING  THE  DATA,  USING  IT  FOR  PURPOSES  FOR  WHICH  IT  WAS       j 
NOT  DESIGNED,  OR  RESELLING  IT.   DATA  BASES  THAT  ARE  CHANGED     j
ARE  NOT  MAINTAINED  BY  DMA  AND  USERS  COULD  RECEIVE  OUTDATED 
OR  ERRONEOUS  INFORMATION.     WE  MUST  ALL  ENSURE  THAT  THE 
DATA  BASES  RECEIVED  FROM  CONTRACTORS  CAN-,BE  SUPPORTED  IN 
THE  FUTURE.    MY  GENERAL  COUNSEL  WILL  PRESENT  A  DETAILED 
DISCUSSION  OF  THIS  TOMORROW. 
VTFWGRAPH  13-  EMERGING  PRODUCTS 
A  NUMBER  OF  DIGITAL  TECHNOLOGIES  ARE  AFFECTING  DMA  AND  ITS 
CUSTOMERS.     RATHER  THAN  CREATING  SYSTEM-UNIQUE  SOLUTIONS    I 
THAT  ARE  WASTEFUL  AND  INEFFICIENT,  WE  HAVE  TRIED  TO  DEFINE  A       ( 
MINIMUM  SET  OF  NEW  DATA  BASES  OR  MEDIA  CAPABLE  OF  ! 
SUPPORTING  MANY  SYSTEMS. 
VJEWCRAPH  14-  CD-ROM  DISK 
WE  ARE  LOOKING  AT  NEW  STORAGE  AND  DISTRIBUTION  MEDIA 
FOR  MC&G  DIGITAL  PRODUCTS.  THE  OPTICAL  DISK  IN  THE  FORM  OF  C 
ROM  IS  A  HIGH- VOLUME,  COMPACT,  DATA  MEDIUM.  FOR  EXAMPLE,  OUR 
NEARLY  WORLDWIDE  DIGITAL  TERRAIN  ELEVATION  DATA  BASE 
CURRENTLY  WOULD  OCCUPY  ABOUT  900  9-TRACK  COMPJ 
COMPATIBLE  TAPES;  WE  COULDJPUT  THE  SAME  INFORMATION  ON  45  TO 
50  CD-ROM  DISKS.    CD-ROM  TECHNOLOGY  WILL  OFFER  US  AN 
OPPORTUNITY  TO  SCAN  AND  STORE  A  NUMBER  OF  NEW  MAPS  AND 
CHARTS  LN  RED-GREEN-BLUE  RASTER  FORMAT  FOR  TPiE  AV-8B 
PROGRAM  AND  IN  VECTOR  FORMAT  AS  A  REPLACEMENT  FOR  THE  DIA 
WORLD  DATA  BANK  2.   WE  ARE  ALSO  LOOKING. INTO  SCAN/DIGITIZING
OUR  EXISTING   PQINT-POSmONg^G  nAXA  ftASES  AND  PUTTING  THEM 
ON  A  mGHA^ffAJMEMEDIUM  LIKE  THE  CD-ROM. 
THE  FIRST  TACTICAL  TERRAIN  DATA  PROTOTYPE  WILL  BE  ISSUED 
THIS  DECEMBER  AND  OFFERS  NOT  ONLY  A  DIGITAL  TERRAIN  ANALYSIS  t 
CAPABILITY  BUT  ALSO  THE  FIRST  USE  OF  MK  90  DATA  STRUCTURES, 
MEDIA,  AND  EXCHANGE  FORMATS  IN  A  PRODUCT. 
VIFWCRAPH  ^SS-X-24  RAIL-MOBILE  ICBM 
A  SIGNIFICANT  CHANGE  IN  AGENCY  REQUIREMENTS  IS  BEING 
PROMPTED  BY  THE  DEPLOYMENT  OF  SOVIET  MOBILE  MISSILES.   SHOWN 
HERE  IS  THE  SS-X-24  RAIL-MOBILE  ICBM. 
VTEWGRAPH  \fr  Sfr-2?  R^AO  MOBILE  ICBM 
THAT  SYSTEM  AND  THIS  SS-25  ROAD  MOBILE  ICBM  HAVE  CAUSED  DMA, 
SAC,  AND  THE  INTELLIGENCE  COMMUNITIES  TO  SEARCH  FOR  A  METHOD 
TO  IDENTIFY  AND  DELIMIT  POSSIBLE  DEPLOYMENT  AREAS.  CANDIDATE 
METHODS  USE  THE  CARTOGRAPHERS'  AND  TERRAIN  ANALYSTS'  SKILLS 
TO  ASSIS1  THE  INTELL  ANALYSTS  IN  NARROWING  THE  AREA  WHERE 
THE  MISSILES  CAN  MANEUVER.   OUR  INITIAL  RELOCATABLE  TARGET 
p^TiM-T^Jg^N  pgnvYHRfl  T9 ^5  A^0  W11-1-  BE 
SAC  CAN  HOLD  THESE  MISSILES  AT  RISK. 
VTFWCRAPH 17-  COMPOSITE  TOG  TQ  PFAP
WORKING  WITH  THE  SIMULATOR  COMMUNITY  THIS  PAST  YEAR, 
DMA  WAS  ABLE  TO  IDENTIFY  AN  INTERIM  PRODUCT  BASED  UPON 
DIGITIZING  PINT  OPERATIONS  GRAPHICS  AND  1:50,000-SCALE  MAPS  FOR 
THE  HIGHER  RESOLUTION  REQUIREMENTS  OF  TODAY'S  SIMULATORS. 
THE  ORIGINAL  JOG  OVER  EGUN  AFB  IN  FLORIDA  IS  SHOWN  ON  THE 
LEFT,  OUR  DIGITIZED  MANUSCRIPT  IN  THE  CENTER,  AND  A  TYPICAL 
VISUAL  SIMULATION  DERIVED  FROM  THE  DATA  ON  THE  RIGHT.   THIS 
FIX  PROMISES  AN  AFFORDABLE  INTERIM  WAY  TO  COMPLETE  THE 
FEATURE  ANALYSIS  DATA  BASE  UNTIL  WE  CAM  DEVELOP  A  LONG-TERM 
SOLUTION. 
VIEWGRAPH  IS-  ORGANIZATIONAL  CHANGES, 
OUR  ABILITY  TO  SORT  OUT  AND  UNDERSTAND  THE  EMERGING 
DIGITAL  REQUIREMENTS  HAS  BEEN  STRENGTHENED  BY  SEVERAL 
ORGANIZATIONAL  LNITIATIVES. 
WE  NOW  HAVE  LIAISON  OFHCERS  IN  THE  MILITARY  DEPARTMENT 
ACQUISITION  OFFICES  AND  LN  JCS,  EUCOM,  AND  SAC.    WE  EXPECT  TO 
PLACE  OFHCERS  IN  CENTCOM/SOCOM  THIS  NEXT  YEAR.  THESE 
INDIVIDUALS  PROVIDE  VALUABLE  EXPERIENCE  TO  THE  COxMMANDS  ON 
MC&G  MATTERS  AND  SERVE  AS  IMPORTANT  INTERFACE  POINTS  FOR 
DMA. 
OUR  EXERCISES  HAVE  SHOWN  THE  NEED  THE  FOCUS  ON  A  BETTER 
WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DISTRIBUTION  EFFORT  IF  OUR  ULTIMATE 
USER  IN  THE  FOXHOLE,  COCKPIT,  OR  ON  THE  BRIDGE  IS  TO  GET  HIS  MAPS
AND  CHARTS  IN  WARTIME.     AT  THE  COMBAT  SUPPORT  CENTER  WE 
HAVE  STREAMLINED  OUR  REQUISITION  PROCESSING  AND  HAW  R&D' 
UNDERWAY  TO  MODERNIZE  OUR- WAR  RESERVE  AND  INVENTORY 
MAN AGEMEN':  PROCEDURES. 
vff-wr.^f  ff  ig-  NEW  HEADQUARTERS  EUH.PING. 
THE  SYSTEMS  CENTER  EVOLVED  FROM  OUR  SPECIAL  PROJECT  OFFICE 
FOR  EXPLOITATION  MODERNIZATION,  BUT  IT  HAS  TWO  KEY  NEW 
TASKS  BEYOND  MANAGING  MK  90.   FIRST,  THE  SYSTEMS  CENTER  IS  THE 
SINGLE  AGENT  FOR  THE  AGENCY'S  RESEARCH  AND  DEVELOPMENT 
EFFORT.   SECOND,  IT  WILL  PROVIDE  CONFIGURATION  MANAGEMENT  OF 
ALL  OUR  MODERN  HARDWARE  AND  SOFTWARE.     SYSTEMS  CENTER 
AND  OUR  OFFICE  OF  TELECOMMUNICATIONS  WILL  COLLOCATE  WITH 
THE  HEADQUARTERS  LATE  NEXT  SUMMER  IN  A  NEW  BUILDING  NEAR 
MERRIHELD,  VIRGINIA  ON  ROUTE  29  OUTSIDE  THE  BELTWAY. 
LAST  MONTH  WE  ANNOUNCED  TFIE  FORMATION  IN  RE5TON, 
VIRGINIA  OF  A  THIRD  PRODUCTION  CENTER.  THE   DMA  RESTON 
CENTER  WILL  ALSO  ACT  AS  THE  INITIAL  INSTALLATION,  CHECKOUT, 
AND  TEST  LOCATION  FOR  THE  FIRST  OF  THE  MK  90  HARDWARE  AND 
SOFTWARE.   BY  1992,  THE  RESTON  CENTER  WILL  HAVE  GROWN  FROM 
ITS  CURRENT  CADRE  OF  ABOUT  40  TO  OVER  700  PERSONNEL. 
VTF.WGRAPH  20-  OUR  PEOPI F  ARE  IMPORTANT 
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PRODUCTS,  CUSTOMER  SUPPORT,  AND  NEW  EQUIPMENT  ARE  NOT.. 
WHAT  MAKES  ANY  FUNCTION  TICK  -  -  IT'S  PEOPLE  WHO  MAKE  IT 
HAPPEN.   DMA  HAS  A  HIGHLY  SKILLED,  QUALITY  WORKFORCE,  BUT  WE 
WILL  HAVE  A  SPECIAL  CHALLENGE  AS.  WE  MOVE  INTO  THE  MK  90  ERA 
WITH  ITS  GREATER  EMPHASIS  ON  MAN  *  MACHINE  CARTOGRAPHY. 
QUALITY  IS  ALSO  IMPORTANT  IN  THE  MILITARY  JOINT  DUTY  ARENA. 
BECAUSE  OF  OUR  SMALL  CORE  OF  MILITARY,  EACH  OFFICER  AND 
ENLISTED  PERSON  MUST  BRING  STRONG  SERVICE  KNOWLEDGE  AND 
WILLINGNESS  TO  LEAD  AND  SHARE  INTO  THE  JOINT  ENVIRONMENT. 
VIEWGRAPH  21-  WE  HAVE  HELP 
WHILE  OUR  RESOURCE  CONSTRAINTS  WILL  GET  TOUGHER,  WE  HAVE 
SOME  HELP. 
A  SIGNIFICANT  PORTION  OF  OUR  MC&G  PRODUCTION,  POSSIBLY  THE 
EQUIVALENT  OF  THE  OUTPUT  FROM  OxNE  OF  OUR  CENTERS,  IS  MET 
THROUGH  EXCHANGES  OF  PRODUCTS  AND  SERVICES  WITH  OUR  ALLIES 
AND  FRIENDS.  ON  THURSDAY  YOU  WILL  HEAR  MORE  DETAILS  OF  THIS 
IMPORTANT  EFFORT. 
THIS  PAST  AUGUST,  THE  JOINT  REQUIREMENTS  OVERSIGHT  COUNCIL  OF 
THE  JCS  GAVE  ITS  GO-AHEAD  TO  MILSTANDARDS  AS  A  TOOL  TO 
CONTROL  PROLIFERATION  OF  DIGITAL  MC&G  SOLUTIONS.    THE  FIRST  OF 
THESE  MILSTANDARDS  SHOULD  APPEAR  LATE  NEXT  SPRING.
THE  REVISION  TO  DOD  ACQUISITION  DIRECTIVES  THIS  PAST  SEPTEMBER, 
WHILE  CONTROVERSIAL,  CAUSED  KEY  ELEMENTS  TO  BE  INSERTED  TO* 
FLAG  MC&G  DATA  AND  DATA  BASE&-AS  DESIGN  AND  TEST 
PARAMETERS  OF  SYSTEMS  UNDER  DEVELOPMENT.    SYSTEM  MANAGERS 
WILL  HAVE  TO  USE  STANDARD  DATA,  FORMATS,  AND  MEDIA  OR 
DEMONSTRATE  THE  NEED  FOR,  AND  FUND,  UNIQUE  SOLUTIONS. 
VTFWr.RAPH  22-  DMA  SEAL 
AS  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  DEFENSE  MAPPING  AGENCY,  I  AM  CHARGED 
WITH  MAKING  DECISIONS  NECESSARY  FOR  BOTH  THE  AGENCY  AND 
MC&G  IN  GENERAL.  THE  DECISIONS  THAT  MAKE  IT  POSSIBLE  TO  COPE 
WITH  THE  CHANGE  I  HAVE  BEEN  DESCRIBING  WILL  BE  DIFFICULT  AND, 
ON  OCCASION,  DISAGREEABLE.    . 
WE  ARE,  HOWEVER,  ALL  IN  THIS  TOGETHER.   EFFECTIVE 
COMMUNICATIONS  BETWEEN  DMA  AND  THE  SUPPORTING  AND 
SUPPORTED  ORGANIZATIONS  ARE  KEY  TO  DECISIONS  THAT  PROPERLY 
MESH  OUR  MUTUAL  INTERESTS.   MY  STAFF  IS  NEVER  FARTHER  THAN  A 
TELEPHONE  CALL  OR  ELECTRONIC  MESSAGE  AWAY  FROM  YOU,  AND  I 
TRUST  THAT  WE  CAN  REACH  YOU  AS  READILY.   REMEMBER  THAT 
COMMUNICATIONS  IS  A  TWO-WAY  STREET,  AND  THAT  EFFECTIVE 
LISTENING  IS  HALF  OF  COMMUNICATING.  IF  YOU  EVER  FIND  ME  OR  MY 
STAFF  FAILING  TO  HEAR  YOU,  LET  ME  KNOW. 
WE  HAVE  LAID  BEFORE  YOU  A  FULL  AGENDA  IN  A  VERY 
CHALLENGING  AND  DYNAMIC  ENVIRONMENT..  WE  CAN  AND  WILL
MEET  THAT  CHALLENGE  AND  CONTINUE  THE  HIGH  QUALITY  OF  VITAL 
SUPPORT  TO  OUR  COMBAT  FORCES  THROUGH  A  RESPONSIVE, 
COMMITTED,  TOTAL  SYSTEM  OF  MC&G- SUPPORT  THAT  INCLUDES  ALL  OF 
YOU  HERE  FOR  THIS  CONFERENCE.