Sustainability and National Security

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Capability Portfolio Reviews (CPR) and Net Zero
Vision


The VCSA initiated CPRs in December 2009 with
the aim of “holistically examining, validating, modi-
fying or recommending termination of requirements
driving capability development, acquisition and sus-
tainment across a series of portfolios defined by the
Army but aligned to those defined by the Department
of Defense (DOD) (AUSA 2010, 2). This has been a
significantly effective approach in forcing coordina-
tion, identifying redundancy, and putting increased
attention on senior leader priorities within the major
acquisition programs. The CPR effort was originally
intended to be a one year cycle but based on the suc-
cess of these reviews, Senior Army Leadership has
recognized the need to continue the process. Moving
forward, the configuration of the CPRs is under re-
view with a potential to restructure the process from
the systems listed above into additional portfolios that
are organized into two categories: Operating Force
Portfolios and Generating Force Portfolios. Under
this proposal, energy concerns are captured under in-
stallation services portfolios in the Generating Force
(G3/5/7 2011). While this is certainly important, it
will be critical to have operational energy be a consid-
eration in the Operating Force portfolios should the
process be reconfigured in that manner. Additionally,
wherever ASA(ALT) engages in the CPR process, so
too, should ASA(IE&E) in order to maintain consis-
tent input on operational energy issues in the major
acquisition efforts, particularly in the discussions of
technology maturation and insertion.
As discussed earlier in the JCIDS portion, the for-
mal implementation of an Energy Efficiency KPP will

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