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A series of such working environment improvements are expected to boost the pride of the

defense acquisition community and strengthen their sense of responsibility. This will eventually
contribute to the acquisition of superior weapons.

2. Developing an Efficient Defense Acquisition System

| Management of Requirement, Planning, and Budgeting in Consideration of the Total Life
Cycle and Swift Acquisition | For the speedy and eff icient acquisition of superior weapon
systems, the MND will strengthen requirement planning capabilities, and enhance the planning

and budgeting systems. In consideration of future warf ighting concepts and technological
developments, the MND will newly establish a preliminary concept research program that
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precedes the determination of requirements. It will also set up a system that decides the order of
priority in force integration from a comprehensive viewpoint in consideration of joint operation Chapter 4

execution concepts and national defense f inances. To prevent the obsolescence of technology
during the process of acquiring weapon systems through R&D, the Required Operational

Capability (ROC) 8) will have to be def ined stage by stage. For this, the MND plans to create a
consultation system that involves the MND, the DAPA, the JCS, and the headquarters of all
Armed Forces.
To strengthen the link between acquisition and operation and maintenance, the MND plans

to enhance the budgeting system in a way that integrates the force enhancement budget and
equipment maintenance costs for weapon systems. It will also create a speedy pilot purchase
program 9) to swiftly acquire the weapons system needed on the battlefield. This will help establish

7) A program for promoting concept research that establishes a mid-term plan through an in-depth studies during
the requirement planning stage, by facilitating the project’s entry into the budget formulation stage, and by
helping to prevent errors that might occur in the acquisition stage
8) Required operational capabilities (ROC) define the levels of functions and weapon system capabilities that satisfy
the operation concepts of weapon systems needed to be acquired for the attainment of military strategic goals.
Required operational capabilities are categorized into major operational capabilities and technical and auxiliary
capabilities, and used as standards in tests and evaluations for R&D projects or imports of weapons systems
9) It is a program designed for the speedy acquisition of weapon systems that meet operational requirements. In
this program, the MND pilot-operates civilian technologies and weapon systems already in operation, and quickly
deploy them in the battlefield once those weapon systems’ performances are proven.

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