RIAC Government Sponsors

IAC Program Management

The Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC) is a Department of Defense (DoD) chartered Information Analysis Center (IAC) administered by the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), the centralized organization for the collection and dissemination of scientific and technical information for the U.S. Department of Defense. DoD IACs are formal organizations chartered by the DoD to collect, analyze, disseminate and apply scientific and technical information within a specialized technical area.

DoD Technical Sponsor

The Department of Defense technical sponsor for the RIAC is the Systems Engineering Office, which is under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) / Interoperability. The Systems Engineering Office develops policy and provides support for the early integration of functional disciplines in the acquisition process. These functional disciplines and the System Engineering Office's areas of responsibility include:

Improve the Systems Engineering Environment

Provide Effective Systems Engineering Policies, Practices, Procedures, Methods, and Tools

Provide for a Professional Systems Engineering Workforce

Improve Balance of Cost, Schedule, Performance, and Risk in Programs

Reduce the Life Cycle Cost of Defense Systems

Assess System Technical Maturity and Readiness for Operational Testing Based on Developmental Test Results

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