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The U.S. Army Evaluation Center’s Army Evaluation Plan Ghostwriter team and the U.S. Army Operational Test Command's Document Generator Workflow team shared the top prize for the third annual ATEC AI Challenge during the fourth annual ATEC Data Summit on Sept. 18, 2025. The Ghostwriter team from left is Anna Campbell, Matthew Pandullo, Mark Downes, Hasan Shahid, Maj. Daniel S. Bader, Brian Kelly, Jim Amato and Gabriele Chiulli.

Solving The Wrong Problem: Lessons From The ATEC AI Challenge

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February 2026 Hot Topics

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Fellows Meet Virtually For The Annual DAU-SSCF Senior Leader Forum

February 23, 2026 in Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines

Delivering The Future: JPADS And The Contested Battlefield

The nature of warfare is in constant flux, and with it, the demands on military logistics. As the U.S. Army shifts its focus toward Large-Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) and confronts…
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February 19, 2026 in AAW Spotlights, Behind The Frontlines, Career Development, DAU-SSCF, Workforce

Fellows Meet Virtually For The Annual DAU-SSCF Senior Leader Forum

The SSCF program is a 10-month educational senior leadership developmental opportunity sponsored by the DACM Office.
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February 17, 2026 in Behind The Frontlines, Faces of the Force

The Power Of The Four Ps – Marta L. Hess

Success doesn’t happen by chance—it’s built on a foundation. For Marta Hess, that foundation is a framework she calls the “four Ps”: people, process, product and plan.
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Fellows Meet Virtually For The Annual DAU-SSCF Senior Leader Forum

Hess firing an M80A1 round of ammunition from the M240B machine gun with Lt. Col. Michel, PM MAS, at PM MAS All Hands Range Day at the Karpowich Range, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, in May 2022.

The Power Of The Four Ps – Marta L. Hess

TWI fellows observe a demonstration of ESRI during a tour of Microsoft’s Innovation Hub during the January 2026 Midpoint Review.

TWI Fellows Meet For 2026 Midpoint Review

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February 2026 Hot Topics

ACQUISITION 360°

A comprehensive look at the end-to-end acquisition life cycle.

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Workers pack completed M1 Garand rifles for shipment at the Springfield Armory (c. 1940s), emblematic of the Ordnance Department’s mass-production “arsenal of democracy” that armed U.S. forces at scale.

History of the Army Acquisition Workforce and its Ongoing Transformation

RESPONSIBLE SPEED

BLACK HAWK ABOVE AND BEYOND

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BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

Insights from past Acquisition leaders and comparisons of historical and current technologies.

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An exercise to experience

Been there, done that: Beware the rush to failure

Been There, Done That: Think ready, be ready

Been There, Done That: Want A High Return?

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FACES OF THE FORCE

Highlighting the Army Acquisition Workforce and their contributions.

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Hess firing an M80A1 round of ammunition from the M240B machine gun with Lt. Col. Michel, PM MAS, at PM MAS All Hands Range Day at the Karpowich Range, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, in May 2022.

The Power Of The Four Ps – Marta L. Hess

Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu FOTF Featured Image showing Uchechukwu's official headshot (right) and Uchechukwu taking a short break after the 411th CSB Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter Board at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/411th CSB Building at Camp Humphreys Korea, in February 2024 (left).

Grow In Knowledge – Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu

Blenk, right, with Craig Freed, chief engineer of the Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter, DEVCOM-AC, conducting a pre-live-fire software check of the Network Assisted Assured Global Positioning System for the programs live-fire demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona on November 17, 2016. (Photos courtesy of Thomas Blenk)

Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable – Thomas Blenk

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Mind Over Management – Sean Brandt

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FROM THE FRONTLINES

A look at acquisition in action.

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The U.S. Army Evaluation Center’s Army Evaluation Plan Ghostwriter team and the U.S. Army Operational Test Command's Document Generator Workflow team shared the top prize for the third annual ATEC AI Challenge during the fourth annual ATEC Data Summit on Sept. 18, 2025. The Ghostwriter team from left is Anna Campbell, Matthew Pandullo, Mark Downes, Hasan Shahid, Maj. Daniel S. Bader, Brian Kelly, Jim Amato and Gabriele Chiulli.

Solving The Wrong Problem: Lessons From The ATEC AI Challenge

Special Operations Command North, in coordination with DoD partners, Operational Energy-Innovation and Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support, conducts experimentation of a long-range precision aerial delivery system during ARCTIC EDGE 25 near Tok, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2025. AE25 provided Special Operations Command North the opportunity to test a range of capabilities and response options to deter, disrupt, degrade, and deny competitor activity in the Arctic in support of globally integrated layered defense of the homeland. AE25 is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic.

Delivering The Future: JPADS And The Contested Battlefield

U.S. Army Transformation and Training Command hosted xTech Overwatch for Unmanned Systems Oct. 27-29, 2025, at the Bush Combat Development Center - Innovation Proving Ground in Bryan, Texas, which provided industry partners and academia the ability to continue development integrated within the Army.

FUZE: The Army’s New VC Model

Australian Army soldiers Private Sebastian Jayne, left, Bombardier Charlie Vera, center, and Gunner Zaryn Monson, right, from 54 Siege Battery, 14th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, stand in front of a HIMARS after firing a PrSM at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.

Precision Strike Missile Success at Talisman Sabre: Accelerating Army Long Range Precision Fires Modernization

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PROGRAM OF RECORD

Discussing the process of conceptualizing, developing, acquiring and decommissioning programs.

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The FLRAA team shows Col. Matthew Scher, the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade commanding officer, what his Soldiers can expect from the FLRAA in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment hangar on September 9, 2024. A tiltrotor aircraft, FLRAA will have the hybrid capabilities of both planes and helicopters. (Photo by Spc. Charles Clark, 25th Infantry Division)

TWICE AS FAR, TWICE AS FAST

In a simulation, Navy Lt. Anh Nguyen, a master’s student who is currently evaluating the use of the IVAS augmented reality software, initiates treatment of a wounded warfighter by displaying virtual hands that provide previously recorded guidance in the procedure. (Photo courtesy of Christoph Leuze, Nakamir Inc.)

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SEPARATION FROM SERVICE

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