JANUARY–MARCH 2013 FEATURES


THE HONORABLE HEIDI SHYU Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT))/Army Acquisition Executive


EDITORIAL BOARD


LTG JEFFREY W. TALLEY Chief, U.S. Army Reserve/Commanding General (CG), U.S. Army Reserve Command


LTG PATRICIA E. MCQUISTION Deputy CG/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Materiel Command


LTG JAMES O. BARCLAY III Deputy Chief of Staff (DCS), G-8


LTG WILLIAM N. PHILLIPS Director, Army Acquisition Corps and Director, Acquisition Career Management


LTG SUSAN S. LAWRENCE U.S. Army Chief Information Officer/G-6


MG HAROLD J. GREENE Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management, Office of the ASA(ALT) (OASA(ALT))


BG(P) JOSEPH CARAVALHO CG, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command


WIMPY D. PYBUS Deputy ASA (DASA) for Acquisition Policy and Logistics, OASA(ALT), and Acting DASA for Defense Exports and Cooperation, OASA(ALT)


DR. JEFFERY P. HOLLAND Director of Research and Development/ Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers


ROY A. WALLACE Assistant DCS, G-1


THOMAS E. MULLINS DASA for Plans, Programs, and Resources, OASA(ALT)


MARY MILLER Acting DASA for Research and Technology, OASA(ALT)


CARMEN J. SPENCER DASA for Elimination of Chemical Weapons, OASA(ALT)


KIM DENVER DASA for Procurement, OASA(ALT)


CRAIG A. SPISAK Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC)


NELSON MCCOUCH III Executive Secretary, Editorial Board, USAASC


SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY


84 GLOBA L SOLUTIONS DOD looks to foreign technologies for mature capabilities that can save money


92 GREAT EST INVENTIONS OF 2011


Army’s top 10 inventions emphasize Soldier protection and precision


100 BE AT ING BIOAEROSOL S


Basic research leads Army to develop means of protecting Soldiers from bioagent threats now and in the future


106 AGILE S&T


Using the Agile Process to address capability gaps in interceptors, launchers, and radars


112 MA K ING NUMBERS COUNT


The role of the professional statistician in ethical decision-making for DOD


CONTRACTING


118 PATH TO SUCCESS Lessons learned from leading a Source Selection Evaluation Board to award, ahead of schedule


124 ‘SMA RT ’ CLOSEOUT


How the JTRS GMR Program Office planned and executed the end of a $2 billion contract with six months remaining


130 GET T ING A GRIP


ACC strengthens controls on government furnished property


136 THINKING BIG ON SMA L L BUSINESS


HR Solutions expands opportunities with IDIQ contract modifications


CRITICAL THINKING


142 LESSONS IN LE ADERSHIP Executive trainer offers perspectives on the roles of personality, agility, and diversity in running organizations


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Army AL&T Magazine


January–March 2013


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