RMYAL T SPRING 2021 FEATURE ARTICLES


44 TAC T IC A L A I: NOT A CA ST L E IN THE SKY PEO C3T’s pathfinder project will pave the way for future AI enablers


50 ON CONT R AC T ING: COMP E T I T ION IN COOPER AT ION Unraveling competition requirements.


58 PRECISION SUCCESS


PM CAS meets an important Army modernization priority


62 FACES OF THE FORCE: MIK E COWP ERTHWA I T Get comfortable getting uncomfortable


64 END OF AN ER A


Chemical Biological Protective Shelter program produces the final shelter


69 UNDERSTANDING ACQUISITION: THE COLORS OF MONEY


In defense acquisition financial management, there are no colors and no actual money


CRITICAL THINKING


72 COOL UNDER PRESSURE A senior U.S. diplomat is focused on keeping things cool in the Arctic


COMMENTARY


84 HOW REL E VANT IS SPEED? U.S. must not only allow commercial industry to bid on work, it must also recruit and encourage participation


90 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT EXI T IN T ERVIEW: CULTURE ST ILL EATS ST R AT EGY


Parting thoughts focus on how important the right culture is to doing modernization well


WORKFORCE


98 FROM THE DACM: WORLD - CL A SS, FAIR AND CONSIST ENT ALAP adds more data for selection of key positions


102 CHA RT ING YOUR COURSE


Individual development plans help employees plan their career path


106 FACES OF THE FORCE: SFC ROBERT NICHOL SON Boundless curiosity


108 WHEN THE GOING IS TOUGH, GET HELP


Where to turn in this pandemic-fraught environment


114 ON THE MOVE


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Major General Harold J. “Harry” Greene Awards for Acquisition Writing


Also included with this issue: the 2020 Major General Harold J. ‘Harry’ Greene Awards for Acquisition Writing.


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