THE GREEN MACHINE
EXCELLENCE IN ACQUISITION
A team from PEO ACWA received the David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award on Jan. 24, 2024, at a ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. From left: Bobby Phillips, Anniston Field Office technical lead; Tami Atkins, acting program executive officer; Lt. Gen. Robert Collins, military deputy/director, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology; Michael Abaie, former program executive officer; and Timothy Garrett, director of PEO ACWA Field Operations. Not pictured are team award winners Dr. Candace Coyle, former site project manager at the Blue Grass destruction plant, and Walton Levi, site project manager, Pueblo destruction plant. (Photo provided by PEO AWCA)
Te PEO for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (STRI) is demonstrat- ing that use of cyberspace can benefit both combat effectiveness and the environment as well. PEO STRI is using virtual train- ing to make a big difference in the cost and impacts of Army operations. Sophisticated simulators allow trainees to gain experi- ence on aircraft, vehicles or other systems so that when they do get seat time in the actual machines, they are already famil- iar with how they work and feel. Tis reduces time, fuel and wear and tear spent in the field. It also minimizes rookie train- ing mistakes that can result in injuries or damaged equipment and makes time spent in the cockpit more useful.
PEO STRI is also contributing to reduc- ing environmental impacts and lowering costs through sophisticated digital model- ing. Exact digital models of systems and platforms, called “digital twins,” are used during the development and testing phase
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to reduce research and development and production costs. Tey can also be used to enhance training and assist in predictive maintenance during sustainment.
Te digital environment is not only bene- fitting Army readiness, it benefits the real-world environment as well.
CONCLUSION Finally, PEO Assembled Chemical Weap- ons Alternatives (ACWA) received special recognition in January 2024 for improv- ing the world environment. A team from PEO ACWA received the prestigious David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award for “demonstrating the acquisi- tion management and technical skills to implement measures that reduced schedule risk, while maintaining worker safety and enabling the United States to complete the destruction of the remaining chemical weapons stockpile by the Chemical Weap- ons Convention commitment deadline.”
On July 27, 2023, the final munition in our stockpile of chemical weapons, a sarin nerve agent-filled M55 rocket, was destroyed at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. All told, the United States destroyed more than 30,000 tons of chem- ical agents, from mustard agents to nerve gas. We are all justifiably proud of the effort the PEO ACWA devoted to the safe destruction of these lethal chemicals.
From development of new technologies to decontamination of systems, and the elim- ination of old munitions and other waste, the Army acquisition team is working hard to reduce the Army’s environmen- tal impact at the same time it is supplying Soldiers with the best possible weapons and equipment. By making the Army greener and meaner, Army acquisitions professionals are benefitting the Soldier, the taxpayer and the environment.
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