Managers encouraged to nominate high-achieving teams, individuals By Steve Stark FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The past year presented more than its share of challenges to the acquisition workforce, and…
Read More
By Jacqueline Boucher TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. — Team Tobyhanna is fabricating thousands of electrical and mechanical components for the U.S. Marine Corps. Last year, the Marine Corps Systems…
By Mr. Dale A. Ormond, Director, U.S. Army Research, Development And Engineering Command Most planning involves developing a series of concrete steps and conditional decision points that together define a…
Pentagon demo shows leadership how the Integrated Air and Missile Defense system will revolutionize Army Air and Missile Defense By Maj. Scott Gill and Mr. Dave Witteveen The…
By Steve Stark FORT BELVOIR, Va. – The theme of newest edition of Army AL&T magazine looks 30 years in the future to develop a plan—albeit one that will…
By Audra Calloway, Picatinny Public Affairs PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (April 21, 2014) — In Afghanistan, summer temperatures soar to 120 degrees and winter temperatures dip into the teens. Mix…
By ECBC Communications A warfighter is performing a mission in a dangerous area where civilians are showing signs of a possible chemical or biological agent exposure. Without the luxury…
By Julia Bobick, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (April 15, 2014) — It’s been a learning process for the past few years to ensure every…
By Kristen Kushiyama JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Congressmen, U.S. Army senior executive service members and other military officials gathered at the Joint Base’s Lakehurst section for a ceremonial…
By Ms. Dawn M. Scott The Army Contracting Command (ACC) has established a continuous process improvement (CPI) team in its Operations Group that will assist with the implementation of…
By Lt. Col. Jim Craig Do you have acquisition experience that you could use to continue to benefit the U.S. Army? Would you like to gain or hone these…
Lt. Gen. Michael E. Williamson became the principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA(ALT)) and the director, acquisition career management…
Faces of the Force: Mary Ottman POSITION: Deputy Product Director UNIT: Product Directorate, Unmanned Systems Airspace Integration Concepts, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. TOTAL YEARS OF SERVICE: 24 EDUCATION: B.S.E.E.,…
Competitive Development Group welcomes 2014 fellows The Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC), Craig Spisak, welcomes seven new Competitive Development Group/Army Acquisition Fellowship (CDG/AAF) fellows during an orientation meeting…
By Brig. Gen. Daniel P. Hughes, Col. Mark Elliott and Col. John Zavarelli Just weeks after deploying to Afghanistan last summer, the commanders and Soldiers of the 4th Brigade…
From the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall One of the seven goals of Better Buying Power 2.0 is to improve the professionalism of…
By Steve Stark FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The award-winning Army AL&T magazine announced the winners of its annual “ALTies” awards, celebrating the best article, commentary, graphic, ad and…
By Lt. Col. Will McDonough, Robert Ucci, Bill Webber and Ted Greiner As defense budgets and military force structure are reduced, the United States must once again examine ways…
By Bruce J. Huffman, TARDEC Public Affairs DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. (March 21, 2014) — Working closely with Lockheed Martin and a conglomeration of Army technology, acquisition and user community…
By Justin Eimers TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. — The Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy have named Tobyhanna the Depot Source of Repair (DSOR) for the Gray Eagle…
DOD policymakers have complex array of tools to help protect industrial capabilities By Mr. Kris Osborn As DOD grapples with multiple fiscal challenges, the Army and the Pentagon…
By Daniel P. Elkins, Mission and Installation Contracting Command Public Affairs Office JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (March 12, 2014) — Entering the Army Acquisition Corps necessitates…
Education and training opportunities By USAASC Acquisition, Education and Training Branch 2014 Student Loan Repayment Program (SLRP): Applications will be accepted starting March 12- April 21. Following a…
By U.S. Army Research Laboratory public affairs ADELPHI, Md. (March 10, 2014) — The Pentagon Channel’s pilot episode of Armed with Science is airing at 9 a.m., 1 p.m.,…
By Audra Calloway ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (March 10, 2014) — Picatinny scientists and engineers have established a pilot production facility to create the Army’s only in-house process for scaling…
By Amy Walker and Claire Heininger, PEO C3T ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (March 10, 2014) — With drastically reduced startup and shutdown times, a new, easy to use graphical…
At warfighters’ request, Army delivers award-winning ration enhancement to help them in extreme conditions By Mr. Joseph Zanchi and Ms. Alexandra Foran Warfighters in extreme, demanding operational environments…
Faces of the Force: Jorge L. Caballero POSITION: Integrated Project Team Lead – Korea UNIT: Projects, Power Projection Enablers (PdM P2E) Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO…
Directorates of logistics become logistics readiness centers for more effective access to services and supply By Col. Dan J. Reilly When the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) rebranded…
By Courtney N. Cashdollar FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Product Manager Power Projection Enablers (PdM P2E) team, led by Lt. Col Mollie A. Pearson and Art Olson, achieved full…
By David Vergun WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 24, 2014) — Soldiers who have used the Distributed Common Ground System-Army, both on and off the battlefield, say that with…
Army educational outreach to build science, technology, engineering and math talent helps grow the workforce of tomorrow By Mr. Jeffrey D. Singleton and Ms. Andrea Simmons-Worthen The Army…
Assessing the health of the Army’s industrial base is a complex task By Mr. Juan L. Millan The Army industrial base of today is more global, commercial and…
How the workforce of Corpus Christi Army Depot repositioned itself for tighter times By Mr. Curtis Titus and Ms. Brigitte Rox Since 2011, Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD)…
Education and training opportunities By USAASC Acquisition, Education and Training Branch Defense Acquisition University-Senior Service College Fellowship (DAU-SSCF): The DAU-SSCF Announcement opened Jan. 29 and closes April 2,…
From the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall My first inclination for this issue’s article was to discuss the newly released DoDI 5000.02. We…
