PACK OUT: An IAAAP employee prepares 155 mm rounds for load, assemble and pack, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Dori Whipple, Joint Munitions Command, Public and Congressional Affairs) Joint…
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SIMULTANEOUS INTEGRATION: DevSecSafOps draws parallels with DevSecOps by automating and integrating software safety testing during software development. (Photo by ThisIsEngineering, Pexels) Rapid software development with DevSecSafOps integrates safety…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Oct. 3, 2024) — Capturing useful emerging technology and integrating it into modernization requires a deliberate and strategic approach. The Assistant Secretary of…
BASIC CBRN TRAINING: U.S. Army Spc. James Collins, 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, secures his mask during a comprehensive CBRN training held by Headquarters and Headquarters Battery on…
WHAT’S NEW? FY25 STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM – NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS The Army Director, Acquisition Career Management (DACM) Office is now accepting applications to the FY25 Student Loan…
TITLE: Military test plans analyst COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Operational Test Command ACQUISITION FUNCTIONAL AREA: Test and Evaluation YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 10 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 7 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS:…
PUTTING AI TO THE TEST: Soldiers assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during Allied Spirit…
TAKING NO RISKS: U.S. Marines from the Chemical & Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) participate in a Product Manager Risk Reduction activity at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland in October 2023….
A CORE CATEGORY: Contracting is one of the six major functional areas in the Back-to-Basics framework. Col. Daphne Austin, right, 410th Contracting Support Brigade commander, takes Megan Dake, middle, the…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Contracting Command – Rock Island TITLE: Supervisory contract specialist – branch chief ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Contracting YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 15 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: DOD contracting professional…
TAKING FIRST PLACE: Matt Willis, Ph.D., left, director of Army Prize Competitions and Army SBIR Program, awards Steve Cameron, Enveil, Inc. chief of customer service, a first-place award for xTechPrime’s…
COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES: Col. Chris Anderson and TGS Product Lead, Kathleen Wilt, PM IS&A, stand next to a PRS 11, while discussing TGS Lot G capabilities at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aug….
UPSKILLING: Blaine Perry, Redstone Test Center chief data officer, leads a data science upskilling class for members of the Redstone Test Center digital transformation community in June 2024, at Redstone…
TRIAGE SYSTEM APP: Developed by the U.S. Army MRDC’s BHSAI, APPRAISE-HRI consists of an Android app that collects heart rate and blood pressure data received via Bluetooth from a patient’s…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space TITLE: Project manager, Tactical Aviation and Ground Munitions YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 20 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Advanced in program management; Practitioner in…
CAREER MANAGEMENT UPHOLDING ACQUISITION POSITION STANDARDS As the fiscal year’s end approaches, this is a good time to check in on your acquisition career. Upholding acquisition position…
THE COMMISSIONING CEREMONY: Chris Young, alongside his class of 105 direct commission candidates at Fort Moore, Georgia On August 16, 2024, Chris Young made history by becoming the first…
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITION CAREER MANAGEMENT RONALD R. RICHARDSON JR. TRANSFORMING THE FORCE The Army Digital Transformation Strategy requires the Army to build a foundation for change….
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense, Joint Project Manager for CBRN Medical, Joint Product Manager for Chemical Defense Pharmaceuticals TITLE: Assistant product manager…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Aug. 20,2024) —The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) congratulates the Soldiers listed below for their selection into the 51C military occupational specialty (MOS)—contracting noncommissioned officer…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Aug. 8, 2024) – The Army Director, Acquisition Career Management (DACM) Office congratulates the 16 acquisition professionals selected to participate in the Naval Postgraduate School…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Aug. 8, 2024) – The Army Director, Acquisition Career Management (DACM) Office congratulates the 15 acquisition professionals selected to participate in the Naval Postgraduate School Master…
PASSING THE TEST: Aberdeen Test Center’s electromagnetic environmental effects dynamometer with built-in turntable is the only one of its kind across DOD. It is engineered to test the effectiveness of…
DIALED IN: Soldiers with the 101st Airborne (Air Assault) conduct mission command operations in the division command post during Operation Legal Eagle. The 21-day training exercise, held at Fort Campbell…
ACQUISITION AWARDS ARMY ACQUISITION EXECUTIVES’ EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP AWARDS There are still a few days left to submit nominations to the Army Acquisition Executive’s (AAE) Excellence in Leadership…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Soldier, Project Manager for Soldier Survivability, Product Manager for Soldier Protective Equipment TITLE: Senior product engineer YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 2 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Foundational…
DRAFT OBJECTIVES: Product Team One hosts a team breakout session at the program increment planning event where the team’s cross-domain experts and government product owner draft and prioritize their objectives…
JUMPING THE GUN: U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2/11 IBCT(A) conduct a jump from a C-17 Globemaster III during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-1 exercise at Malemute Drop…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (July 29, 2024) — As the world witnesses rapid technological advancements and shifting geopolitical landscapes, the Army’s commitment to adaptation through experimentation…
READY FOR BLITZ: HIVE unmanned aircraft systems prepare to take flight during Project Convergence – Capstone 4 at Fort Irwin, California, in March 2024. Small UAS weigh less than 1,320…
LEVERAGING ATACMS: A U.S. Army Soldier prepares the crane for loading the ATACMS onto HIMARS in support of Talisman Sabre 2023, held in July 2023 at Williamson Airfield in Queensland,…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center, The Army Acquisition School TITLE: Instructor YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 10 MILITARY OR CIVILIAN: Military YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 14 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: DOD…
PARTNERING FOR READINESS: Army veteran Joel Nededog, right, and fellow Skookum employees issue equipment and process returns on an AbilityOne contract at the JBLM CIF in July 2023. (Photo by…
CANNON UPGRADES: Previously, cannon and propulsion technologies have mostly been upgraded and developed on separate development paths leveraging prior legacy designs. PD TAS has initiated a project to develop a…
GOBLN ON DECK: The GOBLN neutralization subsystem is tested during one of the program’s touch points at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. The system is designed to evaluate developing technologies and…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space, Integrated Fires Rapid Capabilities Office TITLE: Integrated Fires Test Operations Chief YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 28 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Practitioner in…
