By Susan L. Follett FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 29, 2015) — The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) has received a prestigious Gold Quill Award of Merit from the International…
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By Tara Clements WASHINGTON (Oct. 13, 2014) – Today, Army acquisition leaders marked the 25th anniversary of the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC) at a commemorative event on the opening…
Army Acquisition Corps coalesces around dedication, professionalism By Hon. Heidi Shyu, Army Acquisition Executive “We know that the quality of our people is an essential ingredient to our success…
By Tara Clements FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Oct. 7, 2014) — As part of its celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC), the U.S. Army Acquisition…
Legislation, scandal, regulation, reform By Mr. Steve Stark and Ms. Susan L. Follett The U.S. Army has been procuring goods and services from the private sector since long before…
By Tara Clements FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Oct. 6, 2014) — Next Monday marks 25 years since then-Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Carl E. Vuono approved the creation of…
By Kris Osborn, ASA(ALT) WARREN, Mich. (Army News Service, May 6, 2011) – What began as an ambitious vision in the minds of Army leaders in 1999 – to build…
By PEO Ammunition In the dozen years since it was first chartered, Program Executive Officer for Ammunition (PEO Ammo) has fielded 12 billion rounds of ammo, demilitarized nearly a million…
By Army Contracting Command Public Affairs The Army Contracting Command NewsBlast editor recently sat down with the ACC commanding general to get his thoughts on the command, events and the…
By PEO C3T ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 28, 2014) — The U.S. Army has released a draft Request for Proposals to procure additional Rifleman Radios using full and open…
By Argie Sarantinos-Perrin, PM Tactical Radios ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 13, 2014) — With the Army’s new tactical network, squads and platoons can share data and images, track friendly…
By Claire Heininger, PEO C3T FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (March 20, 2014) — As they prepare for their first large-scale air assault exercise since before 9/11, the Soldiers of the 101st…
By Carey Phillips, USAMMDA PAO Every day, men and women ages 18 and over volunteer to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces. These brave service members protect the citizens of…
By Valecia L. Dunbar, D.M., Army Medicine Public Affairs Reports of the successful trials that could lead to the world’s first malaria vaccine led the headlines of international news outlets…
Pentagon, Army realign radio programs, stand up Joint Tactical Networking Center By Mr. Kris Osborn and Ms. Claire Heininger To provide needed communication capabilities to Soldiers, the Army has placed…
By Rick Gregory, PEO STRI Strategic Communications Support Staff Rave reviews like the one in the headline have been pouring in from Soldiers since PEO STRI fielded the first Live,…
By J. Ellen Crown, USAMRMC public affairs FORT DETRICK, Md. (Feb. 14, 2013) — The tongue is an amazing organ. Thousands of nerve fibers in it help us eat, drink…
By Mr. Edward G Worley (ACC) REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.–In an effort to streamline command and control of its military contracting Soldiers, the Army Contracting Command is attaching portions of its…
By Nancy Jones-Bonbrest, PEO C3T ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Dec. 3, 2013) — Just as many Americans continue to unplug and go mobile, so does Army mission command. As a…
By Claire Heininger and Amy Walker, U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Aug. 19, 2013) — The Army’s new, mobile tactical communications network has reached Afghanistan, where U.S. forces are…
By Heather McDowell Duong, USAMRMC PAO The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s Regulatory Operations branch continues to blaze the environmental sustainability trail at Detrick, saving money and time along…
By Jaclyn Nix, CCAD Public Affairs Corpus Christ Army Depot with partner, General Electric, celebrated the completion of the 3,000th T701D conversion engine overhaul with a small cake cutting ceremony…
By JD Leipold WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 19, 2012) — Today, both male and female Soldiers wear body armor that has been designed for men. But the Army plans…
By Project Manager Warfighter Information Network-Tactical ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., (April 20, 2012) — As the parent organization of Project Manager Warfighter Information Network-Tactical celebrates its 25th anniversary this month,…
Claire Heininger, U.S. Army FORT DRUM, N.Y. (October 15, 2012) — Soldiers will soon be able to cover greater distances, make quicker decisions and share more information using the Army’s…
By Jeffrey Soares, USAMRMC public affairs The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command celebrated the licensure and fielding of the Adenovirus Type 4 and Type 7 Vaccine with a…
By C. Todd Lopez WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 9, 2013) — The XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement weapon system is now in development. But by this time next year,…
By Kristen McCullough, PEO STRI Public Affairs Officer As the Army stares down looming budget cuts amidst the need for a critical technology refresh, the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) exercises…
By ACC public affairs When you left ECC, did you think that you might be back at ACC as the commander? I’ve been very fortunate and blessed that the advances…
By Ed Worley, ACC Office of Public and Congressional Affairs Army Contracting Command’s move to Redstone Arsenal passed its “tipping point” in March as the personnel strength in Alabama surpassed…
By C. Todd Lopez WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 15, 2010) — The Army christened the new Ground Soldier System June 14 with a name that honors World War II…
By Christina Bates, PEO IEW&S Recent wars have ushered in a totally new way of conducting operations: coordinated sensor warfare. Whether the area of focus is Base Defense, Air Defense,…
By PEO Aviation COLUMBUS, Miss. – The 100th delivery of the UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter was celebrated at a rollout ceremony Thursday at the American Eurocopter facility in Columbus….
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Oct. 27, 2010) — The Kiowa Warrior OH-58D, the Army’s primary armed reconnaissance scout aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, is about to get a makeover that…
By Carey Phillips, USAMMDA Public Affairs The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity’s Teri Glass and the Medical Support Systems team won the 2010 National Security and International Affairs Medal…
By Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Oct. 15, 2009) — As the U.S. Army approaches eight years of counter-insurgency operations in two theaters, Iraq and Afghanistan, the…
