FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Feb. 24, 2020)—The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center congratulates the Soldiers listed below for their selection into the 51C military occupational specialty (MOS)—contracting noncommissioned officer…
After high-publicity failures, defense acquisition experts laud the Army for focusing on products and priorities over process, but bureaucracy remains a threat. by Michael Bold and Margaret C. Roth The…
Members of CMU’s NREC, set up equipment during the data collection event at Fort Hunter Liggett, Jan 13. The partnership between CMU and the AITF focuses on modernizing the Army…
Understanding acquisition is hard. Depicting how it works is next to impossible. by Steve Stark In attempting to come up with a graphic representation of how acquisition works, Army AL&T…
PEO C3T leverages rapid acquisition and prototyping to improve network management for new software-defined radios. by Maj. Nicholas Milano, Keith Whittaker, George Senger and Amy Walker The Army has been…
The SB>DEFIANT produced by Sikorsky-Boeing is one of two aircraft selected for further testing under the JMR-TD program. (Image courtesy of Boeing.) Supercomputing allows acceleration of the acquisition timeline. by…
FROM THE ARMY ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE BRUCE D. JETTE By giving the Army acquisition team authority and the necessary training, we can better deliver overmatch capabilities to Soldiers. Having served…
USASAC’s total package approach keeps FMS customers up and running. by Adriane Elliot There’s no doubt that foreign military sales (FMS) are a critical component of U.S. foreign policy. From…
New OTA seeks to speed capabilities to warfighters while also developing the U.S. industrial base. by Kyle Thalmann and Tara Sarruda Using the relatively new Cornerstone Other-Transaction Authority (OTA) provided…
DASA(P) joins forces with GSA to get federal agencies to share solutions to similar strategic acquisition challenges. by Elizabeth Chirico and John Burchill Over the past year, within both government…
The Rapid Innovation Fund enables the military and nontraditional contractors to work together. by Kathryn Bailey As DOD seeks to spur development of new technology, its Rapid Innovation Fund provides…
Software-defined networking could get Army’s data moving faster by John Shotwell and Amy Walker As part of its tactical network modernization strategy, the Army has begun development, integration and Soldier-driven…
To look back 50 years at Army aviation is, in some ways, to look ahead a decade. by Margaret C. Roth Back in 1969, in the thick of the Vietnam…
Effective, innovative and agile medical product development fast-tracks MEDHUB device to warfighters. by Jay Wang Progress and change always go hand-in-hand. This is especially true for the latest changes affecting…
A more agile acquisition strategy got users excited about a joint system to report and map chemical, biological and radiological attacks, and prompted one service to change its mind about…
The third in a series, ASA(ALT) at Work, which looks into ASA(ALT) organizations, what they do and where they do it. PEO Soldier’s mission is to rapidly deliver agile, adaptive,…
OTAs are charting a new path to make sure warfighters in the future fight get innovative care. by Ramin A. Khalili Just a few hours after a trio of late-night…
Cyber Center of Excellence program aims to expand partnerships and close capability gaps through experimentation.
Army, Marines, U.K. collaborate to develop lightweight ammunition to reduce Soldiers’ load.
The Forge is an open door for industry to collaborate with the Army on cybersecurity operations, fostering innovation and speeding solution delivery. by Ellen Summey It’s a lesson most of…
The Army’s xTechSearch competition creates an innovation pipeline to the small business ecosystem to enable next-generation technologies from nontraditional suppliers. by Dr. Matt Willis “The Army needs that private-sector…
The winner of the first xTechSearch works to scale itself and its product. by Zeke Topolosky and Dr. Matt Willis Adranos Inc. is a Purdue University-affiliated company that won the…
Middle-tier acquisition authority features flexible prototype and fielding options. by Douglas Burbey, Mindy Gabbert and Kathryn Bailey The Army is employing one more option for programs of record to…
Fifth in a series of articles on how the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command is supporting the Army’s six modernization priorities. By Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins A fleet…
The Army awards billions of contracting dollars annually in order to support its mission. Historically, more than 20 percent of this total goes to small businesses. A strong small business…
Security Assistance Command explores how to expedite the process of getting rid of the Army’s old equipment. by Marcus Mackey The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) is demonstrating a…
Soldiers of the 3rd BCT and Vanderbilt University develop a new business model without any explicit direction or permission from highest levels of leadership. by 1st Lt. Austin Herrling GPS,…
Army acquisition has been called many things. A team sport. A challenge. An opportunity to support the warfighter. To provide that support, staff at the Program Executive Office for Intelligence,…
Three events are critical in developing the concept of operations for terrain shaping obstacles. by Lt. Col. Phillip Poteet New capabilities are seldom new. Most have the benefit of past…
Fourth in a series of articles on how the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command is supporting the Army’s six modernization priorities. by Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins A small…
Automatic identification technology improves speed and accuracy of logging ammunition supplies, but Soldiers in forward theaters can’t use it. by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael Lima One of the advancing…
Small drones are increasingly a threat to Soldiers. A new cyber-enabled system provides a key countermeasure. by Nancy Jones-Bonbrest In the desert of the National Training Center, Soldiers got an…
C-DAEM program maximizes industry innovation to expedite capability to the warfighter. by Lt. Col. Thomas D. Jagielski and James A. Sarruda Evolving threats, complex requirements and a wary industrial base…
How the Army fielded its next-generation human resources system to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. by Col. Greg Johnson “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” This piece of battlefield…
The Army Leader Dashboard is tackling the Army’s data problem, bridging the gap between assumptions and insights for strategic resource decisions. by Ellen Summey The Army has a data problem….
USASAC working group develops initiatives to make sure foreign military sales don’t affect U.S. Army readiness. by Debra Valine When Gen. Gustave F. Perna, commanding general of U.S. Army…
