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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…
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…
PROGRAM REASSIGNMENT: The Army has reassigned primary responsibility of the MRC from the RCCTO to PEO MS. The MRC provides a land-based, ground-launched system supporting multidomain fires against specific threats….
DAILY INSPECTION: M1255 CVV Strykers await daily checks and maintenance at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in January 2024. This current maintenance prediction system only goes 30 days out. (Photo by…
(Photo by Gustavo Fring, Pexels) PM MAS team helps to update specifications for munition chemicals. by Jorge A. Munoz and Mark D. Motyka Military specifications—specs—especially for chemicals, are…
MOSA MUSKETEERS: Muskets, like the ones fired here in Boston by participants in the U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command’s (USMEPCOM) Military Member of the Year competition, were the first Army…
CLEAR A PATH: The vehicle-integrated XM123 GOBLN, featured during the industry day demonstration, detects and neutralizes hazards at standoff, creating a passable vehicle-wide lane while reducing risk to the breaching…
(Image by Nataliia Mysak, Getty Images) CAREER NAVIGATOR The push to equip the Army Acquisition Workforce with digital skills continues with MOREin’24. by Jacqueline M. Hames Last fall, the…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: 1965th Contingency Contracting Team, deployed with 408th Contracting Support Brigade Theater Contracting Support – Southwest Asia TITLE: Noncommissioned officer in charge, Regional Contracting Office – Jordan YEARS OF SERVICE…
MAKING LIGHT WORK: Polymer-cased rounds like these, used in a recent Marine Corps training exercise, are 30% lighter than their brass counterparts, reducing the weight that warfighters have to transport….
PRODUCTION CHAIN: To ensure sustainability of its supply chains, the Army needs to recognize essential supply chain imperatives such as investing in tools and processes, building alternative source capabilities and…
CLASS ACTION: Macam Dattathreya, Ph.D., chief engineer at the DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center, leads a class on digital engineering for civilians and Soldiers assigned to the NGCV CFT at…
BUILDING A DIGITAL WAREHOUSE: FOSS can be compared to a massive warehouse with digital building blocks that can be assembled into custom solutions to meet operational needs. (Photo by Staff…
BA-08 pilot is vital for safeguarding Army’s information networks. by Jared D. Auchey, Lt. Col., USA (Ret.) The Single Appropriation Pilot for Software and Digital Technology Budget Activity (BA)…
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS: From left: William Dorman, Paul Kallgren, Maj. John Sellers, Dr. Chris Stefan, and Capt. Ian Davis of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Diagnostic…
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS: Army acquisition professionals gathered at the annual OAP Lead Summit, held April 17-18 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Stefanie Pidgeon, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center) by…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 26, 2024) — Often when you think of “green,” it is forest preservation, clean water, environmental protection, wildlife and sustainable fishing—not the…
TIME IS TISSUE: U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion and 5-159th Bourbon Dustoff conduct a medical evacuation simulation training exercise during Operation Viking at Muscatatuck,…
GOING ELECTRIC: An electric vehicle charging station is located near the Regional Network Enterprise Center on Fort Carson, Colorado. As part of its plan to field an all-electric fleet of…
RESCUE POWER: The H2Rescue, a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel cell-powered emergency vehicle, can travel 180 miles to an area experiencing disaster. Once on site, the vehicle can provide heat, water and…
CELEBRATING IN GERMANY: GENM-O members participate in a ribbon cutting at the Sembach Kaserne U.S. Army post in Germany, Aug. 29, 2023. Sembach Kaserne, within the Kaiserslautern district, is the…
(Graphic provided by PEO EIS) The evolution and impact of MilTech. by Melissa Westcott and Jacqueline M. Hames In the dynamic realm of defense operations, DOD continually seeks to…
SUN ENERGY: An Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program solar microgrid project at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, is managed by the Sacramento District. A fiscal 2016 ERCIP project added additional…
BLUE SKIES AHEAD: The ITE program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions—the T901 saves 45,000 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions annually per aircraft. (Photo by Oleksandr P, Pexels) …
TARGET PRACTICE: Two U.S. Air Force B-52H bombers take part in a routine training event in 2022 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, in support of NATO allies and…
TRND-ING AT THE SYMPOSIUM: Veronica Copp stands with her poster outlining TRND capabilities and objectives at the Department of Defense Energy and Environment Innovation Symposium, held Nov. 28 through Dec….
by Stefanie Pidgeon FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Today, the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center officially renamed its Army Acquisition Center of Excellence (AACoE) to The Army Acquisition School, or TAAS. The…
TWO FIGHTS, ONE TECH: Soldiers depend on technology that will provide them with strategic advantages needed to protect our nation and defeat enemies. With the help of ASA(ALT)-led programs, Soldiers…
PRACTICE ROUND: Special Forces Soldiers assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) detonate a charge during training in Estonia, April 2023. The Army hopes to reuse munitions waste products within…
LESSONS LEARNED: The Army is using lessons learned from initial Command Post Integrated Infrastructure experiments and tests to integrate new command post capabilities onto a JLTV variant. The integrated JLTV…
MODERN METHODOLOGIES: Modern software development methodologies promise enhanced capabilities by prioritizing rapid delivery of solutions, adaptability and collaboration with users, ensuring that software products are not only functional but also…
TEAM AWARD: ACC-RSA Executive Director, Joseph A. Giunta, Jr., front row-center, poses with his team at the Army Acquisition Executive’s Excellence in Leadership Award ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington,…
ON TRACK: As new data sources become available, so must methods to track data from those sources. (Photo by Anete Lusina, Pexels) Data transportation and maintenance: Getting battlefield…
MAINTAINING SUPPLY: The Army Climate Strategy aims at establishing a road map for building resilient supply chains while also achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. (Photo by Cottonbro Studio,…