HIMARS: Soldiers from the Kansas National Guard’s 130th Field Artillery Regiment train with their High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) in September 2022 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. (Photo by Sgt….
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RAMP IT UP: Previously, the Army could stretch out programs. Now, we have to surge in response to urgent needs. (Photo by Dori Whipple, Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, May…
RADIO JUNGLE: A Soldier with the 25th ID conducts low-cost, secure but unclassified-encrypted radio experimentation during a jungle situational training exercise in support of Operation Tiger Balm, held in Hawaii…
SUMMER PLANS: The Army will conduct a Satellite Communications (SATCOM) as a Managed Service (SaaMS) Pilot this summer to inform decisions on the service’s potential use of a commercially leased…
SETTING A-PACE: A Soldier from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Signal and Intelligence Support Company configures equipment and devices for use on the network using Automatic-Primary, Alternate, Contingency, and…
Army Contracting Command offers new training to get civilians and Soldiers up to speed on contract administration. by Stephanie Brown Reviews, audits and investigations tied to DOD…
How OTA consortia are delivering for defense acquisition and our warfighters. by Al Abramson, Brig. Gen. USA (Ret.) From an acquisition standpoint, the Army’s modernization efforts have…
LOCATION BASED CHALLENGES: Service members face a host of location-based challenges to their service, from spousal employment to dual military couple co-stationing, from child care to the high cost of…
CLOUD STORAGE FACILITY: Digital data is stored on servers at off-site locations, maintained by a third-party provider who is responsible for hosting, managing and securing data stored on its infrastructure….
NECESSARY PREPARATIONS: Soldiers with Third Platoon, “Blackhorse” Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting…
DETERRENCE UPGRADE: A CATV travels cross-country at the Cold Region Test Center, Alaska. An armored version of the CATV would give Army Alaska units the ability to deter potential attacks….
AHD NET: A Soldier from the 8th Theater Sustainment Command at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii operates the watercraft mounted Acoustic Hailing Device during the New Equipment Training event held…
AI ASSISTANT: Solano used ChatGPT to help write and edit this article. Some acquisition professionals are already using language models to complete tasks in their daily personal lives. (Photo by…
ACROSS THE ARMY: Branches of the FMMP exist throughout the Army—another branch just launched in March 2023 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, with Ms. Marion Whicker, Army Materiel Command executive deputy…
CADRE ON CALL: ALAP candidates listen to a pre-event briefing as part of the strategic leadership exercise. The ALAP cadre is always around to answer questions during the program, even…
RECONNAISSANCE ROTATION: A Soldier from 25th Infantry Division conducts field reconnaissance Oct. 31 on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii. (Photo by Sgt. Daniel Proper, 25th Infantry Division) Future operating…
STEERING CLEAR OF CONTAMINATION: Two CBRN technicians secure and prepare to decontaminate the unmanned aerial vehicle after it investigates a potentially hazardous cloud. The unmanned ground vehicle in the background…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 24, 2023)—The editors have voted, the readers have voted, and the results are in! Army AL&T magazine, the award-winning publication of the Army acquisition…
CAMP 59: A view of Camp 59 in 1941, in a photo taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross during an inspection. (Photo courtesy of the International Committee…
THE ASSESSMENT: The Integrated Battle Command System Engagement Operations Center undergoes assessment in the prototype integration facility in Huntsville, Alabama. (Images courtesy of the IFMC Project Office) The…
LOADED: A Soldier loads an M320 grenade launcher during a familiarization range hosted by Special Forces in Syria, July 19, 2020. (Photo by Spc. Chris Estrada, U.S. Army 126th Theater…
STRANGE REQUIREMENTS: Bradley Fighting Vehicles are good examples of systems with KPPs that ran wild. (Photo by Sgt. Tara Fajardo Arteaga, 113th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) The Joint…
by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 4, 2023) — “New capabilities and concepts” is almost like the chicken-and-egg scenario: Which came first? According to AL&T editor-in-chief, Nelson…
PREPARED FOR PALLETS: An ammunition handler at Blue Grass Army Depot in Lexington, Kentucky, prepares a number of 155 mm projectile rounds to be repalletized, Sept. 8, 2022. The U.S….
In March 2022, the TWI Fellows gathered at Sig Sauer to learn about their business practices and share information from their personal TWI experience. (Photo by Rachel Berry, DACM Office)…
INSIDER INFO: Brent Perdu, Joint Contingency and Expeditionary Services (JCXS) contract program manager, briefs Dominguez regarding the JCXS contract during his assignment with the TWI program. The DACM…
TESTING THE LIMITS: National Guard Soldiers don M50 gas masks in response to a simulated chemical attack during a Combat Support Training. Some Army prototypes that showed promise, followed by…
GATHER THE DATA: Making consumable information out of raw data begins with harvesting data from external and internal sources, like satellites, aircraft, electronic sensors and unit-owned sensors. (Photo by Pok…
OUTSIDE THE LINES: Amit Kapadia, the chief engineer for Product Manager Synthetic Environment at the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO STRI), speaks to local chief engineers…
DRIVEN BY DATA: Army HR Command aims to improve the Soldier experience, treating users more like customers and tracking time to resolution for various HR services and requests. (Image by…
TIES THAT BIND: You’ve found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, but maintaining employment in your career field after becoming a military spouse is…
A FAIR TRADE(WIND): Tradewind was formed in early 2021 to set up and manage a prototype business process that streamlines rapid procurement and agile delivery of AI capabilities for DOD….
DOUBLE THE FUN: Douglas Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, left, talks with Shannon Sentell, Ph.D., COO of Stealth Power. The business was announced as…
NEWEST MODEL: Project Manager Tactical Network completed Phoenix E-Model satellite terminal new equipment training for Bravo Company, 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in November 2022. These…
HONING SKILLS: During the ALAP workshop in September 2022, participants took part in a mock blind interview and participated in an open conversation with all the volunteers and alumni. According…
How new artificial intelligence tools are transforming the Army. by Thom Hawkins Prompt: Write the introduction to an article about how the Army is using generative artificial…
