DOD policymakers have complex array of tools to help protect industrial capabilities By Mr. Kris Osborn As DOD grapples with multiple fiscal challenges, the Army and the Pentagon…
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By Audra Calloway ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (March 10, 2014) — Picatinny scientists and engineers have established a pilot production facility to create the Army’s only in-house process for scaling…
By Amy Walker and Claire Heininger, PEO C3T ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (March 10, 2014) — With drastically reduced startup and shutdown times, a new, easy to use graphical…
Directorates of logistics become logistics readiness centers for more effective access to services and supply By Col. Dan J. Reilly When the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) rebranded…
By Courtney N. Cashdollar FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Product Manager Power Projection Enablers (PdM P2E) team, led by Lt. Col Mollie A. Pearson and Art Olson, achieved full…
Assessing the health of the Army’s industrial base is a complex task By Mr. Juan L. Millan The Army industrial base of today is more global, commercial and…
How the workforce of Corpus Christi Army Depot repositioned itself for tighter times By Mr. Curtis Titus and Ms. Brigitte Rox Since 2011, Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD)…
From the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall My first inclination for this issue’s article was to discuss the newly released DoDI 5000.02. We…
AMC works to preserve OIB capabilities through cooperative arrangements with industry and others By Mr. Mark L. Morrison Among the challenges faced by the Army’s organic industrial base…
By Joyce M. Conant, ARL Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Jan. 28, 2014) — Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory go about their business every day working…
A host of stakeholders speak frankly on what the Army needs to do to preserve its industrial base By Army AL&T magazine staff Preserving the unique and often…
By Ms. Susan L. Follett Some of Jared Higgs’ earliest memories are of time spent with his father in his shop at the Red River Army Depot (RRAD), in Texarkana,…
By Amy Walker, PEO C3T ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Jan. 6, 2013) — The Army’s rapid fielding of network systems to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan led to…
By Nancy Jones-Bonbrest, PEO C3T FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (Dec. 18, 2013) — With the Army’s newest set of tactical network systems now in the hands of Soldiers who could…
By Thomas Peske CRANE, Ind. – Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) completed a GPS pilot program that will help increase safety and efficiency for ammunition crews while working on…
By Amy Walker, PEO C3T FORT BLISS, Texas (Dec. 9, 2013) — Brigade and battalion command posts, the heart of battlefield operations, are more mobile and agile than ever…
An interview with Mr. Charlie E. Williams Jr., outgoing director, Defense Contract Management Agency Mr. Charlie E. Williams Jr. was director of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) from…
By Steve Stark FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Twenty-five winners of the 2013 Army Acquisition Awards and the Secretary of the Army Awards for Excellence in Contracting were honored Nov….
By Michael Clow WARREN, Mich. — Marking another sign of strength for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program, joint program office leaders celebrated being named one of the four…
By Larry McCaskill HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — According to Army Contracting Command officials, a new “go to” site will essentially eliminate the need to consult multiple resources on the web…
The Army has a lot of stuff to move. Amazon moves a lot of stuff. Nearly everyone knows who Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is. Less well known is the…
By AMC Public Affairs WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. Patricia McQuistion, deputy commanding general of Army Materiel Command, took questions from Army personnel, industry and academia during a panel discussion…
On behalf of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Procurement) (DASA(P)), the Acquisition Support Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2013 Secretary of the Army Awards…
By Tara Clements Fort Belvoir, Va. — The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) announced the winners of the 2013 Army Acquisition Awards. These awards recognize thirteen individuals and…
By Amy Walker The Army’s Common Hardware Systems (CHS) program takes a holistic approach to contracting by providing a one-stop-shop across a system’s lifecycle, supporting it from cradle to…
By Heather R. Smith REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Army tactics and training are constantly changing to meet the threat on the battlefield, and one such example is the attack…
By Spc. Joshua Edwards FORWARD OPERATING BASE PASAB, Afghanistan — On a narrow stretch of road fashioned into a runway at Forward Operating Base Pasab, Afghanistan, Soldiers with Headquarters…
By Dan Lafontaine ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Soldiers facing rugged terrain and extreme temperatures are continually searching for ways to reduce the weight of their gear. In a…
By Anton Antomattei and Michael W. Parker The 8th Army has been on a journey to achieve full operational capability, which required the ability to communicate with coalition partners…
By Tara Clements Fort Belvoir, Va. – A total of 36 candidates were selected for reclassification as a result of the 51C Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) reclassification board held July 30-31,…
By Ellen Crown FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — From battlefield blasts to plane crashes, major advancements in acute trauma care are being seen in both the military and civilian health…
By Erin E. Rusnak and Aurora V. Speed A recent DOD report estimates that more than 750,000 major end items, worth in excess of $36 billion remain in Afghanistan,…
By Jacqueline Boucher TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. — For years, military assets have moved in and out of Tobyhanna Army Depot at the direction of customers from every branch…
By Tara Clements ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (July 10, 2013) – Diane Bullis, a supervisory operations research analyst for Program Executive Office (PEO) Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (ACWA), was…
By Spc. Danielle Gregory FORT SILL, Okla. – A new Army Combat Uniform with special consideration to the female form is now at Fort Sill, and it is being…
By ECBC Communications ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — First responders occasionally come across suspicious powders, requiring them to have technology on hand to screen samples and identify whether or…
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.—Two of U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC’s) senior leaders have been selected for reassignment, the Army announced June 28. Maj. Gen. Camille M. Nichols, ACC commanding general (CG),…
Fort Belvoir, Va. — The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) announced today the release of the app version of its award-winning trade publication, Army AL&T magazine. The app is…
The Hon. Heidi Shyu assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology announced on June 14, that Harry P. Hallock, executive director of the Army Contracting Command (AAC)-Warren,…
By Chris Mewett Members of the security cooperation (SC) community gathered in Arlington, Va., last month to share ideas about how their organizations can continue to provide effective support…
By Michael A. Wilson and Michael J. Glenn Embracing the Army agile process, the Cruise Missile Defense Systems (CMDS) Project Office’s Sentinel Product Office (SPO), went from early planning,…
Fort Belvoir, Va. (June 5, 2013) – Forty-nine candidates were selected for reclassification during the 51C Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) reclassification board here May 14-15. The board was administered by the…
By Ray K. Ragan FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – The U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground (USAEPG) recently started work with an academic partner at Arizona State University’s (ASU) Security and…
By Argie Sarantinos-Perrin ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — A new learning portal provides enhanced training and access to Department of Defense professional networking tools. Developed by the Army’s Military…
By Lt. Col. Keith Taylor One of the things that makes the Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs) so valuable is that the Soldiers judging equipment are not part of a…
By Claire Heininger ARLINGTON, Va. (April 30, 2013) — The U.S. Army has been named one of the world’s most innovative research organizations, after earning more than 300 patents…
By Carla Faison FORT BELVOIR, Va. – For the last year and a half, the AcqBusiness program office has been hard at work prototyping, developing and piloting an executive…
By Daniel Elkins JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (April 12, 2013) — Acquisition workforce members in the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) are following revised procedures…
By Skip Vaughn The Army acquisition executive looked out over the classroom of contracting student Soldiers and told them how valuable they are. “Thank you for what you guys…
MOS 51C offers NCOs what may just be the best opportunity in the Army By Steve Stark There’s more than meets the eye in the world of contracting…
