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The Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program (ALCP) harnesses self-awareness as the tool for enhancing leadership, innovation and professional development by demonstrating how individual preferences and behaviors affect the ways we interact with coworkers and are viewed by others. Program participants will understand how accepting individual differences can produce a stronger group and leaders that are capable, collaborative and creative.

Depending on which option is selected, ALCP is open to civilian and military Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) members in various grades and ranks, including Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories (STRLs) term employees.

• ALCP I – ALCP I focuses on the individual, with emphasis on who they are, their behavioral preferences and leadership tendencies and if those preferences work for them now and for the long term. A model for understanding the dynamics of leadership is presented with facilitated participant understanding of how a variety of psychological instruments results indicate how an individual approaches leadership challenges in a variety of scenarios. The specific challenges of change, decision making and conflict resolution are addressed. ALCP I is a 2.5-day virtual module open to civilian and military AAW members at the GS-12, GS-13, O-3, O-4, E-6 and E-7 or equivalent levels.
• ALCP II – ALCP II focuses on the major challenge for new organizational leaders; to incorporate individual talents into a cohesive workforce. To be prepared to do so they need to understand the motivations, needs and interest of other people. The goal is to bring each participant to a heightened self-awareness and to build intrinsic and extrinsic value to their organization. ALCP II is a 2.5-day virtual module open to civilian supervisors and military AAW members at the GS-14, GS-15, SES, O-5, O-6, E-7 and E-8 or equivalent levels.

The process for enrollment into ALCP is nomination-based. The Army Director, Acquisition Career Management Office ALCP program manager will coordinate directly with Organization Acquisition POCs (OAPs) to fill quotas. Acquisition Career Management Advocate (ACMA) nominations should be provided to the designated command’s Lead OAP. Each command/organization will be provided with quotas to ALCP offerings.

On June 5, 2026, Mr. John Tenaglia, the Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy (DPCAP) and the Contracting Functional Area Leader (FAL) signed the Contracting Functional Area Certification Change for Fiscal Year 2027 Memorandum that outlines the addition of CON 7300V, Price Analysis, as a mandatory requirement for the Contracting Professional certification.

This change directly advances the “initial readiness” mandate of the Secretary of War’s Acquisition Transformation Strategy by empowering our workforce with the critical pricing skills needed to rapidly execute the contracting mission and deliver affordable capabilities to the Warfighter.

The Contracting Workforce Functional Integration Team (CON FIT) reviewed the curriculum of the Warfighting Acquisition University (WarU) price analysis courses and determined that CON 7300V provides the foundational pricing knowledge needed for the workforce. Effective October 1, 2026, CON 7300V is a mandatory requirement for Contracting Professional certification.

Take into consideration that some courses fill up quickly. Get an early start and make your training plan with the help of the WarU iCatalog. Your training decisions should be made well ahead of time, before applying for courses, and with your supervisor’s awareness. 

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Applications to IDEAL are being accepted now through July 31.

Designed for civilian GS-12 and GS-13/broadband equivalent Army Acquisition Workforce members that are in the new and emerging supervisor career stage, IDEAL focuses on the development of supervisor and leader skills for participants with clearly documented potential in such positions.

Training and equipping supervisors to lead across the workforce leads to increased retention and higher productivity. The development of Army leaders and supervisors is critical in managing the talents of our personnel. IDEAL is centered on self-development, interpersonal relationships and strategic management to meet our multi-domain operations-capable force objectives.

There will be one fiscal year 2027 cohort that meets in Huntsville, Alabama, for three, one-week resident sessions held over a period of approximately four months. In between sessions, participants will return to their workplaces where they will use newly learned skills and put into practice the concepts and competencies they studied and examined during the resident sessions.

Closing soon – the application window for the Acquisition Tuition Assistance Program (ATAP) closes on July 14. 

Open to both civilian Army Acquisition Workforce (AAW) members and military occupational specialty 51 Contracting noncommissioned officers, ATAP provides tuition assistance, including laboratory and technology fees, to eligible AAW members pursuing acquisition, technical and business-related courses towards a bachelor’s or master’s degree in an acquisition, technical and business-related discipline. ATAP will also fund courses that are acquisition, technical or business related that are not towards a degree or a declared discipline. The ATAP application window will be open until July 14. 

The application window for the Training With Industry (TWI) program is open now through Aug. 7.  

TWI is a year-long work experience program intended to give top-performing AAW officers extended exposure to industry management techniques, best practices and technological innovations. Gain new insights and experience by actively learning and implementing industry practices and procedures within modern corporate America.  

Your prior experience and background will be matched up with the desired and required skills of the program’s host companies. The training you receive is not typically available either through the military school system or civilian university system. Following tenure at the company, TWI participants are placed in a validated utilization assignment.

The Warfighting Acquisition University’s (WarU) fiscal year (FY) 2027 schedule is available and open for application submissions.