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NPS Offers Three New Master’s Programs in Acquisition and Financial Management

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Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu FOTF Featured Image showing Uchechukwu's official headshot (right) and Uchechukwu taking a short break after the 411th CSB Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter Board at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/411th CSB Building at Camp Humphreys Korea, in February 2024 (left).

Grow In Knowledge – Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu

January 28, 2026 in Workforce

FY27 CSL Selection Board Results

DACM Office proudly announces the 2027 Centralized Selection List, identifying the best-qualified leaders to serve in critical acquisition command and key billet positions.
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January 27, 2026 in Behind The Frontlines, From the Frontlines, Science & Technology

Precision Strike Missile Success at Talisman Sabre: Accelerating Army Long Range Precision Fires Modernization

As the Army enhances Soldier lethality, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition’s (JPEO A&A) Product Manager (PdM) Small Caliber Ammunition is developing the XM1224 Hybrid-Anti Materiel Round (HAMR)…
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January 23, 2026 in From the Frontlines, Science & Technology

Hybrid Anti Materiel Round (HAMR): Delivering Decisive Advantage Through Unconventional Innovation

As the Army enhances Soldier lethality, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition’s (JPEO A&A) Product Manager (PdM) Small Caliber Ammunition is developing the XM1224 Hybrid-Anti Materiel Round (HAMR)…
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Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu FOTF Featured Image showing Uchechukwu's official headshot (right) and Uchechukwu taking a short break after the 411th CSB Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter Board at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/411th CSB Building at Camp Humphreys Korea, in February 2024 (left).

Grow In Knowledge – Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu

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NPS Offers Three New Master’s Programs in Acquisition and Financial Management

Cross-functional training provides opportunities to participate in group-focused learning, peer discussions and interactive learning scenarios to enhance leadership skills, critical thinking capabilities, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities to improve mission readiness.

Cross-Functional Training for Acquisition Success

ACQUISITION 360°

A comprehensive look at the end-to-end acquisition life cycle.

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Workers pack completed M1 Garand rifles for shipment at the Springfield Armory (c. 1940s), emblematic of the Ordnance Department’s mass-production “arsenal of democracy” that armed U.S. forces at scale.

History of the Army Acquisition Workforce and its Ongoing Transformation

RESPONSIBLE SPEED

BLACK HAWK ABOVE AND BEYOND

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BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

Insights from past Acquisition leaders and comparisons of historical and current technologies.

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An exercise to experience

Been there, done that: Beware the rush to failure

Been There, Done That: Think ready, be ready

Been There, Done That: Want A High Return?

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FACES OF THE FORCE

Highlighting the Army Acquisition Workforce and their contributions.

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Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu FOTF Featured Image showing Uchechukwu's official headshot (right) and Uchechukwu taking a short break after the 411th CSB Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter Board at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/411th CSB Building at Camp Humphreys Korea, in February 2024 (left).

Grow In Knowledge – Staff Sgt. Mbawuike Uchechukwu

Blenk, right, with Craig Freed, chief engineer of the Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter, DEVCOM-AC, conducting a pre-live-fire software check of the Network Assisted Assured Global Positioning System for the programs live-fire demonstration at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona on November 17, 2016. (Photos courtesy of Thomas Blenk)

Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable – Thomas Blenk

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Mind Over Management – Sean Brandt

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Keeping It Real – Staff Sgt. Ian W. Kang

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FROM THE FRONTLINES

A look at acquisition in action.

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Australian Army soldiers Private Sebastian Jayne, left, Bombardier Charlie Vera, center, and Gunner Zaryn Monson, right, from 54 Siege Battery, 14th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, stand in front of a HIMARS after firing a PrSM at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.

Precision Strike Missile Success at Talisman Sabre: Accelerating Army Long Range Precision Fires Modernization

Tyler Rotunno from DEVCOM AC is seen loading an XM1224 at Picatinny Arsenal on September 9, 2025, in support of ongoing testing.

Hybrid Anti Materiel Round (HAMR): Delivering Decisive Advantage Through Unconventional Innovation

A representative image of DSCS III, an example of a Defense Satellite Communications System that falls within the WSOMS, the support of which will transfer from CECOM SEC to the U.S. Space Force once the transition plan is signed. It provides secure communication services to the DoW and its allies. (Image by FoxPictures, Shutterstock)

CECOM SEC Transitions Sustainment of Wideband Satellite Communications Operational Management System to U.S. Space Force

IBCS And The Future Of Offensive And Defensive Integrated Fires

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PROGRAM OF RECORD

Discussing the process of conceptualizing, developing, acquiring and decommissioning programs.

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The FLRAA team shows Col. Matthew Scher, the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade commanding officer, what his Soldiers can expect from the FLRAA in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment hangar on September 9, 2024. A tiltrotor aircraft, FLRAA will have the hybrid capabilities of both planes and helicopters. (Photo by Spc. Charles Clark, 25th Infantry Division)

TWICE AS FAR, TWICE AS FAST

In a simulation, Navy Lt. Anh Nguyen, a master’s student who is currently evaluating the use of the IVAS augmented reality software, initiates treatment of a wounded warfighter by displaying virtual hands that provide previously recorded guidance in the procedure. (Photo courtesy of Christoph Leuze, Nakamir Inc.)

NEXT-LEVEL REALITY

SEPARATION FROM SERVICE

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