Maj. Tom Cayia COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: 902nd Contracting Battalion, 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Mission and Installation Contracting Command TITLE: Contract management officer YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 4 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE:…
How a Platypus, a small team of independent Australian scientists and a THUNDERINGPANDA answered the Army’s challenge for faster signal detection. by Nancy Jones-Bonbrest The Army Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO)…
Acquisition Training, Education and Leader Development Opportunities: The Acquisition Leadership Challenge Program announcement for the second quarter of FY19 will be open in November 2018. Please visit our Army DACM…
By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Nov. 5, 2018)—The Army won four 2018 Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement Awards, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment (USD (A&S)) announced this…
Lt. Col. Thomas R. Monaghan Jr. Title: Product manager for Cyber Resiliency and Training Command: Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation AAW Certifications and Qualifications: Level III certified…
Chad P. Stocker Title: Product director, Army Watercraft Systems Command: Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support AAW Certifications and Qualifications: Level III certified in program management,…
Career management support to the Army Acquisition Workforce By Wen Lin, Chief Qualifications and Support Branch, Army DACM Office Let’s talk about all those burning questions you have. Ever wonder…
The MDMP: A proven approach for getting a “yes” on your next proposal to management By Greg Brewer, Meghan Dodge and Ron Frailer In today’s business environment, companies look for…
Kathy Lytle Title: Product director for Stryker Production and Variant Management Command: Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems, Project Management Office for Stryker Brigade Combat Team (PMO SBCT) AAW…
By Shannon Potter, AAW Outreach and Communications Very few careers have specialized universities designed to train personnel in the nuances of their daily work and for unexpected situations. Even fewer…
B. Dean Angell COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command POSITION AND OFFICIAL TITLE: Cost/price analyst YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 8 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 13 (eight in…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Oct. 24, 2018)—You could run a mile in flip-flops, but you’d be much faster if you ran in running shoes. Likewise, you can probably do your job…
Been There, Done That Modeling and simulation is a PM’s friend. by John T. Dillard, Col., USA (Ret.) One thing I always felt pretty confident about during my acquisition career…
FORT BELVOIR, Va.—Do you or your organization have recently completed or ongoing research projects that DOD and the defense acquisition community at large need to know about? Consider presenting a…
That’s it—just five minutes. Click on over to https://www.cvent.com/d/wbqs2z and complete the Army AL&T magazine reader survey. “Our reader survey is the ultimate quality check,” said Steve Stark, senior editor…
By Kathryn Bailey, PEO C3T Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (October 17, 2018) – It’s not business as usual as the Army turns to non-traditional industry vendors to help…
THEN & NOW 1970, 2018 Burns are among the nastiest wounds a person can experience, and the Army’s Burn Center has been working for more than 70 years to develop…
Tagg LeDuc COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Product Manager for Virtual Training Systems; Project Manager for Training Devices; Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation TITLE: Electronics engineer YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE:…
Coordinated contractor testing can help accelerate the acquisition process and improve the quality of equipment and programs. by Mr. Harry H. Jenkins III Test and evaluation (T&E) is a perennial…
Angela Arwood-Gallegos COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Small Business Programs, U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command TITLE: Procurement analyst and small business professional YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 12 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III…
Willingness to be mobile is key to career development in the acquisition workforce. by Ms. Jacqueline M. Hames In Army acquisition, moving up might mean moving out—out of your comfort…
Robert F. McKelvey III COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Cybersecurity and Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) Combat Systems Division; Survivability Evaluation Directorate; U.S. Army Evaluation Center; U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command TITLE: CEMA evaluator and…
A vigorous talent management strategy keeps the acquisition workforce prepared to tackle future threats. By Mr. Craig A. Spisak, Director, Acquisition Career Management Predicting the future: It’s one of Army…
Army DACM Office Updates: It’s everybody’s favorite time of year! The Army’s FY19 DAWDF program of record was approved at $73 million. Commands received feedback on approved initiatives to begin…
Army targets nontraditional partners with competition for next-generation, game-changing technological advances By Dr. Bruce D. Jette, Army Acquisition Executive “Innovation is the result of critical and creative thinking and the…
By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Sept. 27, 2018)—Innovation has improved the lives of our Soldiers and contributed immeasurably to their success on the battlefield, says Dr. Bruce D. Jette,…
That sound you hear is the tick-tock of a super-accurate quantum clock, counting down the time until quantum information science enables a leap forward in cybersecurity, navigation, code breaking and…
First in a series of articles on how RDECOM is supporting the Army’s six modernization priorities. by Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins To prepare for the battlefield of the future,…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Aviation Rockets and Small Guided Munitions Product Office, Joint Attack Munition Systems Project Office, Program Executive Office (PEO) for Missiles and Space TITLE: Product support integrator YEARS OF SERVICE…
by Mr. Steve Stark Dr. Elizabeth Mezzacappa could seriously hurt you. But if she did hurt you, it would be nonlethal and totally ethical (to understand why, you have to…
Dr. Philip Perconti leads the Army’s “corporate lab” with the intimate involvement of warfighters, businesses, academia and other labs in a high-stakes, high-risk, no-time-to-waste environment focused on finding and developing…
The Army Research Laboratory’s new nanomaterial paves the way for efficient and green energy solutions. by Ms. Jacqueline M. Hames Like many great scientific advancements, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program, Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems TITLE: Information system security manager YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE WORKFORCE: 8 EDUCATION: Associate degree in general…
Tunisia’s navy is the embodiment of a true FMS partner for the U.S. by Mr. Benjamin Posil “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”…
By Ms. Terri Stover, USASAC Public Affairs Morocco strengthens its capacity to stabilize region and fight terrorism through partnership with U.S. The Kingdom of Morocco is currently the largest U.S….
Understanding the whole of Army acquisition is exceedingly difficult, and that’s why ARDEC—to change its culture, improve decision-making and unleash its own agility—created an innovative combination of war gaming and…
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