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DACM OFFICE UPDATE BACK TO BASICS (BTB) On Sept. 2, in support of the National Defense Strategy, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)) Honorable Ellen…
DACM OFFICE UPDATE BACK TO BASICS (BTB) On Sept. 2, in support of the National Defense Strategy, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)) Honorable Ellen…
TITLE: Test Officer COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Test and evaluation YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 11 MILITARY…
The Army’s requirement calls for the highest energy-density fuel combined with the lowest mass and volume—and gasoline and diesel win over alternative energy. by Dr. David J….
QUICK DRAW: Sgt. Brett Knox with the Kendrick Memorial Blood Center, located outside Fort Gordon, Georgia, takes blood from Patrick Young, an employee at Winn Army Community Hospital, as a…
THE DIVISION: The Kansas City District Contracting Division is pictured with then-Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement Stuart Hazlett, outside of the Bolling Federal Building in downtown Kansas…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition, Program Manager Towed Artillery Systems TITLE: Program Management Engineer ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Engineering YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 11…
REAL-WORLD TEST: During PNTAX, developers and Soldiers assessed how more than 80 mounted, dismounted and NAVWAR capabilities and systems operated within a replicated real-world, anti-access and area-denied environment. (Photo by…
THE MODERN LOOK: Modern storage magazines, which are larger, drier and provide electrical service, would provide greater capability to properly store modern munitions. The organic industrial base needs…
FIBER OPTICS: Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA) research and development technician Chhea Chhav monitors a fiber draw on one of AFFOA’s five fiber draw towers. Draws need to be…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: PEO Combat Support & Combat Service Support TITLE: Program officer ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Program management YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 16 years MILITARY OR CIVILIAN: Civilian DAWIA…
by Dr. Bruce D. Jette In my role as the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA(ALT)), my team and I serve as lifecycle…
SEEING THE SUPPLY CHAIN: Full visibility of the supply chain has been a high priority for the PM IVAS team, in collaboration with industry partners. The security and quality of…
APPLYING TRAINING: The Department of Defense Security Cooperation Workforce Certification Program is based on nine security cooperation competencies and 58 job tasks. It has three elements: training, experience and continuous…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command Logistics Center TITLE: Branch chief, Initial Provisioning ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Life cycle logistics YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 17 MILITARY OR…
READY, AIM, TRAIN!: The XM808 limited user assessment had many intangible benefits—information sharing provided engineers and instructors with experiences that may help improve their jobs. In a normal test environment,…