by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Aug. 17, 2023)—Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, U.S. and NATO support to Ukraine has been immediate and ongoing. As U.S….
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by Cheryl Marino FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 1, 2022)—The Spring 2022 issue of Army AL&T magazine focuses on trends and developments in research, development, test and evaluation…
by Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (June 4, 2021)—A change of responsibility and retirement ceremony conducted virtually on May 26, marked the closing of…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (January 7, 2021)— Lt. Gen. Robert L. Marion, Army Acquisition Corps director and principal military deputy to the assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition,…
DECONTAMINATION COMPLETE: The 436th Airlift Wing and the 436th Maintenance Wing complete testing of the Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System (JBADS) Lite on an in-operation C-17. (U.S. Air Force by…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: Deputy product manager ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Program management YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 14 years MILITARY OR CIVILIAN:…
by Ellen Summey Acquisition is a notoriously complex beast. Enter Dennis Longo, the advocate for competition, task and delivery order ombudsman and senior procurement analyst for Army Contracting…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Director for Joint Bombs, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition TITLE: Program analyst YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 8 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in…
FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Apr. 29, 2020)—How will acquisition certification training requirements be impacted by COVID-19? What is the latest coronavirus guidance for DAU students? Where can I find…
ARMY DACM OFFICE UPDATES UPDATE ON THE AAW RECRUITMENT AND SUSTAINMENT CENTER OF EXCELLENCE The transition to the Army Acquisition Workforce Recruitment and Sustainment Center of Excellence...
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As the new decade begins, we look back at predictions about what Army acquisition would look like in 2020. By Steve Stark We as a species are uniquely able...
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Congratulations to the 14 selectees of the FY20 Product Director Centralized Selection Board (CSB), which convened October 29 – November 1, 2019 in Ft. Knox, KY. This DACM…
Gwendolyn “Gwendi” Miller COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District TITLE: District chief of contracting YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 17 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in contracting…
Angela Sarinelli TITLE: Business management specialist COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager for Close Combat Systems, Joint Program Executive Office for Armaments and Ammunition YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 10 AAW/DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS:…
After high-publicity failures, defense acquisition experts laud the Army for focusing on products and priorities over process, but bureaucracy remains a threat. by Michael Bold and Margaret C. Roth The…
Nancy Sykes TITLE: Contracting officer/team lead COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Test and Evaluation Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 14 AAW/DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS:…
Understanding acquisition is hard. Depicting how it works is next to impossible. by Steve Stark In attempting to come up with a graphic representation of how acquisition works, Army AL&T…
PEO C3T leverages rapid acquisition and prototyping to improve network management for new software-defined radios. by Maj. Nicholas Milano, Keith Whittaker, George Senger and Amy Walker The Army has been…
The SB>DEFIANT produced by Sikorsky-Boeing is one of two aircraft selected for further testing under the JMR-TD program. (Image courtesy of Boeing.) Supercomputing allows acceleration of the acquisition timeline. by…
Col. David Warnick TITLE: Project manager COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Joint Attack Munition Systems Project Office, Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 17 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE:…
Donnah Laster TITLE: Management analyst COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Director for Main Battle Tank Systems, Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 11 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III…
USASAC’s total package approach keeps FMS customers up and running. by Adriane Elliot There’s no doubt that foreign military sales (FMS) are a critical component of U.S. foreign policy. From…
Free rappelling classes brought Lt. Col. Mara Kreishman-Deitrick to the Army 25 years ago, and she has made good use of her time since then, playing a part in developing new treatments for malaria and being the first member of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) to win a Defense Acquisition Workforce Achievement Award.
Acquisition professional education could be more like the rigorous, hands-on rotations at the Army’s combat training centers. Here’s how. by Dr. Charles K. Pickar Tiger Woods made a comeback…
Advances in night vision technology give Soldiers capabilities considered impossible some 50 years ago. By Ms. Mary Kate Aylward “On the battlefield of the future, if you’re standing still, you’re...
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A Q&A with ARCIC’s MG Cedric T. Wins Acquisition is all about requirements, and it’s the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) that is responsible for them—peering into the…
April – June issue of Army AL&T magazine available online now By Steve Stark Fort Belvoir, VA, March 30, 2015—The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center announced today that the April…
Faces of the Force: Lt. Col. Mark Talbot POSITION: Product Manager, Indirect Fire Protection Capability, Increment 2-Intercept UNIT: Cruise Missile Defense Systems Project Office, Program Executive Office Missiles and…
