XM30 COMBAT VEHICLE: The XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, shown here in a conceptual illustration, will be the Army’s replacement for the aging M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. (Image courtesy of…
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NECESSARY PREPARATIONS: Soldiers with Third Platoon, “Blackhorse” Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division wear upgraded Integrated Visual Augmentation System goggles while sitting…
TITLE: Lead Logistics Management Specialist COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems, Foreign Military Sales, Morocco Program Office ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Life cycle logistics YEARS OF SERVICE…
TITLE: Management analyst COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Business – financial management YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 11 MILITARY…
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…
FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ACQUISITION CAREER MANAGEMENT CRAIG A. SPISAK Supporting the future force by building a more technically savvy Army Acquisition Corps. You can only get out of a…
When it comes to leadership, Laura Wichlacz favors action over lip service. Wichlacz leads a team in developing and sustaining web applications and project management capabilities at PEO GCS that automate business processes “into solutions that bring the warfighters’ vision to life.”
Naval Postgraduate School lecturer takes case studies on the road to offer the acquisition workforce a rare immersive opportunity. By Michael Bold Defense acquisition is a complex, painstaking and constantly…
by Stefanie Pidgeon Kathy Lytle started her Army career over 30 years ago as a general supply specialist and secondary item manager for the Abrams Tank and Recovery Vehicle. She…
by Norm Hilton and Sarah Aubouin FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Nov. 16, 2018) You may ask yourself…what is the project director (PD) centralized selection board? This civilian-centric board is a high…
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…
Ground Combat Systems’ Common Infrastructure Architecture integrates multiple systems and eliminates redundancies in fighting vehicles by using open architecture. Soldiers have an easier-to-use interface that the Army can reuse across…
Predictive Resource Staffing Models make staffing a program office easier and faster. A model for the program management community is available now; models for contracting, R&D, T&E and logistics are…
By Tara Clements and Jack Kendall FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Feb. 26, 2015)—Fourteen candidates from the Army Acquisition Corps were selected from the first-ever product director centralized selection board held Dec….
By Steve Stark FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Every edition of the U.S. Army Weapon Systems handbook since 1989 is now available in the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center’s new online…
By Kris Osborn, ASA(ALT) WARREN, Mich. (Army News Service, May 6, 2011) – What began as an ambitious vision in the minds of Army leaders in 1999 – to build…
By Steve Stark FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Sept. 3, 2014) — As the result of budget constraints and the cost of print production, the Army has not printed its traditional coffee…
By Darrell Whitehurst FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Seven Army acquisition professionals are recent graduates of this year’s Excellence in Government Fellows (EIGF) program conducted by the Partnership for Public…
Bill Good Over the past decade the only thing that has been able to slow the Army’s premier combat vehicle hasn’t been enemies on the battlefield, but rather the…
Bill Good Since the Bradley Fighting Vehicle was first introduced to the Army in 1982 it has been constantly modernized; however, the upgrades conducted over the past decade have…
Bill Good The Stryker Life Cycle Requirements Contracting Team has received the 2012 Secretary of the Army Excellence in Contracting Award for outstanding Systems, Research and Development, and Logistics…
Ashley John-Givens In late October, the Army began the Limited User Test (LUT) of the Self-Propelled Howitzer Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) program. Soldiers from Alpha Battery, 4th Battalion-27th Field…
Bill Good The U.S. Army, in its continued dedication to modernizing its heavy brigade combat team (HBCT) vehicle fleet, has stood up a new product management office dedicated to fielding…
Bill Good In mid-June, the Bradley A3 Fighting Vehicles assigned to units stationed in the Republic of Korea became the latest in the fleet to receive the Bradley Urban Survivability…
