TAKING FIRST PLACE: Matt Willis, Ph.D., left, director of Army Prize Competitions and Army SBIR Program, awards Steve Cameron, Enveil, Inc. chief of customer service, a first-place award for xTechPrime’s…
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BA-08 pilot is vital for safeguarding Army’s information networks. by Jared D. Auchey, Lt. Col., USA (Ret.) The Single Appropriation Pilot for Software and Digital Technology Budget Activity (BA)…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors, Project Manager, Intelligence Systems & Analytics TITLE: Product lead for Project Linchpin, Sensors Artificial Intelligence YEARS OF SERVICE IN…
MODERN METHODOLOGIES: Modern software development methodologies promise enhanced capabilities by prioritizing rapid delivery of solutions, adaptability and collaboration with users, ensuring that software products are not only functional but also…
AND THE AAE AWARD GOES TO: The 2023 Army Acquisition Executive (AAE) awards for excellence in leadership will be presented during a ceremony in January 2024. (Image by tomertu, Adobe…
YIN AND YANG: The yin and yang depict two opposite but interconnected, mutually perpetuating forces: One is unsustainable without the other. (Image by Peterschreiber.Media via Adobe Stock) PEO…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager Terrestrial Sensors, Program Executive Office Intelligence, Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) TITLE: Assistant product manager YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 12 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE:…
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…
TESTING THE LIMITS: National Guard Soldiers don M50 gas masks in response to a simulated chemical attack during a Combat Support Training. Some Army prototypes that showed promise, followed by…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) Project Manager Intelligence Systems and Analytics TITLE: Product support manager YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 12…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors TITLE: Procurement coordinator ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Business and industry, contracting YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 10 MILITARY OR…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager Aircraft Survivability Equipment, Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors TITLE: Assistant product manager, Modernized Radar Warning Receiver ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Program Management…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, Product Manager Mounted Positioning, Navigation and Timing TITLE: Mounted test director ACQUISITION CAREER FIELD: Program management YEARS OF…
By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Jan. 13, 2020) — Do you understand Army acquisition? It’s not an easy subject to master. But at its essence, it’s all about requirements….
Army Modernization Strategies inform equipping of new position, navigation and timing system. by John Higgins and Caitlin O’Neill Fortification is key for the military. Fortification ensures not only mission success,…
Seismic, acoustic and electromagnetic systems work to help Army find one of the oldest forms of field fortification: tunnels. by John Higgins War is as old as human history. This…
Army acquisition has been called many things. A team sport. A challenge. An opportunity to support the warfighter. To provide that support, staff at the Program Executive Office for Intelligence,…
Meet Cadet Jake Murdock, a rising senior at the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA) who is currently completing a three-week developmental assignment with the Project Management Office…
Kevin Kirkwood II COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: C5ISR Center’s Product Realization Systems Engineering and Quality Directorate (PRD), U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, U.S. Army Futures Command TITLE: Acting deputy product lead,…
Rapid acquisition of electronic warfare capabilities served an urgent need, and in the process set an award-winning example of phased prototyping, experimentation and fielding with creative resourcing. by Nancy Jones-Bonbrest,…
by Susan Follett FORT BELVOIR, Va. (Dec. 10, 2018)—A team from the Army Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) and the Project Manager for Electronic Warfare and Cyber (PM EW&C) has been…
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…
Delivering now PEO IEW&S contract planning tool literally shows the way to successful execution of myriad actions at once. by Mr. John Higgins “Deliver now” has become an unofficial motto…
A downloadable, Army-specific translation app made possible by machine learning enables individual Soldiers to communicate anywhere, with or without internet access or local translators. by Mr. Michael Doney, Dr. Christina…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Product Manager for Force Protection Systems, Project Manager for Terrestrial Sensors, Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electric Warfare and Sensors POSITION AND OFFICIAL TITLE: Product manager YEARS OF SERVICE…
There aren’t very many industrial property management specialists, but the work they do to account for government property can be vitally important to DOD and the Army. by Ms. Sabrina…
One year on, the Army Rapid Capabilities Office is breaking the ‘one-size-fits-all’ acquisition approach to combating rising threats. by Lt. Col. Marcos A. Cervantes Last August, senior Army leaders unveiled…
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Project Manager for Distributed Common Ground System – Army; Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors TITLE: Product director, Machine Foreign Language Translation System YEARS OF SERVICE IN…
Command/organization: Aircraft Survivability Equipment Project Management Office, Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors Title: Lead systems engineer Years of service in workforce: 10 Years of…
By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (March 30, 2017)—Following an unprecedented number of votes cast, award-winning Army AL&T magazine announced today the winners of its annual “ALTies” honors, celebrating the…
By Susan L. Follett ORLANDO, Fla. (Dec. 2, 2015) – The Hon. Heidi Shyu, the Army acquisition executive (AAE) and the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and…
Cyberspace is the new, virtual battlefield, and lines of offense and defense are blurred if not obliterated By COL Timothy D. Presby and Dr. Portia I. Crowe Cyberspace, the newest…
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 Christina Bates, PEO IEW&S Recent wars have ushered in a totally new way of conducting operations: coordinated sensor warfare. Whether the area of focus is Base Defense, Air Defense,…
By Brandon J. Pollachek, PEO IEW&S With an urgent demand from soldiers in the field to be able to collect as much information about the enemy in Afghanistan and Iraq,…
By Brandon Pollachek, PEO IEW&S ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Oct. 15, 2009) — As the U.S. Army approaches eight years of counter-insurgency operations in two theaters, Iraq and Afghanistan, the…
