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DOD revamps small business career field
Small business is huge for the Army, but while ‘small business’ was set to become a separate career field, it will now be a career path. by Ms. Jacqueline M. Hames In May, Dr. James Galvin, acting...
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Overseas assignment gives AMRDEC researcher the chance to explore strength...
This column is the second in a series of articles profiling the work of defense science and technology personnel participating in the Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program, managed by the deputy...
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Faces of the Force: Matthew Warner
COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Acquisition Reporting and Assessments Office, ASA(ALT) TITLE: ASA(ALT) action officer YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 9 YEARS OF MILITARY SERVICE: 21 (11 years active duty; 10...
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Cogbill puts innovation at the heart of the 3rd BCT OR 3rd BCT embraces...
Need a capability? The 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 101st Airborne takes a DIY, every-Soldier-an-innovator approach. by Maj. Tyrone Streifel and Mr. Michael Bold The 101st Airborne Division (Air...
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Acquisition’s role in the army of the future
By Dr. Bruce D. Jette, Army Acquisition Executive Army acquisition has an opportunity to make its voices heard at this critical juncture. A recruiting commercial for the U.S. Army encourages young...
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Founding director details RCO successes, challenges
For the Army Rapid Capabilities Office, fast solutions are the new black. As its former director heads for retirement, he looks back on the office’s success and promise as a forerunner for the new...
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A Bright Future for Night Vision Gear
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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Exploring Soldier performance ‘at both ends of the barrel’
ARDEC test beds are laying the foundation for the future of the Soldier, one behavioral experiment at a time. by Dr. Elizabeth Mezzacappa The use of increasingly sophisticated tools over time is one of...
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The Future Battlefield
by Dr. Gordon Cooke Science fiction becomes science fact. To build and buy the right things for the future, the Army’s developers and planners need to be able to envision it. Science fiction or what’s...
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JPEO-CBRND directorate aims to advance joint capabilities
Experiments to test incremental solutions that will give joint forces more warning of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons on an accelerated timeline. by Mr. Richard Newton In an...
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Doctor’s patience yields new diabetes treatment and approach
Army materiel developers could learn a lot from the perspicacity and grit of one old man. The adage has it that the doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient, but there’s a long tradition of...
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Collaborating on innovation
By Dr. Bruce D. Jette, Army Acquisition Executive The Army is joining forces with industry to achieve land power dominance through science and technology. The future Army must be ready to deploy,...
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Every receiver as a sensor
In the complex, digitally connected battlespace of the future, situational awareness will be the difference between victory and defeat. By optimizing current capabilities, developing new sensors and...
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Experiments in hyperspeed
What are hypersonic weapons, why does the Army want them, and are they as revolutionary as they sound? by Ms. Mary Kate Aylward 1998: U.S. intelligence locates Osama bin Laden at an al Qaeda camp in...
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Reusable and refresh-able
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...
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If it ain’t broke…
The 25th Transportation Company moved from an “every X months” preventive maintenance schedule to servicing vehicles as needed as part of an AMSAA study. Soldiers strengthened their ability to...
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Charting a new path
The new director of the Army Rapid Capabilities Office discusses her vision for delivering major capabilities fast and helping to shape Army modernization. by Ms. Nancy Jones-Bonbrest Doubling the...
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Leadership petri dish
USAMMDA develops a reputation for growing acquisition workforce leaders. by Mr. Jeffrey M. Soares The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, is helping to...
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Plan for better planning
For better contracts and better support to the warfighter, integrate operational contract support personnel into the same education system that trains the operational personnel. by Maj. Kasandra B....
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About the Game
Sidebar to Game Changer As an educational tool, the war game shows how to use business architecture by enabling people to actually experience it. Customization and personalized game play were key to...
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