Army AL&T
Год / месяц: 2016/10-12
Номер: 4
Страниц: 192
Язык: Английский
Формат: PDF - 31 MB
AL&T - Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology
FROM THE AAE
6 AFFORDABL E, NOT CHE AP
Overcoming acquisition reform challenges with cost-saving solutions
ACQUISITION
12 FACES OF THE FORCE: MR. ROBERT PUHA L L A
Get your hands dirty
14 ‘GROUNDHOG DAY’ A L L OVER AGA IN
Acquisition ‘reform’ is on the table again.
But this time, there’s reason to believe the outcome could be different
30 SEIZ IN G THE ADVANTAGE
The Army creates a Rapid Capabilities Office to address new threats
36 GROUND TRUTH
Lessons learned from adapting existing processes to get solutions to Soldiers faster
FEATURES
42 WHAT’S YOUR PROBL EM?
Providing a clear problem statement is vital for an acquisition program to succeed
48 YOGA FOR DATA
Stretching data can lead to more, better knowledge from our information systems
53 ACQUISI T ION R EFORM BA KED - IN
Army PNT program incorporates acquisition reform from inception
58 DEVELOPING AFGHAN FORCE M ANAGERS
CSTC-A helps Afghan officers learn how to build, employ and resource units
LOGISTICS
64 FACES OF THE FORCE: MS. KRIST Y T I ERNEY
‘Be a leader regardless of what position you’re in’
66 CORR A L L ING CONTR AC TS
Manage your service contracts so they don’t manage you
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
72 FACES OF THE FORCE: MR. ROBERT D I L A L L A
Thinking differently to keep Soldiers protected
74 ARMY R ESE ARCHERS
DEVELOPIN G Z I K A VACCINE
Army and Harvard Medical School researchers collaborate on a vaccine to combat Zika
76 COMPE T I TION MEE TS COLL ABOR ATION
Vendors share prototypes to make sure FWS-I sight works with any combination of sensors for added capability
82 HONORING INNOVATION
Innovation award winners’ bottom line: Support the Soldier
88 TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: CRYSTAL HEAT
ARL is looking into a new type of engine with all of the power of conventional engines but none of the moving parts
CONTRACTING
92 FACES OF THE FORCE:
MS. L ESL E Y A . SUL LIVAN
Chart your own course
94 IN T ERSERVICE I N T EGR AT ION
Construction contracting in Qatar provides a user-level view of acquisition reform
CRITICAL THINKING
98 ‘AT THE NUCLEAR BRINK’
William J. Perry talks acquisition reform, program managers and nuclear catastrophe
BBP 3.0
110 FACES OF THE FORCE: MS. A L ADRIAN WETZEL
A front-row participant in the acquisition process
112 THINK, EXECUT E, IMPROVE
For the Hon. Frank Kendall, ‘acquisition improvement’ is in part an engineering challenge, and it starts with Better Buying Power
Смотри также
| 
