The Supply Chain Management Concentration Program at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces is one of the most demanding and highly regarded focused study programs in the DoD education system. This year, 36 senior officers, government civilians, and industry fellows are participating in the year-long experience, which includes the opportunity to interact with senior officials and supply-chain experts from military and civilian organizations. After retired Army Lt. Gen. Claude ...
Defense AT&L is a bi-monthly magazine published by DAU Press, Defense Acquisition University, for senior military personnel, civilians, defense contractors, and defense industry professionals in program management and the acquisition, technology, and logistics workforce. The magazine provides information on policies, trends, events, and current thinking regarding program management and the acquisition, technology, and logistics workforce.
Historically, individual system program offices developed and replaced unique automatic test systems (ATS) to support single weapon systems. However, significant increases in deployment footprints, parts obsolescence, and greater sustainment challenges led to a change in acquisition policy that favored common-core ATS that support multiple weapon systems. To date, the common-core ATS initiative has garnered little support due to a lack of substantive data supporting the expected benefits in a practical ...
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE CULTURES KNOWN FOR THEIR MATERIALS: THE STONE, BRONZE AND IRON AGES. OUR AGE IS THE ATOMIC AGE. NEXT MAY COME AN ERA NAMED AFTER AN ENERGY-CONSERVING MATERIAL: THE CERAMICS AGE. CERAMICS ARE FIRED COMPOUNDS OF COMMON ELEMENTS-SUCH AS SILICON, CARBON, OXYGEN AND NITROGEN. THEY MAY HAVE THE BEAUTY OF A JEWEL OR THE CLARITY OF AN OPTICAL FIBER. THEY ARE INERT ENOUGH FOR USE ...
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