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20 Army Manufacturing Technology Program Responds to 21st Century Challenges
Pages 108-111

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... The bottom-up methodology was adopted in August 1997 in response to congressional concerns of insufficient investment levels and Office of the Secretary of Defense Technology Area Review and Assessment guidance to focus on larger, higher impact projects. This substantially modified the approach and priorities of the MANTECH Program.1 Today's accelerated pace of Army transformation requires the science and technology (S&T)
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From page 109...
... The panel also identified the following issues specific to the FCS program: Advanced technologies likely to be critical to the FCS program, Capability gaps in the Army's MANTECH Program with regard to those critical technologies, An estimate of the funding needed to close the MANTECH capability gaps in a time frame that was likely to meet the current schedule for FCS development (structured within specific technologies and technology areas) , and Recognition of the strong relationship between overall FCS Program risk and manufacturing technology resources needed for the FCS Program.
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From page 110...
... In the project selection process developed in 1997, Army Materiel Command labs and research, development, and engineering centers provided proposals for MANTECH projects in concert with PMs. Therefore, the Army was not anticipating systemic manufacturing problems that were surfacing either during the engineering and manufacturing development phase, production, or postproduction.
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From page 111...
... Manufacturing programs that are currently on the Band 1 Unfunded Requirement List include low-cost uncooled infrared focal planes, conformal optics, 3-D laser radar, energetics (propellants and explosives) , durable barrel materials, and MEMS for safety, arm, and fuzing.
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Key Terms

  • manufacturing technology
  • objective force
  • mantech program
  • assessment panel
  • independent assessment

  • army manufacturing
  • fcs program
  • army mantech
  • project selection
  • focal planes

  • future combat
  • uncooled infrared
  • affordable phase
  • mantech investments
  • technology readiness

  • sigma levels
  • initial sigma
  • phase arrays
  • readiness levels
  • pilot line

  • capability gaps
  • technology demonstrations
  • critical manufacturing
  • strategic mantech
  • current schedule

  • unfunded requirement
  • dismounted operations
  • concept technology
  • robotic operations
  • address fcs


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