REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (Dec. 2, 2014) -- More than 250 members of industry, academia and other government agencies attended a Futures Brief to Industry forum Dec. 2 hosted by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center.
AMRDEC provided a forum with stakeholders and other interested parties to exchange information and learn about best practices to improve industry productivity and provide an affordable value-added military capability to the Warfighter. Industry and academia participants included NASA, IBM, Boeing, Auburn University and the University of Tennessee, among others.
"We are here to increase our strategic partnerships and alliance with communications with industry and academia," said AMRDEC Executive Director James Lackey. "With the emergence and complexities of threats around the globe, we have to think about the quantum leaps of technology going forth. The more we communicate the more we can move forward on a common goal and purpose."
Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle spoke highly of AMRDEC and its workforce.
"AMRDEC is one of the brightest stars in the community," Battle said. "It is here we design things with innovative and creative thinking to move forward."
The free event focused on AMRDEC's science and technology programs, its core technical capabilities, and their current and future technical challenges. It included remarks by AMRDEC leaders, subject matter experts, a panel discussion, Q&A presentations and hardware displays.
The Army has identified eight technologies in the Army Operating Concept going forward in 2025, and AMRDEC plays a central role in seven of the eight according to Lackey.
"AMRDEC is committed to doing all we can to make sure the Army continues to be supported with the best and most effective technology available anywhere in the world," Lackey said.
The AMRDEC Forum supported the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense's Better Buying Power 2.0 Initiative. BBP initiatives are organized into seven focus areas including controlling costs throughout product lifecycle, eliminating unproductive processes and bureaucracy and promoting effective competition.
Industry and academia partners interested in learning more about AMRDEC and its core technical capabilities are encouraged to email the Center Support Division's Strategic Planning Office at strategicplanning@amrdec.army.mil.
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The Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to develop technology and engineering solutions for America's Soldiers.
RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. AMC is the Army's premier provider of materiel readiness -- technology, acquisition support, materiel development, logistics power projection, and sustainment -- to the total force, across the spectrum of joint military operations. If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, eats it or communicates with it, AMC provides it.
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