Army ManTech Overview

The Army ManTech Program supports Army-wide manufacturing requirements through coordinated efforts across the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT)); U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC); U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC); U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC); U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC); and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (ACE). The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology (DASA(R&T)) provides oversight and management of the Army ManTech program on behalf of the ASA(ALT).

To ensure maximum potential benefit to an Army Program of Record (PoR), the Army ManTech Program competitively awards its investment priorities to project teams comprised of at least one Army Program Executive Office/Program Manager (PEO/PM) and at least one Army science and technology (S&T) organization.  Executing organizations and their PEO/PM partners are responsible for coordinating capability goals, deliverables, projected cost/benefit data, and conducting transition and implementation planning in the execution of ManTech projects.  The Army ManTech process provides a balanced portfolio aligned with Department of the Army, PEO/PM, and S&T priorities.  It also enables the Army to maximize technology transition by leveraging both technical and acquisition subject matter expertise for specific weapon systems.
 

The Army ManTech Program’s mission is to support Army readiness and modernization priorities by improving and maturing manufacturing technologies to ensure strategic overmatch and fulfill national security objectives.  Funded via Budget Activity 7, the Army ManTech Program addresses manufacturing solutions that enable and improve manufacturing and producibility processes to advance the Army’s technological capabilities while reducing life-cycle costs for current and future Army acquisition programs.  Army ManTech advances manufacturing technology and processes from a Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 4 through MRL 7.

The program has three objectives:

1. Promote material development to meet performance requirements
2. Improve manufacturability and reduce the cost to programs of record (PoR)
3. Advance the organic industrial base (e.g., arsenals)

The Army ManTech Program accomplishes critical technology maturation and transition by leveraging effective, efficient, affordable, and adaptable manufacturing processes resulting from coordinated efforts between the Program Executive Office (PEO) and its supporting Program Manager (PM), the Army Science and Technology (S&T) community, key industry and academic partners, and the organic industrial base.