Forward Fabrication: Strengthening Autonomous Vehicle Sustainment Through Mobile Manufacturing, Training, and Resource Recycling

By CPT Jack Orion Harden-Ploeger

Read Time: < 6 mins

Forward-deployed manufacturing, targeted training, and battlefield recycling can sustain Army autonomous vehicles in contested environments. Mobile fabrication and trash-to-filament reduce supply risks, cut downtime, and keep unmanned systems combat-ready.

A man taking off a print from a 3D print bed

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Sustainment Proactivity: Using Data-Centric C2 to Predict Convoy Failures

2LT Thierfeldt's ASU competition-winning article proposes a machine learning model that predicts convoy vehicle failures before wheels roll — giving sustainment leaders data-driven C2 tools to prioritize maintenance and protect the supply line.

By 2LT Nicholas R. Thierfeldt

Read Time: < 9 mins

At the Crux of Readiness: Why QA/QC Is Essential to Army Maintenance Success

Quality control sits at the crux of Army materiel readiness, ensuring equipment meets standards, reducing failures, and strengthening safety, efficiency, and mission success through disciplined inspections, training, and commander involvement.

By CW5 Sibley S. Haamid II

Read Time: < 7 mins

Modernizing Army SSA Metrics Industry Lessons and Data-Driven Solutions

Turner and Maginn expose CWT's blind spots and propose transfer order performance metrics borrowed from Amazon and VCU Health — giving Army SSA managers actionable, real-time KPIs to find bottlenecks before they break the supply chain.

By CPT Danielle M. Turner and CPT Timothy R. Maginn

Read Time: < 6 mins

Unlocking the Lessons of the Past

CPT Pyle reveals how the Harding Project's Combat Chronicles AI is unlocking 100,000+ archived Army journal articles — making a century of peer-reviewed military knowledge searchable before the next fight demands answers we already wrote down.

By CPT (P) Garett H. Pyle