Manufacturing Technology Program (ManTech)

Abstract

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program supports the development of a responsive, world-class manufacturing capability to affordably meet the warfighters’ needs throughout the defense system life cycle. IP ManTech: Provides the crucial link between invention and product application to speed technology transitions. The program matures and validates emerging manufacturing technologies to support low-risk implementation in industry and Department of Defense (DoD) facilities, e.g. depots and shipyards. It addresses production issues early by providing timely solutions, thereby reducing risk and positively impacting system life cycle affordability by providing solutions to manufacturing problems before they occur. Beginning in FY 16 DLA ManTech was realigned into three Strategic Focus Areas (SFA): 1) Improving Industrial base Manufacturing Processes; 2) Maintaining Viable Sources of Supply; and 3) Improving Technical and Logistics Information. •The Improving Industrial Base Manufacturing Processes SFA includes efforts to reduce industrial base material costs and production lead-times, while improving the quality of DLA managed products. This SFA subsumed the former supply chain oriented efforts in Subsistence Network (formerly Combat Rations Network for Technology Implementation), Procurement Readiness Optimization—Advanced Casting Technology (PRO-ACT), Procurement Readiness Optimization—Forging Advance System Technology (PRO-FAST), and Battery Network (BATTNET). New manufacturing processes within the scope of this SFA include emerging technologies such as Additive Manufacturing. •Maintaining Viable Supply Sources includes efforts to assure the commercial industrial base can satisfy DLA materiel requirements. This SFA subsumed the Material Acquisition Electronics ManTech efforts. In the future it will include other DLA efforts to maintain a viable industrial capability in areas such as Strategic Materials. •The Improving Technical and Logistics Information SFA include efforts to improve and facilitate the exchange of engineering and logistics information among DLA industry partners and customers. It includes the MANTECH program Military Uniform System Technology (MUST) (formerly Customer Driven Uniform Manufacturing) and the Defense Logistics Information Research Program from P.E. 0603712S. A primary focus of this SFA is to capitalize on the emerging “Model Based Enterprise” paradigm and the semantic web as an enabler to a logistics system that is smart and connected. Over the FY 18- FY 22 Planning Period, funds were realigned within the ManTech PE, from the DLA Log R&D PE (0603712S) and DLA Procurement Defense-Wide Fund. These funds will address critical shortfalls in the Improving Industrial Base Manufacturing Processes and Maintaining Viable Supply Sources. The largest requirement was in the Maintaining Viable Supply Sources to develop a long-term, reliable source of linear microcircuits. These devices are critical to maintaining the readiness of front line weapon system electronics. High priority requirements in the Improving Industrial Base Manufacturing Processes SFA included additional funding for battery technology, castings and forging manufacturing technology.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2018
• Source ID: 0603680S_3_0400_PB_2018
• Change Summary Explanation: MANTECH was realigned from BA 07 to BA 03 in FY 2017. A full-year FY 2017 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the budget was prepared; therefore, the budget assumes this account is operating under the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2017 (P.L. 114-254). The amounts included for 2017 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution. BASE: FY17PB ($31.259M) + Request for Additional Appropriations ($0.000M).
• Service Agency Name: Defense Logistics Agency

Entities

Organizations

• Defense Logistics Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Advanced Electronics
• Energy and Power Technologies
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Additive Manufacturing
• Cost Reductions
• Department Of Defense
• Electron Tubes
• Electronics
• Engineering
• Lead Time
• Logistics
• Manufacturing
• Materials
• National Security
• Procurement
• Production
• Radar
• Strategic Materials
• Supply Chain

Fields of Study

• Engineering

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics