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Welcome to the DMM Industry Association Consortium sharing site!

Check this page frequently for updates and follow the DAF Digital Transformation Office on LinkedIn to stay up to date.

This site serves to keep our Industry Partners (and others) aware of the forward progress in AFMC’s Digital Materiel Management Initiative.  The IAC directly supports the mission of AFMC’s Digital Acceleration Task Force (DATF) and the Department of the Air Force Digital Transformation Office (DTO): to empower our workforce to adopt digital first practices that accelerate materiel management.

Digital Materiel Management (DMM) will accelerate integrated capability delivery to the warfighter.  The promise of DMM will be achieved when models replace documents, structured data replaces disparate information, and digital collaboration breaks down decision stovepipes. Digital Transformation of lifecycle activities provides seamless and efficient connectivity of data and models, full lifecycle management and access to these data & models (known as authoritative sources of truth).  The baseline technology has been rapidly evolving, but the acquisition system has been slower to adapt.  The engineering and program management artifacts that define these roles have been individually transitioning to digital forms for 30+ years, while the business practices and contract boundaries have remained mostly unchanged.

There are a number of concerns that are delaying uptake of the full DMM promise in materiel program offices. These concerns have been organized into the following focus areas, and are being addressed through the IAC, allowing for Industry’s voice to be heard and considered as DMM moves forward.

Focus Areas

Resources on this site

Chatham House Rules are invoked. Contained in this site are the non-attributional notes gathered from the various industry/government/academia gatherings that have, and are taking place.  This output is used by the USAF in developing the roadmaps for the focus areas.  These roadmaps serve the community by providing a place to identify the needs, and solutions to various adoption problems, within, and outside of DMM.

Get Involved

To receive emails for future involvement with the IAC, please reach out to Phil Zimmerman [email protected]

Coming up

Check back often for upcoming events

Past Events

DMM Workshop:  Implementing A Digital Technical Review Process

The next DMM IAC workshop will be held in conjunction with the 27th Annual NDIA Systems & Mission Engineering Conference in Norfolk, VA on October 28, 2024.

Event Details

About the Workshop!

Engage with industry and domain experts to identify challenges, approaches, and solutions for conducting digital-based, accelerated, and continuous design reviews (e.g. System Engineering Technical Reviews, SETRs).  We seek insights on current successes and challenges towards leveraging digital material management, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in this area.  Desired Outcome: Establish best practices for digital program reviews, standardize approaches across government organizations to boost industry efficiency, identify traditional risks, and identify capability gaps for tool vendors and DMM service providers to target in product development.

Preparation is Key!!

Come prepared to this IAC Workshop by reviewing the Digital SETR Gate Criteria and SETR Background provided by SAF/AQR (located on the DMM IAC Sharing site) – please bring your thoughts and recommendations on these reviews:  Systems Requirements Review (SRR),  Systems Functional Review (SFR),  Preliminary Design Review (PDR), Critical Design Review (CDR), Test Readiness Review (TRR),  System Verification Review/Functional Configuration Audit (SVR/FCA), Production Readiness Review (PRR), and Physical Configuration Audit (PCA).

About the IAC Workshop Breakout Sessions!

The first breakout session will encompass your thoughts and experiences with technical reviews and moving forward with digital materiel management in mind!  This session will also dive deeper into the specific review checklists as outlined in these documents.   In the second breakout, we look forward to working with our visionaries and shift our focus to an unencumbered digital future state – no need to focus on what may hinder the success of this future state.  So no worries on current policy, funding, intellectual property, technology limitations, etc.!

 DMM IAC Goals

  • Identify challenges executing design reviews in industry and government and current successful approaches/lessons learned
  • Leverage digital material management in enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in this
    area.
  • Establish best practices for digital program reviews, standardize approaches across government organizations to boost efficiency, identify transitional risk, and identify capability gaps for tool vendors and Digital Material Management service providers to target in product development.
 

Resources from the event

Dayton Development Coalition's Transformation Summit

The IAC held an update in concert with on Friday, May 10th, of the Dayton Development Coalition’s Transformation Summit, to be held in Dayton, OH, May 8-10, 2024. 

Commander's Intent

The Dayton Development Coalition’s Transformation Summit on May 10th, 2024, marked a significant milestone in the ongoing discourse about digital materiel management (DMM) and integration across defense sectors. The day was packed with insightful updates and strategic directions from various leaders, starting with the DMM Year 2: Commander’s Intent, which set a strong tone for the day’s discussions, reviewing the great progress and DMM’s relationship to Great Power Competition (GPC).

IAC update

After a brief break, the summit resumed with eagerly anticipated Consortium Updates by Phil Zimmerman, Stevens Institute, which were recorded for broader accessibility. This session highlighted the Industry Acceleration Consortium (IAC) achievements and introduced the inaugural project for the Digital Acceleration Consortium (DAC), a prototype project to update Data Item Descriptors for a digital-first future.

Presentation by Phil Zimmerman, Stevens Institute

DTO/DATF Updates

The summit transitioned into focused discussions on the remaining DMM initiatives of Modernizing IT Infrastructure and Structuring and Securing Data.  These DMM initiatives are implemented by creating Integrated Digital Environments (IDE) and pursuing Data integration efforts to link disparate networks, capabilities, and data into a seamless system.  The briefings highlighted the need to evolve from basic tool access to cross-domain access and integrated data sources, to a fully integrated and complete digital environment where users have access to tailored dashboards, workflows and templates and complete model repositories to accelerate delivery of capability to the war fighter. The briefings also covered current and planned efforts by the DATF and DTO to make these capabilities a reality for the acquisition workforce and beyond. 

IDE Update

– Vicky O’Sullivan, MITRE

Data Update

LtCol Ryan Pospisal, AFMC/DATF

The summit concluded with a look into the future plans for DMM, reinforcing the fundamental necessity of transformation and provided a vision associated with each of the six DMM initiatives. by J. Kyle Hurst, DTO Chief.

This summit not only reinforced the commitment to digital transformation but also enhanced the cooperative framework necessary for achieving these ambitious goals. As we move forward, the insights gained here will undoubtedly shape the strategies and implementations in the months to come. 

Digital Dayton Roundtable

The DMM IAC workshops took place during the Dayton Digital Roundtable on 4 March.  The focus of this event was “Creating the DMM Workforce We Need” featuring keynote addresses from AFMC leadership, local academic institutions & industry panel discussions, and hands-on sessions to further accelerate the adoption of DMM.  User stories developed at the 10/11 January AIAA co-sponsored IAC event helped frame workforce break-outs focused on workforce challenges. 

Pictures From The Event

Digital Dayton Roundtable Presented Content

Click each tile below to access the Facilitation Plan and Use-Case Read ahead material for the 4 March 2024 Digital Dayton Roundtable

Use Cases Discussed

You can find the raw outputs of the Use Cases that were workshopped on our public Github Repository.

Insights from DMM IAC Sessions at AIAA SciTech

Fostering Government-Industry Collaboration in Aerospace

We’re thrilled to share insights from the recent DMM IAC evening sessions at AIAA SciTech, a pivotal gathering for leaders and innovators in the aerospace sector. 

 

Our Wednesday session was dedicated to exploring the dynamic landscape of government-industry data exchange/access across various lifecycle phases. 

Key Highlights:

  • 🌐 Focused Breakout Groups: Participants delved into specialized discussions across lifecycle stages like invention, systems engineering, production, and more.
  • 🤝 Exclusive Government and Industry Dialogues: Separate government-only and industry-only groups fostered targeted discussions, nurturing unique perspectives.
  • 📝 Interactive Ideation: Utilizing large sticky notes, groups creatively documented user stories and exchanged ideas on enhancing government-industry data collaborations.
  • 🔍 Prioritization and Insight Gathering: The latter part of the session was dedicated to identifying critical user stories and outlining key considerations for their development.

Our Thursday sessions focused on user stories around government/industry collaboration in digital environment.

Participants engaged in focused group discussions, organized by distinct phases of the lifecycle such as invention, systems engineering, performance modeling, and more. These sessions were tailored to cultivate a deep understanding and generate user stories highlighting the intricacies and opportunities of collaboration in digital spaces. Attendees contributed to vital discussions that shaped the future of digital integration in aerospace, making these sessions essential for industry and government professionals.

 

Our facilitators played a crucial role in steering these conversations, capturing the collective wisdom and insights of the groups.

📥 Download the Event Highlights: Dive deeper into the event’s rich discussions and outcomes. Click here to download the detailed PDF file with comprehensive information about the event.

Link to the User Story development Evening Session material

📚 Access Our Content Archive

The discussions were open to the public, ensuring a transparent and inclusive approach to problem-solving. We’ve amassed a rich archive of information from these sessions, and it’s our pleasure to share this knowledge with you. Delve into our comprehensive compilation of insights and takeaways to explore the depth of our collaborative endeavors.

Link to User Stories created during the event

Stay tuned for more updates and insights as we continue to bridge the gap between government and industry in our journey towards digital transformation in aerospace. More details, including outcomes of the event, will be posted here when they become available.

DMM Industry Association Consortium Kickoff

November 2-3, 2023

IAC Participants

A special thank you to all partners in the DMM Industry Association Consortium.

DMM Industry Association Consortium RAW Outputs

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Coming up!

The next DMM IAC workshop will be held in conjunction with the 27th Annual NDIA Systems & Mission Engineering Conference in Norfolk, VA on October 28, 2024.