Engineering Directorate (ED)

Engineering Directorate logoThe Engineering Directorate provides life-cycle engineering services to our Customers and the Warfighter. Customers are primarily the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM) and Team Redstone, but include other Program Executive Offices PEOs)/Program Managers, the Missile Defense Agency and Department of Defense (DoD) elements. These life-cycle engineering services consist of ten core functions listed below.

The Engineering Directorate also provides subject matter expertise (on/off-site) and ensures all financial, personnel, safety, and management controls are in place.

Specific roles within the AMRDEC that have been delegated to the Engineering Directorate include:

  • AMCOM Material Release Review Board Vice-Chairman
  • AMCOM Industrial Base Advocate
  • AMCOM & PEO Aviation Standards Executive
  • Command Value Engineering/Life-Cycle Cost Reduction Manager
  • Product Assurance Program Senior Advisor

Functions

  • Systems Engineering Management
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Production Engineering
  • Product Assurance: Quality and Reliability
  • Configuration Management
  • Rapid Response/Prototyping (PIF)
  • Logistics Engineering
  • Industrial Base Assurance
  • Life-Cycle Cost Reduction
  • Manufacturing Technology

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