Defense Acquisition University Chooses INCOSE Foundation as Partner

“Anticipating the future” is the goal of the INCOSE Foundation, with the focus on supporting new members from underserved countries. The Foundation has a new and perhaps unexpected partner in that goal: Defense Acquisition University.

DAU provides ongoing extensive training to more than 200,000 federal employees and military personnel, with the mission of supporting a “workforce that procures and develops the next generation of equipment for the Department of Defense,” according to Tyrone Theriot, DAU professor and department chair for engineering and technology.

What does this have to do with INCOSE?

The U.S. Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act in Fiscal Year 2022, which directed DAU to support and enhance the capabilities of the faculty.

DAU chose INCOSE as an extramural organization partner to support this congressional mandate. Working with the INCOSE Foundation, Theriot said he hopes to expand the number of INCOSE members from underrepresented countries so they can access and contribute to all the INCOSE resources.

“Expanding INCOSE membership will ultimately benefit the global community of systems engineering professionals,” Theriot said.

John Snoderly, chair of the INCOSE Foundation, said, “INCOSE represents the cutting edge of Systems Engineering technological excellence and therefore [is] important not only to the Department of Defense, but to industries throughout the world in making the world a better place. The INCOSE Foundation has the same goal of improving our world through the global education of the workforces of the world.”

Find out more about the INCOSE Foundation at www.incose.org/foundation

By Beth E. Concepción