What does MD stand for?

Delegating this responsibility to the developing command drives the materiel developer to consider all elements of Am and examine element interaction in order to arrive at an achievable and defendable Am requirement to include in the CDD.

It requires the materiel developer and the fielding command to determine all requirements up front, fund and requisition nearly all needed equipment, consolidate support items into unit-level packages, and coordinate the distribution of the major system, the associated support items of equipment, and support packages to a central staging site or to the gaining unit itself.

The materiel developer then deciphered the user requirements into engineering standards that industry would understand--a Request for Proposal (RFP).

The appropriate combat developer and materiel developer in the Army, Marine Corps, and SOCOM signed the MOAs at the two- to three-star flag officer level.

These analyses serve the materiel developer in balancing system capabilities, technologies, schedules, and costs within the parameters set by the sponsor.

He is the principal TRADOC/Engineer School interface with materiel developers, ensuring integration of doctrine, training, organizational concepts, and materiel requirements (logistics, training, leader development, soldier issues, and MANPRINT) on systems as assigned.

Since the documentation process can take many years, USAMMA, as the materiel developer, begins a market analysis as soon as the need is articulated.

SAIV Begins Early To ensure the warfighter is provided with required capabilities as rapidly as possible, the materiel developer must understand the tenets of SAIV and apply them to the program.