The History of AMMTIAC
On December 21, 2005, the AMMTIAC contract was awarded to a team led by Alion Science and Technology. This contract represents the merger of the basic functions of three former Information Analysis Centers (IACs):
- Advanced Materials and Processes Technology Information Analysis Center (AMPTIAC)
- Manufacturing Technology Information Analysis Center (MTIAC)
- Nondestructive Testing Information Analysis Center (NTIAC)
For more than a half century the Department of Defense (DoD) has sponsored a series of IACs to provide support to the materials, manufacturing, and nondestructive testing research, engineering, and acquisition communities. In recognition of the general expansion of modern information services and broad convergence of the IAC user base, the DoD chose to merge AMPTIAC, MTIAC, and NTIAC into a single multi-service entity, AMMTIAC, which provides full Scientific, Technical, and Operational Support Information (STOSI) solutions and services to an even broader DoD and industry user community.
Each of AMMTIAC's predecessor's had a heritage of their own. Preceding AMPTIAC, for example, there were thirteen materials IACs dating back to 1955 Similarly, MTIAC and NTIAC have rich and lengthy histories (see the AMMTIAC History timeline). Scientific, technical, and operational support information related to these former IACs, which was generated during their periods of operation, has been captured, catalogued and stored for future use. This has ensured that more than fifty years of valuable technical information has been preserved; a knowledge base upon which the new IAC has been formulated and founded. This knowledge base is used by AMMTIAC's staff and the Defense Technical Information Center to provide customized and cost-effective solutions to critical problems that range from research and engineering to operational usage.
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