More emphasis needs to be placed on manpower, personnel, and training (MPT) factors earlier in weapon system acquisition. To accomplish this, a new directorate was created at the Air Force Systems Command's largest product division, Aeronautical Systems Division (ASD). The MPT Directorate was chartered as a model organization to study and recommend ways in which the Air Force's most expensive asset, people, can more fully affect weapon system design, particularly in the early phases of the acquisition process when design adjustments are made most economically. This paper discusses the MPT Directorate's implementation plan and the progress made to date. Included are (I) a brief summary of why the Directorate was established, (II) MPT integration problems to be solved, (III) MPT process objectives, (IV) the Directorate's mission and functions, (V) its proposed concept of operation, and (VI) time-phased actions that must be taken to meet program objectives. The procedures and analytic tools which may be used by the MPT Directorate to consider MPT issues in the design process are highlighted in the concept of operations section. These procedures and analytic tools could be applied by other Air Force organizations in pursuit of similar objectives.