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1 Defense AT&L: November-December 2017

Air Force Opens Applications for Dual-Purpose Technology Accelerator ProgramSECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS (SEPT. 15, 2017)

WASHINGTON—The Air Force launched a new startup technology accelerator through its AFwerX community of innovators.

The technology accelerator will focus on developing better relationships with commercially viable startup companies with dual-purpose technologies—technologies that have a private sector application as well as government application.

“We have to look for new ways to do business faster and connect innovators and entrepreneurs from across the na-tion with our challenges,” said Gen. Stephen Wilson, vice chief of the staff of the Air Force. “We recognize that indus-try is leading innovation with unique business practices that quickly produce solutions to complex problems.”

Wilson said reducing barriers for non-traditional industry partners who offer dual-purpose solutions to defense chal-lenges helps the military to better leverage financially sus-tainable, integrated commercial solutions. This will provide the military with the most capability at the lowest cost to taxpayers.

The accelerator program will revolve around the applica-tion of autonomous technologies, to include the ability to detect, track, identify, characterize, attribute, and mitigate autonomous technologies.

“Our science and technology investment today is the seed that grows into the warfighting capabilities needed for to-morrow,” said Wilson.

The Air Force Research Laboratory contracted PBTS LLC, a Boston-based technology and entrepreneur accelerator, to run the accelerator program with Air Force participation. Registration for the technology accelerator is open now on the Techstars website.

Companies specializing in detection and tracking sensor technology, multimodal sensor integration, computer vision and machine learning algorithms, defensive and offensive counter drone systems, drone operations and manage-ment, data visualization/aggregation and human-system interfaces, among others, are encouraged to apply.

2018 AFA Outstanding Civilian Employees of the Year Award Nominations Sought AIR FORCE PERSONNEL CENTER PUBLIC AFFAIRS (OCT. 13, 2017)Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas—Air Force officials are seeking nominations for the 2018 Air Force Association Outstanding Air Force Civilian Employ-ees of the Year Award.

Each year the AFA recognizes four Air Force civilian employ-ees for outstanding achievement in four categories: civilian wage employee of the year; civilian program specialist, GS-1 through GS-11; civilian program manager, GS-12 and GS-13; and civilian senior manager, GS-14 and GS-15.

Nominations are evaluated on the nature of the achieve-ment, development of techniques or procedures that sig-nificantly increased mission effectiveness, and breadth of impact.

Organizations and base-level personnel must contact their major commands, combatant commands, field operating agencies, direct reporting units or MAJCOM-equivalent agency for applicable suspense date and additional infor-mation regarding nomination procedures. Each MAJCOM, COCOM, FOA and DRU may submit one nomination. All nomination packages are due to the Air Force Personnel Center no later than Jan. 5, 2018.

Specifics regarding the award are available via myPers. Se-lect “any” from the dropdown menu and search “Special Trophies and Awards.”

For more information about Air Force personnel programs, go to myPers. Individuals who do not have a myPers ac-count can request one by following the instructions on the Air Force Personnel Center website.

Defense Department Announces Winner of 2017 George F. Linsteadt Award for Excellence in Technology TransferDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS RELEASE, PRESS OPERATIONS (AUG. 15, 2017)

Arlington, Va.—The Department of Defense (DoD) recog-nizes Dorothy “Dottie” Vincent as the winner of the 2017 George F. Linsteadt Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. The annual award recognizes DoD technology transfer professionals who have performed extraordinary efforts to transfer technology developed in the Defense laboratories from and to partners in the public and private sectors.


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Air Force Seeks 69th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Award Nominations

AIR FORCE PERSONNEL CENTER PUBLIC AFFAIRS (AUG. 21, 2017)Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas—Air Force officials are seeking nominations for the 69th An-nual Arthur S. Flemming Award.

The award, sponsored by George Washington University and the Arthur S. Flemming Awards Commission, honors outstanding federal employees who have made significant and extraordinary contributions to the federal govern-ment in the categories of leadership and/or management; legal achievement; social science, clinical trials and translational research; applied science and engineering; and basic science.

The Air Force can submit two civil service or military members per category for a total of 10 nominations.

The purpose of the award is to recognize outstanding and meritorious achievement while working for the federal government; to encourage the highest standards of performance in the federal service; to enhance appreciation of our form of government, and the opportunities and responsibilities it presents; and to attract outstanding indi-viduals to a career in federal service.

Organizations and base-level personnel must contact their major command, combatant command, field operating agency, or direct reporting unit for applicable suspense dates and additional information regarding nomination procedures. Nomination packages are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by Nov. 17, 2017.

Specific eligibility and application procedures are available via myPers. Select “any” from the dropdown menu and search “Flemming.”formation about Air Force personnel programs, go to myPers. Individuals who do not have a myPers account can request one by following the instructions on the Air Force Personnel Center website.

Dr. Jagadeesh Pamulapati, Director, Defense Laboratories Office, said that technology transfer (T2) is vital to the DoD mission of developing new technologies and promot-ing technology commercialization as the U.S. military seeks to maintain its technological advantage. He further noted that the DoD’s technology transfer efforts also help ensure the nation’s investment in innovative research is transferred from defense laboratories to the American people.

Vincent, recognized for exemplary performance leading the Department of the Navy (DON) Technology Transfer program in the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is one of the DoD’s leading proponents of technology transfer. Under her management, the Navy’s T2 program has become a pe-rennial winner of T2 awards and achievements. She also sponsored the Innovation Discovery Process (IDP) and ac-tively fosters its growth throughout the federal laboratory system. The core of IDP is the interaction of lab inventors

with a panel of university and business professionals as well as other subject matter experts. The panel, guided by a fa-cilitator, brainstorms to identify the innovative elements of the project and to discover dual-use science & technology applications. Since its inception, Navy scientists and engi-neers have increased the number of invention disclosures, filed more new patent applications, and enhanced the overall success of T2 efforts by entering into more patent license agreements with public and private sector entities.

“In more than 20 years of dedicated service, Ms. Vincent has become one of the Navy’s foremost experts on technology transfer. She approaches her work with dedication, passion, and an infectious, positive spirit,” said Dr. Pamulapati.

Since its establishment in 1946, ONR continues to be Naval leadership’s trusted source for addressing emerging technol-ogy issues and challenges. As the DON Science and Tech-



nology (S&T) provider, ONR identifies solutions to address Navy and Marine Corps needs. Its mission is to plan, foster, and encourage scientific research related to the mainte-nance of future Naval power. ONR ensures the preservation of national security and management of the Navy’s basic, ap-plied, and advanced research to foster transition from S&T to higher levels of research, development, test, and evaluation.

For more information about the Navy’s technology trans-fer program, please visit: https://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Science-Technology/Directorates/Transition/Technology-Transfer-T2.

Navy Logistics Professionals Honored with Arthur AwardsNAVY NEWS SERVICE, NAVY OFFICE OF INFORMATION (AUG. 16, 2017)

WASHINGTON—Department of the Navy (DON) uni-formed and civilian logistics professionals were honored Aug. 14 at a Pentagon ceremony with one of the Navy’s most prestigious awards.

Two individuals and one 11-member team accepted the Adm. Stanley R. Arthur Award for Logistics Excellence. The Calen-dar Year 2016 awardees were:• Scott Armentrout, Naval Supply System Command

(NAVSUP) (team award)• Meredith Buck, NAVSUP (team award)• James Carson, NAVSUP (team award)• Kevin Donnelly, NAVSUP (team award)• Marine Maj. Darren Gallagher, NAVSUP Global Logistics

Support Ammunition (individual award)• Robert Gordon, NAVSUP (team award)• Paul Hartman, NAVSUP (team award)• Lt. Cmdr. Andy Henwood, NAVSUP (team award)• Roberta Jio, Military Sealift Command (individual

award)• Tracy Miller, NAVSUP (team award)• Capt. Matt Ott, NAVSUP (team award)• Brian Parsons, NAVSUP (team award)• Scott Williams, NAVSUP (team award)

WASHINGTON (Aug. 14, 2017) Vice Adm. Dixon R. Smith, deputy chief of naval operations for fleet readiness and logistics, welcomes guests to the annual Adm. Stanley R. Arthur Award for Logistics Excellence Aug. 14, 2017, at the Pentagon. Established in 1997, the annual Arthur Awards recognize military and civilian Department of the Navy logisticians who exemplify the highest standards of professional excellence in logistics planning and execution.U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan L. Correa



Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and Logistics Vice Adm. Dixon R. Smith presented the awards and praised the recipients for their professionalism and in-novation. “These Navy officers and civilians display the high-est level of excellence and integrity in their tireless service to the needs of the Fleet and set a benchmark for the ac-complishments of their peers,” said Smith. “Their innovative approaches and solutions to daily challenges drive a culture of continuous improvement across our Navy and contribute greatly to the mission success of our warfighting team.”

Established in 1997, the annual Arthur Awards recognize military and civilian DON logisticians who exemplify the highest standards of professional excellence in logistics plan-ning and execution. The award is named after former Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Stanley R. Arthur (retired), who was instrumental in shaping the Navy’s modern logistics community.

For more news from the U.S. Navy, please visit http://www.navy.mil.

Naval Maintenance Community Recognizes Gold Disk Developers NAVAL SURFACE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET PUBLIC AFFAIRS (AUG. 17, 2017)Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Trevor Welsh

SAN DIEGO—Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Vice Adm. Tom Rowden presented three sailors with the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Gold Disk Awards at the American Society of Naval Engineers’ Fleet Maintenance and Modernization Symposium (FMMS) at the San Diego Convention Center, Aug. 16.

Interior Communications Specialist 1st Class Johnathan Grinols, stationed aboard USS Stockdale (DDG 106); Elec-tronics Technician 2nd Class Oscar Ray, stationed aboard USS Decatur (DDG 73); and Electronics Technician 3rd Class Dakota Lovekeys, stationed aboard USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), were each presented a letter of commendation from the CNO and a $2,000 cash reward, in front of more than 200 naval engineers and industry professionals, for their dedica-tion to technical expertise in the Module Test and Repair (MTR) Program.

“It’s young sailors like this that do superb work, which di-rectly enhances the readiness and sustainability of ships’ sys-tems,” said Rowden. “It is my privilege and honor to present these awardees. Bravo Zulu!”

Guided by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the MTR Program develops and provides electrical and elec-

tronic module test and repair capabilities to afloat and ashore maintenance facilities. The goal of MTR is to save money through cost avoidance and reduced turn-around time from diagnosis to repair.

Gold Disk developers are experts in the field of micro-miniature repair, using their expertise to develop standard procedures for repairs through the MTR program. Utilizing schematics and various technologies, they develop engi-neered step-by-step processes for other technicians to use when troubleshooting or repairing circuit cards, modules, and electronic systems.

According to Huntron, a supplier of tools for DoD engineers and technicians who test, diagnose, and troubleshoot printed circuit assemblies, the program yielded $37,163,983 in cost avoidance in fiscal year 2014 (FY14) by affecting 8,367 re-pairs from 564 casualty reports. Since the program began in FY96, Huntron has reported a cost avoidance of $679.49 million for the Navy. The total cost to fund the program since FY96 has been $70.83 million, resulting in a $608.66 mil-lion savings.

This year’s FMMS carries the theme “Build. Maintain. Mod-ernize. Shaping the Future Fleet.” The symposium is an an-nual event that brings together the naval ship maintenance and modernization community and features guest speak-ers, panelists, and presentations from Navy, Coast Guard, industry, and academia. It provides an opportunity to learn from and interact with senior military and civil service deci-sion makers, ship and craft operators and maintainers, repair and maintenance personnel, designers, builders, planners, engineers, program managers, life cycle engineers, equip-ment suppliers, and other technical experts.

For more news from Naval Surface Forces, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/cnsp/.

AFNWC Expert Wins AFA Welch AwardAIR FORCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CENTER PUBLIC AFFAIRS (AUG. 17, 2017)Staff Sgt. William Duran

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah—The Air Force Association recently honored an Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center colonel with the 2017 Gen. Larry D. Welch-Officer Award.

The award recognizes the individual with the most signifi-cant impact on the overall operations, safety, security, and effectiveness of the Air Force’s nuclear mission. It is named after Gen. Larry D. Welch, former chief of staff of the Air



Gary V. Trimble, Husbanding Team Lead, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella, was named Acquisition Profes-sional of the Year. Trimble’s leadership was instrumental in awarding the Navy’s first two regionalized Indefinite Deliv-ery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Contracts (MAC) for husbanding services.

The IDIQ MAC acquisition strategy, a key component in revamping the Navy’s husbanding process, represents a milestone in the Navy’s approach to providing critical port services to ships, reduces operational risk, and maximizes competition throughout a geographic region. This acquisi-tion strategy, in addition to moving orders and payment work off the ships, has improved communication among stake-holders; provides improved port visit planning; facilitates standardization; develops a more efficient off-site process to validate, track, fund, and reconcile invoices; and provides more robust on-site representative support.

Force, who was and remains a driving force in improving the Air Force nuclear enterprise.

This year’s recipient, Col. Scott Jones, distinguished himself as the director of AFNWC’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems Directorate at Hill AFB, Utah.

Jones expertly led a team of more than 900 civilian, military, and support contractors in the sustainment and moderniza-tion of the Minuteman III ICBM that comprises the ICBM leg of the nation’s strategic nuclear triad. Jones is also re-sponsible for organizing, training, and equipping activities for the entire directorate, including acquisition of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent missile system, which will recap-italize the Minuteman III weapon system. Jones was also instrumental in the development and execution of the first Programmed Depot Maintenance effort for the more than 50-year-old Minuteman III weapon system, an effort critical to sustaining the weapon system through 2035.

In addition, Jones pioneered the directorate’s transition to a risk-to-resource effort that tiered and funded 175 sustain-ment and acquisition efforts, saving $45 million per year. Jones also administered a $963 million contract transition that funded 29 projects.

“Colonel Jones’ extraordinary leadership, attention to detail, and determination have been pivotal to strengthening and sustaining the ICBM leg of the nuclear triad, which is key to delivering nuclear capabilities warfighters use every day and contributes significantly to ensuring our nation’s most pow-erful weapons are never doubted and always feared,” said Maj. Gen. Scott Jansson, AFNWC commander and program executive officer for strategic systems.

Headquartered at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, AFNWC has about 1,100 personnel assigned to 17 locations worldwide, with about 600 at Hill AFB in its ICBM Systems Directorate.

The AFA is a non-profit, independent association that pro-motes public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the nation’s security.

Navy Acquisition Excellence Award Winners Include NAVSUP PersonnelNAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND OFFICE OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS (AUG. 22, 2017)Kathy Adams

MECHANICSBURG, Pa.—Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) personnel were named winners in the 2017 De-partment of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards.

Col. Scott Jones of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center was recently recognized with the 2017 Air Force Association Gen. Larry D. Welch-Officer Award. The award recognizes the individual with the most significant impact on the overall operations, safety, security, and effectiveness of the Air Force’s nuclear mission. U.S. Air Force photo



The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego (FLCSD) contracting office team won the Office of Small Business Programs Sarkis Tatigian Award for their small business pro-gram strategy. This award recognizes outstanding perfor-mance by a field activity in creating an organizational climate resulting in the advancement of small business opportunity through exceptionally managed small business programs and challenging initiatives. NAVSUP FLCSD applied a top-down focus to supporting the warfighter while leveraging small businesses as a strategic advantage. Not only did the command meet or exceed all small business targets, it iden-tified new small business sources, streamlined acquisition processes, enhanced engagement with its customers, and saw innovative approaches yield solid results.

Team members from NAVSUP FLC San Diego include the Code 200 Department, led by Cmdr. Jason Klingenberg and Marcia Cruz, and oversight by Gary Thomas as the Small Business Director.

NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support won the Small Busi-ness Team Award. The team identified new sources for small businesses using social media, J&A review, database searches, and market research. These actions resulted in increased competition, reduced costs, and new small busi-ness opportunities in a largely non-competitive environ-ment. NAVSUP WSS team members include Natalia Luciw, Robert Hughes, Anne Bihl, John Zacharkow, and Katherine Rachubinski.

“NAVSUP awards about 40 percent of the Navy’s contracts, and being recognized for acquisition excellence truly means a great deal to us,” said NAVSUP Commander Rear Adm. Jonathan A. Yuen. “I am very proud of our people and the work they do.”

Awards will be presented in an October ceremony in the Pentagon.

The Department of Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards program recognizes those acquisition professionals and teams that have made significant contributions to the Navy and Marine Corps acquisition process. Leveraging competi-tion and small businesses, finding innovative procurement techniques, and superior professional acumen are the hall-marks of those outstanding persons and teams recognized by these awards.

NAVSUP’s mission is to provide supplies, services, and quality-of-life support to the Navy and joint warfighter. With headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and employ-ing a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 22,500

military and civilian personnel, NAVSUP oversees logistics programs in the areas of supply operations, conventional ordnance, contracting, resale, fuel, transportation, and secu-rity assistance. In addition, NAVSUP is responsible for food service, postal services, Navy Exchanges, and movement of household goods.

For more information, visit http://www.navy.mil, http://www.facebook.com/usnavy, or http://www.twitter.com/usnavy.

For more news from Naval Supply Systems Command, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/navsup/.

Army Announces 2017 Superior Supplier Incentive Program ListU.S. ARMY PUBLIC AFFAIRS (AUG. 29, 2017)WASHINGTON—The U.S. Army released its 2017 Superior Supplier Incentive Program (SSIP) list today. In a joint rollout with the Navy and the Air Force, the Army’s SSIP list identi-fies its top performing industry partners for 2017. The SSIP list also rewards business units’ performance by affording enhanced opportunities to interact with government mission partners to discuss opportunities and improvements. The ratings are part to the Department of Defense’s SSIP, put in place to incentivize contractor performance in the areas of cost, schedule, technical performance, management, regula-tory compliance, and small business utilization.

SSIP provides the Army a means by which to understand which contracts and programs are consistently attaining superior performance levels and at the same time, incen-tivizing contractor performance by highlighting areas where companies are doing well and can improve. Ultimately, this win-win helps ensure optimally managed programs that pro-vide our soldiers with the solutions they need to maintain their decisive advantage on the battlefield. The SSIP program also serves as an important communication tool to dialogue with industry partners and senior leaders to improve pro-ductivity while being transparent on recognizing superior performance.

Brig. Gen. Michael Hoskin, acting deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Procurement said, that SSIP is an “invaluable tool” to both the Service as well as its partners in industry. “The Army values all of our industry partners”, he continued. “SSIP provides useful information for companies while help-ing the Army provide recognition for sustained performance to our soldiers. Today’s Army needs industry partners com-mitted to our success as much as theirs.”



This is the fourth SSIP release from the Army. This year 30 business segments, representing 22 suppliers, were rated by the Army. SSIP leverages Contractor Performance As-sessment Reporting System (CPARS) performance ratings into a comprehensive approach of supplier performance by creating an overall assessment from the CPARS data. Com-panies are evaluated using the prior three years of CPARS data and then categorized into three performance tiers, with “Tier I” being the best.

2017 Superior Supplier Incentive Program ListThe Army’s Tier I business units are as follows:• Aerovironment, Inc. – Aerovironment• Boeing - Boeing Military Aircraft• General Electric – Aviation• Hellfire Systems, LLC – Hellfire Systems LMC• Lockheed Martin – Missiles & Fire Control• Lockheed Martin – Rotary & Mission Systems• Northrop Grumman – Technical Services• Raytheon – Integrated Defense Systems• Raytheon/Lockheed Martin – Javelin JV• Textron – Bell Helicopter

The Army’s Tier II business units are as follows:• BAE Systems – Electronic Systems• CACI International - CACI International • General Dynamics – Information Systems and Technology• L3 Technologies, Inc. – Aerospace Systems• L3 Technologies, Inc. – Electronic Systems• Leidos Corp – National Security Solutions• Oshkosh Corporation – Oshkosh Defense• Rockwell Collins – Government Systems• Textron – Textron Systems• Thales-Raytheon JV – Thales-Raytheon JV

The Army’s Tier III business units are as follows:• BAE Systems – Platforms & Services• General Atomics Technology Corp. – Aeronautical Systems• General Dynamics – Combat Systems• Harris Corporation – Communication Systems• Honeywell International – Aerospace• Navistar International – Navistar International• Northrop Grumman – Information Systems• Orbital ATK – Defense Systems• Raytheon – Missile Systems• Raytheon – Space & Airborne Systems

DoD Announces Secretary of Defense Maintenance Award WinnersDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, PRESS OPERATIONS (SEPT. 19, 2017)WASHINGTON—The Department of Defense (DoD) an-nounced the 2017 winners of the Secretary of Defense Main-

tenance Awards. These awards are presented annually to recognize outstanding achievements in weapon systems and military equipment maintenance.

The depot-level award is named in recognition of Robert T. Mason, a former assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for maintenance policy, programs, and resources. Mason served as the champion of organic depot maintenance for three decades and was instrumental in transforming DoD organic depot-level operations. Depot Maintenance Excellence Award The recipient of the 2017 Robert T. Mason Depot Mainte-nance Excellence Award is the 567th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. This team accomplished superior depot maintenance by producing a record-breaking 25 aircraft during the previous fiscal year.

Field-Level Maintenance AwardsA total of six field-level awards are presented in three cat-egories—large, medium, and small. The recipients of this year’s Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Awards in the large category are the 2nd Main-tenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, 2nd Ma-rine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group, Hurlburt Field, Florida. Winners in the medium category are the Assault Craft Unit Four, Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Vir-ginia Beach, Virginia, and 341st Maintenance Group, 341st Missile Wing, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana. The small category winners are Bravo Maintenance Com-pany, Group Support Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Reparable Man-agement Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion, Combat Lo-gistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.

Phoenix Symbolizes RejuvenationThe Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Awards are symbolized by the legendary phoenix, a mythological bird which lived for some five centuries, died, was consumed by flames, and then reborn from its own ashes. Periodically, so states the myth, the phoenix would again and again be reborn. This unique ability of the legendary phoenix to re-juvenate and renew itself characterizes the role of weapon systems and maintenance in the DoD. The winner of the Phoenix Award, recognized as the best of the best field-level



maintenance units, will be selected from the six field-level award winners.

The department also recognized excellence in maintenance training, advice, and assistance of foreign security forces. A total of three awards are presented in two categories—ministerial and operational. This year’s ministerial category winner is the Joint Multinational Training Group—Ukraine, U.S. Army Europe, U.S. European Command. This year’s op-erational category winners are Integrated Maritime Skills Training Team, Joint Interagency Task Force West, U. S. Pa-cific Command and the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Technical Assistance Field Team, U. S. Southern Command.

The awards will be presented to the winners on Dec. 5 in the Calvin L. Rampton Salt Lake City Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, at an awards ceremony as part of the 2017 DoD Maintenance Symposium. Continually updated sym-posium information is available at http://www.sae.org/dod.

Airmen Receive Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award During AFASECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS (SEPT. 18, 2017) Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Process improvements don’t always save the Air Force money, but when they lead to cost-saving ideas, senior leaders recognize it.

That’s exactly what happened when retired Gen. Larry O. Spencer, Air Force Association president, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright presented the Gen. Larry O. Spencer Award to Mas-ter Sgt. Andrew Kehl, from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron out of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, during a ceremony at National Harbor, Sept. 18, 2017.

According to the citation, in 2016, Kehl led the 52nd Fighter Wing to number one of eight wings in U.S. Air Forces in

Air Force Association’s Chairman of the Board F. Whitten Peters, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright, and AFA’s president, retired Gen. Larry O. Spencer present the Spencer Individual Award to Master Sgt. Andrew Kehl, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, during the Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 18, 2017. U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Clark



Europe and Air Forces Africa, in cost savings, totaling $18 million and 145,000 man-hours. This earned the 52nd FW the 2016 U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s Innovation Madness competition.

Continuing with recognition in the team category, Wilson, Spencer, Goldfein, and Wright presented the award to the Logistics Information Technology Innovation Team from Headquarters Air Force.

According to The Logistics Information Technology Innova-tion Team’s citation, they expertly identified, assessed, and prioritized more than 357 Logistics Information Technology systems and applications for consolidation, re-hosting to an approved cloud environment, and remediation.

Created in 2015, the award is named after former Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry O. Spencer, who helped create an innovative culture for airmen to follow, and championed the Every Dollar Counts campaign along with the Airman Powered by Innovation website.

Awards such as these aim to acknowledge the hard work of the airmen driving innovation to secure our future.

Air Force Announces Yearlong Review, Update of Science and Technology StrategySECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS (SEPT. 18, 2017)NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Speaking at the Air Force Asso-ciation’s annual Air, Space, and Cyber conference, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson announced the Air Force will conduct a 12-month Science and Technology review to update its research priorities and strategy.

The review will focus on how the Air Force conducts and manages research, and where the Service should prioritize research for the next decade and beyond.

In announcing the effort, Wilson highlighted the history of Air Force science and technology leadership that began shortly after the establishment of the Air Force as a separate Service. “The Air Force must reinvigorate its focus on basic and applied research to ensure the long-term domination of air and space,” Wilson said. “We must also reevaluate how we manage our research enterprise and spend research dollars in ways that advance air and space superiority for the long term.”

The Air Force Research Laboratory will lead the review. The Air Force Scientific Advisory board will conduct a parallel effort this year, and provide feedback and advice throughout the process. The Air Force Studies board of the National

Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine will also conduct at least one workshop to provide input to the effort. All of these efforts are intended to be input for an updated science and technology strategy.

The Air Force will also provide small grants to universities to sponsor regional workshops in partnership with American universities to gather input from academic researchers.

“When it comes to research, the Air Force is stronger when we partner with American universities and let industry know what our priorities are,” Wilson said. “We will advance knowledge and help develop the next generation of scien-tists and engineers.”

The review will focus on three key areas. The Air Force will identify high-priority research areas for basic and applied research important to air and space power over the next 10–20 years.

The review will also evaluate how the Air Force can more productively partner with states, consortia, universities, and other non-federal research entities to advance knowledge and its application. The Air Force is interested in potentially new management structures and approaches for its re-search portfolio.

Finally, it will guide the Air Force in adjusting the ways it can stay on the cutting edge of technology for the long term by examining the strategies pursued by some of the world’s most innovative organizations.

“Our adversaries are advancing rapidly,” Wilson said. “We need to update our research priorities, but validation of re-search areas isn’t enough. We need to rethink the way in which we manage our path-breaking research so that we can effectively partner with others to retain American domi-nance in air and space power.”

SPAWAR Civilian Leaders Receive Presidential AwardsSPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS (SEPT. 21, 2017)

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Richard V. Spencer awarded three of 10 meritorious execu-tive ranks to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders during the 2016 Presidential Rank Awards ceremony at the Pentagon on Sept. 14.

This distinguished recognition is given by the president of the United States to those senior executives who have demon-



strated extraordinary professional, technical, and scientific achievements on a national or international level.

According to the award criteria, Patrick M. Sullivan, SPAWAR executive director; William J. Deligne, SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic deputy executive director; and Dr. William H. Luebke, SPAWAR logistics and fleet support have exempli-fied the highest levels of leadership competencies, strength, integrity, and a relentless commitment to excellence in pub-lic service. “It was an honor to accept this award on behalf of the men and women, both military and civilian, who proudly serve at SPAWAR,” said Sullivan. “It is a privilege to work alongside dedicated professionals who make a difference every day in delivering and sustaining cyber warfighting ca-pability for the Navy and our nation. I am very pleased with what we have accomplished and look forward to the contin-ued excellence we strive for as a team. I am extremely grate-ful to the organization and for this tremendous recognition.”

The meritorious executive rank is awarded to only 5 per-cent of SES career members, which includes a lump-sum

payment of 20 percent of their rate of annual basic pay, a silver pin, and a framed certificate signed by the president. The percentage of senior career employees who may receive each award is based on the government-wide number of career appointees in Office of Personnel Management-allocated senior-level and scientific-professional positions as of Sept. 30 the previous fiscal year.

Spencer emphasized that SPAWAR represents 30 percent of the meri-torious rank recipients this year, which showcases the importance of SPAWAR and the command’s overall support to the fleet.

“This year, it gives me great pleasure to award meritorious executive rank to three SPAWAR leaders for their significant accomplishments and impact across the fleet,” said Spen-cer. “The award of meritorious ex-ecutive rank is a prestigious honor and demonstrates the importance of SPAWAR’s leadership in the cyber domain and their critical support to our Navy.”

SPAWAR is the Navy acquisition command that develops, delivers, and sustains advanced information warfare capabilities. With nearly 10,000 active duty and civilian professionals located around the world and close to the fleet, SPAWAR is at the forefront of research, engineering, and acquisition, keeping our forces connected around the globe.


For more news from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/spawar/.

NAVSUP Logistics Team of the Year RecognizedNAVSUP OFFICE OF CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS (OCT. 2, 2017)Peggy Hoffman

MECHANICSBURG, Pa.—Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Logistics Team of the Year was recognized by

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 14, 2017) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Richard V. Spen-cer presents Patrick M. Sullivan, executive director, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), with meritorious executive rank during the 2016 Presidential Rank Awards ceremony. This distinguished recognition is presented to only 5 percent of Senior Executive Service (SES) leaders who demonstrate extraordinary professional, technical, and scientific achievements on a national or international level. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan Correa



NAVSUP Commander on Sept. 26 at a command town hall meeting for their outstanding contributions to Navy logistics.

The NAVSUP Logistics Cell (LOGCELL) Team prevailed for their response efforts to the P-8A Poseidon supply support concept challenges. The Team injected cutting-edge tech-nology and high-velocity learning across the Naval Aviation Enterprise, as well as industry partners, with the singular focus on improving operational readiness. Noteworthy im-provements were made in P-8A readiness and significant reductions achieved in backorders per fielded aircraft. The team’s prompt actions avoided retail outfitting costs in ex-cess of $114 million. Team members from NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support and NAVSUP Business Systems Center included: Capt. Matthew Ott, Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Henwood, Robert Gordon, James Carson, Paul Hartman, Meredith Buck, and Tracy Miller.

“Our logistics experts are essential to not only NAVSUP op-erations, but Navy operations, as well. The improvements to readiness they achieved, along with costs avoided are com-mendable,” said NAVSUP Commander Rear Adm. Jonathan A. Yuen.

The LOGCELL team was also selected as the Admiral Stan Arthur Award Team of the Year for 2016. These annual awards identify individuals and teams that demonstrate professionalism and excellence in logistics planning and execution.

Also recognized with an Admiral Stan Arthur Award was NAVSUP Military Logistician of the Year Maj. Darren Gal-lagher, USMC, who served as director of the Crisis Response Cell, NAVSUP Global Logistics Support Ammunition. He won top honors for his visionary approach to revolutioniz-ing ordnance logistics in the 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (AOR), as well as his innovative thinking and unparalleled drive resulting in the establishment of a new air channel to resupply critical warfighter ordnance requirements. This new channel is now used as the preferred transportation route for other classes of supply moving across the Depart-ment of Defense into this AOR. Through his operational ex-perience and steadfast dedication, Gallagher has resolved numerous ordnance logistics challenges in the 5th, 6th, and 7th Fleet AOR, allowing for significant cost savings and en-hanced U.S. Navy readiness.

NAVSUP’s mission is to provide supplies, services, and quality-of-life support to the Navy and joint warfighter. With headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and employ-ing a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel, NAVSUP oversees logistics

programs in the areas of supply operations, conventional ordnance, contracting, resale, fuel, transportation, and secu-rity assistance. In addition, NAVSUP is responsible for food service, postal services, Navy Exchanges, and movement of household goods.


For more news from Naval Supply Systems Command, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/navsup/.

Laboratory Partnerships Advance Army ResearchU.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY Public Affairs (OCT. 2, 2017)Joyce M. Conant

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md.—The U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the bioeffects division of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory met at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory on Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to discuss joint capabilities that better support Army research.

Heidi Maupin, ARL South regional director, toured the facility to learn more about its unique capabilities. The facility con-tains directed energy laboratory spaces to include laser re-search labs, anechoic chambers, an imaging lab, a radiation lab, BSL-2 biology labs, microbiology labs, biochemistry and biomolecular labs, tissue culture labs, and a proteomic lab.

Maupin said the AFRL bioeffects division is a welcomed partner for ARL South.

“The laboratory has tremendous and rare capabilities that are beneficial to cutting-edge research undertaken by the Army Research Laboratory. ARL employees are already tak-ing advantage of the unique equipment and features of the laboratory,” Maupin said.

Drs. Cameron Good and Thaddeus Thomas are using one of its laboratory spaces to advance ARL’s future concepts program.

“Collaboration with TSRL has been a great experience,” Thomas said. “Access to their state-of-the-art facilities and expert staff has opened up exciting new opportunities for studying novel incapacitation mechanisms.”

Good added that having access to researchers with exper-tise in the “bioeffects of directed energy” has helped them pursue new research avenues not previously possible.



Stephanie Miller, chief of AFRL’s bioeffects division said she is also looking forward to “enhancing true collaborations be-tween the Army and Navy partners” in the directed energy bioeffects area.

“The goal is to truly engage in cooperative research to en-hance the DoD mission that will be seen not just through sharing of equipment, but working on joint research projects, publishing as a team, and multiplying the value of each Ser-vice’s research dollar,” Miller said.

Maupin said she is excited about the addition of the labo-ratories and sees how this helps advance Army research.

“Our connection with the TSRL is the perfect example of why we are so committed to our open campus initiative,” she said. “By combining expertise with other Service research labs and taking advantage of complementary equipment and capabilities allows us to leverage resources, making the pie bigger for each organization.”

Maupin plans to introduce TSRL leaders to key ARL South partners to expand coalitions throughout the region.

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory, currently celebrating 25 years of excellence in Army science and technology, is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineer-ing Command, which has the mission to provide innovative research, development and engineering to produce capa-bilities that provide decisive overmatch to the Army against the complexities of the current and future operating envi-ronments in support of the joint warfighter and the nation. RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.

Air Force Research Laboratory Works on Synthetic TeammatesAIR FORCE NEWS SERVICE (OCT. 3, 2017)Joseph Eddins

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio—It could be argued that the one persistent challenge faced by the Air Force over its 70-year history is how to best integrate airmen with cutting-edge technology.

Most pressing, from the earliest days of aviation, was the need to protect the human body from the potentially deadly

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the bioeffects division of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory met at the Tri-Service Research Laboratory on Joint Base San Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to discuss joint capabilities that better support Army research. Heidi Maupin (center-right), regional director for ARL South; along with Dr. Noel Montgomery (left), Dr. Hope Beier, both with TSRL; and Dr. Thaddeus Thomas, ARL, tour the facility, Sept. 14., 2017.Courtesy photo



forces generated by advances in aircraft speed, maneuver-ability, and altitude capabilities.

Even in the pre-Air Force days leading up to World War II, altitudes were being achieved that necessitated aircraft with oxygen systems to keep pilots and crews coherent and alive during missions. This was closely followed by the development of aircraft with a pressurized fuselage, such as the B-29, which allowed crews to fly high-altitude missions without oxygen masks and cumbersome heated flight suits to protect them from subzero temperatures.

The advent of the jet age led to ever increasing altitudes and gravitational forces—known as G-forces—on the pilot, necessitating the development of G-suits to push blood to

the pilot’s brain, minimizing blackouts, and ejection seats to allow pilots to safely escape aircraft operating at high speed and altitude.

The testing of these technologies quickly became the public face of the Air Force’s human performance research and human factors engineering.

Baby Boomers routinely saw newsreel films and photos in magazines of researchers testing ways to protect pilots from the effects of high G-forces and altitudes with rocket sleds, centrifuges, atmospheric chambers, and even balloons used in Project Excelsior as an airman, Col. Joseph Kittinger, pro-tected by a pressure suit, made a free-fall jump from 19 miles above the Earth’s surface.

It was physiological research necessary to keep advancing the Air Force’s capabilities in the air, and later, in space. But it also made for good theater for the public.

Concurrent StudyHowever, from the very beginnings of the Air Force, there has been concurrent, less theatrical study of another interface between humans and their machines that has been just as ground breaking—that between the machine and the human brain. It is research that is pivoting from an emphasis on optimizing tools for use by airmen to creating technologies that will work with airmen, as a partner.

Cognitive research by the Air Force began with an issue created by the enormous U.S. production output during World War II: lack of uniformity between aircraft cockpits and displays.

“There wasn’t such a thing as a standard cockpit configura-tion, and aviators were confusing things like landing gear and putting flaps down,” said Morley Stone, the chief technol-ogy officer for the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. “Of course, that was leading to a variety of mishaps. … Really, that gave birth to the whole field of human factors engineering.”

Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Fitts led the research team at Wright Patterson that developed a consistent method for laying out an aircraft cockpit and instruments, allowing a pilot to quickly and efficiently comprehend the current state of the aircraft. They also developed methods to manipulate con-trols more reliably, no matter the airframe.

“That key research that occurred here at Wright-Patterson, as well as elsewhere, enabled the standardization of the key instrumentation needed to fly an aircraft,” said Mark Draper,

A base-layer shirt with an embedded sensor is used to monitor human performance at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Air Force photo by J. M. Eddins Jr.



a principal engineering research psychologist with the 711th Human Performance Wing at the AFRL. “It’s called a T-scan pattern. Pilots quickly learned the T-scan to rapidly ascertain if their aircraft is doing what they want it to do. That became the standard for decades.”

However, as new weaponry, onboard radars, sensors, com-munications, and command and control technologies were added to airframes, pilots, and crews quickly became over-whelmed by too much information for the human brain to process efficiently, a condition that pilots call a “helmet fire.”“A key milestone, which was really significant, was the in-troduction of the glass cockpit,” said Draper. “Over several decades of just adding more controls and hardware instru-ments here and there, the real estate became really limited.

“If we were able to put in computer monitors, if you will, into the cockpit, we would be enabling the reusing of that real es-tate,” he continued. “We could tailor the information towards a particular mission or phase of flight. The controls and the displays could be changed. That opened up a wealth of op-portunity to not only provide more capability to the pilot, but also to enable the introduction of graphics into cockpits to make the information more easily understood and utilized.”

Efficient WorkflowThese concepts advanced by human factors engineering at AFRL have led to further research making the workflow of airmen in many career fields more efficient, and has even crossed over into the public sector.

According to Stone, this type of research led to everything from the development of the mouse, optimizing how a per-son inputs information into a computer, to eye-tracking studies to analyze how airmen best recognize and use in-telligence surveillance and reconnaissance information dis-played on a monitor, to wearable devices that can measure a human’s current physical state, heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration.

Yet for all of these advances in streamlining interfaces and presenting data in more digestible packets on ergonomic displays, the limits of human cognition still present a ubiqui-tous obstacle for the future Air Force to efficiently integrate man and machine.

Stone and Draper said they believe one way to scale this obstacle is to enable airmen to share some of their workload with a partner—a silicon-based partner. Draper and his team at the Human Autonomy Lab at the AFRL focus on how to better interconnect human intelligence with machine intel-ligence as we move into the future.

“Seventy years into the future, we’ll still be limited by the fact that we have a very limited short-term memory, we get bored easily, we’re not known to just sit there and stare at one place for a long period of time. That’s why our eyes move a lot,” said Stone. “We’re looking at a whole variety of tools, not just wearable sensors, but other types of non-invasive standoff sensors that look at things like heart rate and res-piration, and other physical cues, … and trying to get that information out in such a way that you can make it readable to that future synthetic teammate.”

Synthetic PartnersThese sensors, coupled with ever-increasing computing ca-pabilities, could lead to airmen of 2087 routinely conducting missions with a synthetic partner that will not only shoulder some of the workload, but constantly monitor the carbon-based airman’s physical, mental, and emotional state before recommending mission options.

“Computational power is getting ever more powerful. Also, computational power is becoming more miniaturized, so you can start putting it more places,” said Draper. “At the same time, you’re increasing the reasoning capabilities of the ma-chines to collect domain knowledge, assess the conditions, and create courses of action.

“We have sensors becoming very miniaturized and able to sense the human physiology without even being attached to the human,” he added. “In a vision of the future, artificial in-telligence can serve to continually monitor the human while the human is engaged in various tasks, and then dynamically adapt the interaction with the machinery, the interaction with the environment, and the offloading of tasks—all with the express purpose of better team performance.”

According to Draper, one of the Air Force’s first forays into the realm of operational autonomous computing was the introduction of flight management systems into cockpits during the 1980s.

“Up until then, you had preplanning and the pilots did all the navigation with a navigator,” he said. “Then they intro-duced a flight management system, which would automati-cally generate routes [and] give you the waypoints all the way from point A to point B. However, the initial design of these systems was less than great, and we ran into lots of problems, lots of mishaps. This inspired research in order to better design how humans interact with automation that is critical, especially when we start talking about increasingly intelligent systems that are going to be introduced to future military systems.”



These initial steps were the beginning of a slow gradation from applying of autonomous systems as advisors, to al-lowing them to shoulder some mission requirements, to a possible future of handling some tasks on their own.

“The Air Force in its history has focused very strongly on the cockpit and crew stations for aircraft. However, where we’re going is expanding well beyond the cockpit,” said Draper.

“The autonomous capability that we currently have is fairly nascent,” he said. “Current algorithms are limited, certainly imperfect. We want to design to remedy that … intelligent assistants that sit on your shoulder that sift through data that look for correlations and relationships and present those in an easily digestible way to our airmen to consider. … We want to reduce the overall workload associated with the airmen, but the airmen still retain key decision-making authority.”

Trust Enables SymbiosisThe key ingredient in a symbiosis between carbon-based and silicon-based airmen is the development of trust.

Consider the amount of trust you have that your consumer-grade GPS or cellular navigation system will correctly plot the best route to your destination and give you timely cues to execute that route. This is the bridge that must be de-signed and optimized between airmen and their synthetic counterparts.

“As autonomy becomes more trusted, as it becomes more capable, then the airmen can start offloading more decision-making capability on the autonomy, and autonomy can exer-cise increasingly important levels of decision making,” said Draper. “That’s a migration you slowly incorporate as you unleash autonomy, as its capability dictates, and then you reel it back in when you need to, when your trust in it drops and you know that you need to become more engaged, you tighten the leash. The airman and machine will share deci-sion making, and at times one or the other takes the lead depending on the particular context.”

Draper said this trust will be achieved by a paradigm de-signed with a series of checks and balances, where airmen can override an autonomous decision and artificial intelli-gence can sense an airman’s fatigue, stress, or miscalcula-tion and suggest an alternative course of action.

“Humans make errors too, right? We all know this,” said Draper. “We should have an almost equivalent artificial in-telligence looking at overall system performance, telling the

airman, ‘Hey, human! What you’re doing here potentially can really disrupt some complex things. Do you really want to do that?’”

Draper said he believes autonomous systems will never be given the keys to the kingdom and turned loose to execute missions completely on their own without human manage-ment and authorization. There will always be an airman in the loop working with technology to do the right thing. The nature and level of airman engagement will change with new technology, but the critical role of the airman—as supervisor, teammate, overseer—will persist.

“Imagine a perfect assistant with you while you work on a car,” Draper said. “You’re struggling and you’re switch-ing between many different tasks. All the while, you have this intelligent assistant that is constantly supporting you; reaching and moving tools out of your way and bringing in new tools when you need it, or showing you pictures and giving you computer readouts of the engine at exactly the right time. That sort of symbiotic, tight-synced relationship between humans and autonomy is what I envision 70 years from now—true teammates.”

Department of the Navy Recognizes Excellence in AcquisitionNAVY NEWS SERVICE, NAVY OFFICE OF INFORMATION (OCT. 12, 2017)

WASHINGTON—At a Pentagon ceremony Oct. 12, the De-partment of the Navy recognized outstanding performance in running the “business” side of the Navy and Marine Corps.

Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Devel-opment, and Acquisition Allison F. Stiller hosted the event for more than 30 people and organizations, honoring them for excellence in acquisition ideals such as fostering com-petition, improving affordability, and innovative techniques.

“You are truly dedicated and talented professionals who are setting the example in our complex acquisition environ-ment,” Stiller said. “Talented people like you are enabling our sailors and Marines to have the technological advantage over our country’s greatest adversaries.”

The guest speaker for the ceremony was Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Ellen Lord.

“We need to continue to drive innovation to regain our technological edge, and focus on affordability and account-ability,” said Lord. “It’s through your efforts we’ll ensure the safety and security of the American people.”



A highlight of the ceremony included presentation of the Rear Adm. Wayne E. Meyer Memorial Award. Named for the “Father of Aegis,” the Meyer award recognizes the individual who exemplifies the highest examples of acquisition excel-lence and whose achievement brings significant benefit to the department’s acquisition community.

This year, Vice Adm. David H. Lewis, director of the Defense Contract Management Agency, received the Meyer award for his lifetime achievement in the acquisition field.

The other awards included:

• Program Manager of the Year: Capt. Thomas J. Anderson, program manager, Littoral Combat Ship Shipbuilding Pro-gram Office (PMS 501), PEO Littoral Combat Ship

• Acquisition Professional of the Year: Gary V. Trimble, husbanding team lead, Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella, NAVSUP

• The Dr. Al Somoroff Acquisition Award: Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft Program Office (PMA 290), PEO Air ASW Assault and Special Mission Programs

• The Acquisition Field Activity Award: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division and Weapons Division AIR-2.5 Team, NAVAIR

• The Ron Kiss Maritime Technology Transition Award: Advanced Carbon Dioxide Removal Unit Team, NAVSEA

• The Competition Excellence Acquisition Team of the Year: Expeditionary Fire Support Ammunition Team, Marine Corps Systems Command

• The Innovation Excellence Acquisition Team of the Year: Past Performance Information Retrieval System - Statisti-cal Reporting Next Generation Procurement Risk Assess-ment Tool Team, NAVSEA

• The OSBP Secretary’s Cup: Space and Naval Warfare Sys-tems Command

• The OSBP Sarkis Tatigian Award: Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, NAVSUP

• The OSBP Oreta B. Stinson Small Business Advocate Award (two winners): Lawrence D. Butts, supplier man-ager, F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA 265), PEO Tactical Aircraft Programs; and Arveice M. Washington, director of Acquisition and Contracts, Team Submarine, NAVSEA

• The Small Business Team Award: NAVSUP Weapon Sys-tems Support

• The Art Diaz Memorial Award: Jing Li-Kole, Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division, NAVSEA

The Department of the Navy Acquisition Excellence Awards were established by the secretary of the Navy in 2008 to recognize military and civil service individuals and teams who have made the most outstanding contributions to en-hancing competition and innovation throughout the acquisi-tion life cycle.

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