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A collection of
news and information specifically for the C4ISR community
Vol. 4, No. 38
October 2, 2008 |
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Retiring 554 ELSW director reflects on
33-year career
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Frank Weber, who
will retire Friday as director of the 554th
Electronic Systems Wing, chats with Vice Wing
Director Col. Derrick Richardson in his office last
week. Mr. Weber is a member of the Senior Executive
Service and is retiring after 33 years of federal
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On Oct. 3, the
last of the Electronic Systems Center’s original four
acquisition wing directors will retire.
After 33 years of federal service, Frank Weber will depart as
director of the 554th Electronic Systems Wing, the organization
he helped to create and which he has led for the past four
years, leaving behind a legacy of gratitude and leadership.
Mr. Weber attributes that legacy to the privilege of serving
with so many mentors and outstanding professionals during the
course of his career.
Mr. Weber entered federal service in 1975 as a transportation
intern with the Department of the Army. He remained with the Army
for more than half his civil service tenure, at both the major
command and Army Staff levels, including nine years in the
Pentagon.
He held several positions in the traffic management, strategic
mobility, and mobilization and deployment arenas, culminating in
his assignment as chief of the Mobilization Division in the
Army’s Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and
Plans (now the A-3).
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Registration
now open for upcoming Mission Planning User's Conference
By Monica D.
Morales
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
The 951st Electronic Systems Group, along with the Paul
Revere Chapter of the Air Force Association, is sponsoring
the upcoming 14th annual Mission Planning User’s Conference
slated for Nov. 18-20 at the Flamingo Hotel and Conference
Center in Las Vegas.
"The Mission Planning User's Conference is a major reason
the Mission Planning Program Office has been able to provide
warfighters with the world's best mission planning
capabilities," said Col. Gary Hetland, 951 ELSG commander.
"This conference is the conduit of information we need from
users to ensure we continue to provide world-class mission
planning capabilities needed to plan and execute missions."
The conference aims to present a venue for the mission
planning enterprise to exchange ideas, promote mission
planning, train on the latest technology and gain
perspective on future mission planning innovations.
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653 ELSW assumption of leadership
Electronic Systems Center Commander Lt. Gen. Ted
Bowlds passes the 653rd Electronic Systems Wing guidon to the
wing’s incoming director, Senior Executive Service member Ron
Mason, during an Assumption of Leadership ceremony this morning,
as Staff Sgt. Patrick Raass looks on. Mr. Mason, during his
remarks, acknowledged the great successes that have been
achieved by the 653 ELSW and pledged to work tirelessly to
support the wing’s mission and people.
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Rick Berry) |
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Space remains for numerous Integration
Week courses
By Chuck Paone
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
A number of next week’s Integration Week classes still have
ample space available, according to coordinator Andrea Paquin of
the Acquisition Center of Excellence. Integration Week will run
from Oct. 6-10.
“Many of the courses are being held in rooms that have extra
capacity, and most are still far from full,” she said. “We’d
love to see the rooms fill up as much as possible, as these
topics are important and address current issues.”
Among those still being foot-stomped by the ACE:
• Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Command
Brief: This class is being taught by Lt. Col. Derek Abeyta,
the new AFOTEC liaison at Hanscom AFB. It will stress the
importance of Operational Testing as an integral part of the
acquisition process and will explain how to successfully
incorporate it.
• Air Staff and Program Office Partnership: This course
will discuss how the working relationship between program
element monitors and program offices is critical to program
success.
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Provisional team prepares for cyber
mission assurance
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The Air Force Cyber
Command (Provisional) staff have spent a year laying
the groundwork for how the Air Force will operate in
the cyber domain. (Graphic by Karen Petitt)
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By Karen
Petitt
Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) Public Affairs
BARKSDALE AIR
FORCE BASE, La. -- The Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional)
staff here has spent a year defining and shaping the future of
the service's cyberspace operations.
There have been numerous contributions from the team that will
assist the Air Force as it decides how it will "fly, fight and
win" in the cyberspace domain, said Maj. Gen. William T. Lord,
the Air Force Cyber Command (Provisional) commander.
"We recognize how dependent we are on this domain, not only for
warfighting and intel operations, but also for humanitarian
missions or crisis response," he said. "Because of our dialogue,
the Air Force recognizes the need to have some kind of an
organization that's focused on this domain.
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Mission Support Group change of command
Col. Deborah L. Van De Ven renders a salute to Col. David Orr, 66th Air
Base Wing commander, as she prepares to take command of the
66th Mission Support Group, while Chief Master Sgt. Michael
McCoy holds the 66 MSG flag during the change of command
ceremony Sept. 29 at the Minuteman Club.
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Air Force climate survey kicks off
this week
WASHINGTON -- Air Force leaders want to know what's
on the minds of Airmen.
The Air Force launched its 2008 climate survey Oct. 1 via an
e-mail invitation to every Airman across the total force,
including civilians.
The survey covers home life, work environment, leadership and
morale issues. It will run through Nov. 26.
"This is an opportunity for Airmen to have a voice," said Col.
Daniel Badger, the Air Force Manpower Agency commander. "The
survey has a huge impact on Airmen and their leadership."
The results will assist Air Force leaders understand the
organizational health of people, unit mission readiness and
organization productivity, the colonel said.
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MAC,
AOC
to host Oct. 15 Boston Duck Tour, dinner in the North
End
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The Military Affairs Council of the North Suburban
Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Old Crows
Patriot's Roost Chapter invite government employees
at Hanscom to join its members for an evening in the
North End, beginning with a Boston Duck Tour
departing from the Museum of Science Oct. 15.
The evening's dinner will be hosted by Filippo
Ristorante and will feature a performance by the
Italian Serenaders.
Buses will depart at 1:30 p.m. from 81 Hartwell
Ave., and return at approximately 9 p.m. Cost for
government employees is $45 per person, including
the tour, dinner and transportation.
For information or to sign up, contact Maureen
Rogers at (781) 933-3499. Click
here,
for further information about the event and for the
mail-in sign up form.
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Raytheon wins $679M deal for new digital
airport radar
-- Mass High Tech
Raytheon Co. has landed a contract worth a potential $679 million
for airport surveillance radar systems, according to the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Electronic weapons article Index : France
buys better eyes
-- Strategy Page
France is upgrading its four E-3 AWACS to the Block 40/45 standard.
This includes improvements to the computers, Electronic Warfare
sensors and defenses, radar capabilities and IFF (Identification
Friend or Foe). The upgrades will cost $100 million per aircraft.
France considers its E-3s a strategic weapon, which can be flown to
any part of the world where French warplanes are operating.
Landmark directive shifts power balance between services, COCOMS
-- Inside the Air Force
The Pentagon’s No. 2 official this week approved a new directive
that encapsulates a significant -- and controversial
-- realignment of the U.S. defense bureaucracy, fulfilling an early
goal of the Bush administration’s Office of the Secretary of Defense
to give combatant commanders more influence in budget decisions -- a
domain previously
the sole province of military service chiefs.
USAF chief pledges to remake unmanned ISR
culture
-- C4ISR Journal
Near the end of the U.S. Air Force’s annual “Four Star Forum”
session Sept. 17, one of the 13 assembled generals made a quip that
summed up the challenge the Air Force will face as it attempts to
reclaim what Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz called its
“ass-kicking good” performance status.
Congress proposes key changes to DOD
acquisition policies
-- Inside the Air Force
Defense lawmakers this week issued a raft of new mandates aimed at
revamping the Defense Department’s acquisition efforts by addressing
urgent battlefield needs, controlling military requirements and
protecting the U.S. industrial base.
DOD authorization bill reinforces
competition, transparency, oversight
-- Federal Computer Week
The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for
fiscal 2009 that passed Congress includes several provisions
intended to increase competition, transparency and oversight in
federal contracting.
New angle on missile defense
-- Defense News
Having developed two missile defense systems for airliners, one
that's mounted on the plane and another that's installed at the
airport, Northrop Grumman now has demonstrated a third. This one is
attached to a UAV and watches for missiles as it circles about 10
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command comments ...
... The defining
principle driving our strategy is balance. I
note at the outset that balance is not the same
as treating all challenges as having equal
priority. We cannot expect to eliminate risk
through higher defense budgets, to, in effect
“do everything, buy everything.”
Resources are scarce – and yes, it is a sign
I’ve already been at the Pentagon for too long
to say that with a straight face when talking
about a half trillion dollar base budget.
Nonetheless, we still must set priorities and
consider inescapable tradeoffs and opportunity
costs.
So, this morning, I want to discuss the span of
threats our country faces, assess the military
capabilities we need, and then offer some
thoughts on the shifts required for the U.S.
defense establishment …
--
Secretary of Defense
Robert M. Gates at Sept. 29
National Defense University speech
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