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A collection of
news and information specifically for the C4ISR community
Vol. 5, No.33
August 20, 2009 |
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Air Force Secretary to be dinner
speaker at C2ISR symposium
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Secretary of the Air Force
Michael B. Donley, seen here at the Air Force Academy in
April , will be the dinner speaker for the C2ISR
Symposium and Technology Exposition Sept. 28-30 at the
MGM Grand in Connecticut. (U.S. Air Force photo
by Mike Kaplan)
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By Kevin
Gilmartin
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
Secretary of the Air Force
Michael B. Donley will be the dinner guest speaker at the C2ISR
Symposium and Technology Exposition, joining a star-studded
lineup of presenters for the event, which will be held Sept.
28-30 at the MGM Grand Hotel at Foxwoods in Ledyard, Conn.
The Secretary will speak during the
Aerospace Education Scholarship Dinner Sept. 29 in the MGM's
ballroom, providing his perspective on the future of command and
control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.
Business sessions that day and the following day will feature
presentations from senior government and industry speakers in
the MGM's theater, including Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.
Norton A. Schwartz, commander of U.S. Strategic Command Gen.
Kevin P. Chilton, and commander of Air Force Space Command Gen.
C. Robert "Bob" Kehler.
The symposium is co-sponsored by
the Air Force Electronic Systems Center and the Paul Revere
Chapter of the Air Force Association.
"Secretary
Donnelly and General Schwartz, during their first year on the
job, have tightly focused the Air Force on C2ISR and on striking
the right balance between immediate warfighting needs and
long-term strategic dominance," said ESC Commander Lt. Gen. Ted
Bowlds. "It will be very interesting to hear both of their
thoughts on the progress that's already been made, as well on
capability gaps that still need to be filled."
(More)
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New AWACS seats
will make long missions less painful
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A maintenance crew member at
Tinker AFB, Okla., installs a new operator stations seat
aboard an E-3 AWACS recently.
The new seats are expected to help alleviate
back and neck stress for crews on long-duration
missions. (Courtesy Photo)
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By Chuck Paone
66th Air Base Wing
Public Affairs
For operators occupying the 19 control stations aboard an E-3
Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, 12-to-14-hour
missions will become a bit more comfortable thanks to new
ergonomically designed seats now being installed on the U.S.
fleet.
AWACS is the first of five legacy
platforms to receive the new seats under a program known as
Fixed Aircrew Seat Standardization, or FASS.
The FASS seats also fit the C-5, C-130, KC-135 and E-8,
though no funds are currently available for retrofitting these
platforms.
The
FASS Program seeks to establish a single design for a family of
replacement mission crew seats containing interchangeable parts
for the five different platforms.
On the E-3, FASS is replacing the original seat frames,
which have been in the 707s since their original constructions
in the late 1970's. (More)
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551 ELSW commander gets new assignment
The Air Force announced that
551st Electronic Systems Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Dwyer
Dennis will be reassigned as Special Assistant to the
Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Headquarters Air
Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
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Congratulations, Chief
Col. Jim Lovell (left), 751st
Electronic Systems Group commander, and Col. Eric Gunzelman, 551st Electronic Systems Group commander, congratulate
Senior Master Sgt. Glenn Taijeron of the 551st Electronic
Systems Wing on his selection for promotion to chief master
sergeant. Sergeant Taijeron’s promotion announcement celebration
was held at the Minuteman Club on Aug. 6. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Linda LaBonte Britt)
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Brig. Gen. Chilton tours CPSG
Brig. Gen.
Cathy Chilton, currently serving as Electronic Systems Center
vice commander, looks on as
Oscar DeLeon
of the Cryptologic Systems Group's Logistics directorate
demonstrates a "foam-in-place" packing procedure during her
visit to the group today. (Photo by Larry Kishur)
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AFCEA to hold Sept. 9 golf tournament at Shaker Hills course
The Lexington-Concord Chapter of the Armed
Forces Communications and Electronics Association will sponsor
its fall golf outing Sept. 9 at Shaker Hills Golf Course in
Harvard, Mass.
The tournament, which will be a scramble,
will begin with a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m. An awards dinner
will be held at the tournament’s conclusion. The Commander's
Trophy will be awarded to the low scramble team, while the
Eugene C. Brooks Trophy will be awarded to the low scramble
AFCEA Mentorship Team, defined as a team of both senior and
junior personnel.
Ticket cost for industry is $150 per person,
while government and military rates are $70 for major or GS-13
and above who are current AFCEA members, $90 for nonmembers
(which includes an annual membership), and .$55 for captain or
GS-12 and below.
Registration for the tournament can be completed online at
awww.afceaboston.com.
For more information, contact Claire Goulet at (781)
676-7344 or email her at
cgoulet@oasissystems.com.
AFCEA is a non-profit association
representing the professional communications, electronics,
intelligence and information community.
The chapter provides a local forum in which government
and industry leaders and decision makers can meet to exchange
ideas and concepts.
The golf outing helps raise funds for the chapter’s ROTC and
Fellowship Awards Program.
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Tickets for Troops
Members of the Hanscom Patriot Honor Guard participate in
pre-game festivities on the field at Fenway Park on Aug. 13.
More than 150 Airmen from Hanscom, as well as other service
members from the local area, attended the Boston Red Sox
game for free as part of the 'Tickets for Troops' program,
in which season ticket holders donated their game tickets to
active-duty troops. (U.S. Air
Force photo by Rick Berry)
8/18/2009 - HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. –Hanscom Airmen
participate in pre-game festivities on the field at Fenway
Park on Aug. 13. More than 150 Airmen from Hanscom, as well
as other service members from the local area, attended the
Boston Red Sox game for free as part of the 'Tickets for
Troops' program, in which season ticket holders donated
their game tickets to active-duty troops. (U.S. Air Force
photo by Rick Berry)
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U.S. Intelligence and
Afghan narcotics
-- Washington Post
The Afghanistan
Intelligence Fusion Center, begun in 2004 and run by an American
contractor under U.S. Air Force direction, is based at the offices
of the Afghan counternarcotics police in Kabul.
Push to outfit
Global Hawks with comms relay
-- AFA Daily Report
The Air Force has tasked Northrop Grumman to outfit two of the RQ-4
Global Hawk block 20 unmanned aerial vehicles ...
24th Air Force stood
up at Lackland
-- Air Force Times
After nearly four years of discussions, the Air Force has a
full-time cyber command.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics
Radar systems designers at the Northrop Grumman
Integrated Systems Western Region in El Segundo, Calif., will
provide radar technology ...
Saudis seek upgrade of E-3 AWACS, tankers
-- United Press International
Saudi Arabia is seeking technology upgrades for
its fleet of 13 Boeing E-3aircraft that could be worth $2 billion
for American companies.
Crucial workout for ISR upgrades
-- Aviation Week
U.S. and NATO commanders in Afghanistan
are looking for new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
tools to help secure territory in the troubled Helmand province as
the political situation reaches a critical phase following the
recent coalition offensive against the Taliban. |
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They're the young sailors,
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