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Gen. Bowlds: new AF standards to force reorganization
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
Nearly five years after aligning its acquisition
workforce into wings, groups and squadrons, Electronic Systems
Center is preparing to deal with reorganization again, Center
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Google Earth co-founder to speak at September C2ISR Symposium By Kevin Gilmartin The chief technology advocate for the internet’s most popular search engine will share his computing and networking perspective with attendees at the Air Force C2ISR Symposium and Technology Exposition, Sept. 28-30 at the MGM Grand Hotel at Foxwoods in Ledyard, Conn. Michael Jones, Google's chief technology advocate and the co-founder of Google Earth, will be a keynote speaker at the symposium on the afternoon of Sept. 29. In his current position, he is charged with advancing the technology to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. He previously served as chief technologist of Google Maps, Earth, and Local Search, the teams responsible for providing location intelligence and information in global context to users worldwide. Before its acquisition by Google, Mr. Jones was chief technology officer of Keyhole Corporation, the company that developed the technology used today in Google Earth. Mr. Jones has been a computer programmer since the fourth grade, and is a prolific inventor, a developer of scientific and computer graphics software, an engineering and business executive. (More)
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639 ELSS gets new commander Col. Mark Murphy (foreground at left), 653rd Electronic Systems Wing vice director, stands at attention with new 639th Electronic Systems Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Mark Davis and outgoing 639 ELSS Commander Lt. Bryan Bagley during the change of command ceremony held in the MITRE building July 8. Colonel Murphy officiated the ceremony, while Staff Sgt. Damion Daniels (background), of the 653rd Electronic Systems Group, served as the guidon bearer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Berry) |
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551 ELSW announces 2nd quarter award winners
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Air Force officials publish service demographics RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE,
Texas -- Air Force Personnel Center officials here recently
published a demographics report offering a snapshot of the
service's active-duty and civilian force. |
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66 ABW announces 4th quarter award winners
Not pictured: Spirit of Above and Beyond Award, Stimulus Team |
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754 ELSG data management solution generates significant savings By Jason Bishop The engineers in the 643rd Electronic Systems Squadron are not only making it easier for Air Force program offices to test and develop software, but saving significant money in the process. In fact, the Capabilities Integration Environment (CIE) has generated savings of more than $400,000 over the last year – thanks to a new data management solution. The CIE’s mission is to provide an environment for application prototyping, development and testing. CIE enables program offices, developers and system integrators to focus on development, configuration and integration versus "managing the environment". “After extensive review, the CIE determined centralized storage is a best practice for server management that supports our clients’ needs,” said Eric Roettgen, CIE coordinator. “The implementation of centralized storage has proven to reduce costs, effectively manage risks and enhance impact for program offices standing up and sustaining operational and production compliant development and test environments.” (More) |
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ESC enlisted member provides commanders valuable financial capability
554th Electronic Systems Group MAXWELL AFB-GUNTER ANNEX, Ala. -- An enlisted member of the 554th Electronic Systems Group Finance team here has developed a capability that helps commanders more effectively manage their resources and expenditures. Technical Sgt. Benjamin Cella, when stationed
at Tinker AFB, Okla., could see that his commander didn’t have
real time insight into his status of funds. “Normally commanders have to wait for monthly
or quarterly status of funds briefings to be informed on their
expenditures and remaining funds, severely limiting the
commander’s ability and making it difficult to maximize the
organization’s financial resources effectiveness,” Sergeant
Cella said. “Using the Commanders’ Resource Integration System in conjunction with Microsoft Access, Excel and PowerPoint, I was able to build seamless links that updated the information on the commander’s desktop in less than five minutes.” (More) |
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the news ... Use of these articles does not reflect official endorsement. Reproduction for private use or gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. As fate hangs in balance, NSPS gets key endorsement -- Federal Times The Defense Department’s controversial pay-for-performance system received a stay of execution last week, ... Empire Challenge organizers take on the high-definition problem -- C4ISR Journal For the first time, an airborne high-definition video camera is feeding imagery into the U.S. and NATO intelligence network ... Research and markets: Steady growth for U.S. C4ISR services -- Military & Aerspace Electronics Research and Markets has added Frost & Sullivan's new report, "U.S. C4ISR Services Market," to its portfolio.
Report: Industry may be unable to meet military's
needs
Capturing the private cloud
Officials: Acquisition community is Web
2.0 ready, but scared |
command comments ... ... But other nations have learned from the experience of Saddam Hussein’s military in the first and second Gulf wars – that it is ill-advised, if not suicidal, to fight a conventional war head-to-head against the United States: fighter-to-fighter, ship-to-ship, tank-to-tank. They also learned from a bankrupted Soviet Union not to try to outspend us or match our overall capabilities. Instead, they are developing asymmetric means that take advantage of new technologies – and our vulnerabilities – to disrupt our lines of communication and our freedom of movement, to deny us access, and to narrow our military options and strategic choices. At the same time, insurgents or militias are acquiring or seeking precision weapons, sophisticated communications, cyber capabilities, and even weapons of mass destruction. The Lebanese extremist group Hezbollah currently has more rockets and high-end munitions – many quite sophisticated and accurate – than all but a handful of countries. ...
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