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Work on critical
comm suite continues at rapid pace
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Electronic Systems Center and Northrop Grumman Information Systems officials are continuing efforts to rapidly deploy an airborne communications suite that provides real-time battlefield information to warfighters. The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node, or BACN, team fielded another BD-700 business jet outfitted with the suite equipment in late March. The first operational flight of that aircraft occurred March 31, nearly a month ahead of an already-aggressive schedule. “This is a top priority for the Air Force and the Department of Defense,” said Col. Joe Keelon, the Family of Gateways Division deputy director. “BACN is proving to be a key component of DoD’s overall effort to fully realize and better exploit intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets in operational theaters.” (More) |
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New financial
management system heading for next phase
66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs An Electronic Systems Center team plans to give users of the new Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMS) much more capability by the end of May. Members of the 554th Electronic Systems Group, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are preparing to deliver the DEAMS’ Increment 1, Spiral 2, which will go live to about 1,000 users at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. DEAMS provides a single financial management system that will be shared by the Air Force and the U.S. Transportation Command. It will replace outdated, often unreliable legacy systems and processes with state-of-the-art, proven software to manage financial transactions and produce financial reports. DEAMS will provide instant access to financial information with less reconciliation between separate systems. “Increment 1, Spiral 1 went live in July of 2007 and provided a commitment accounting function to 700 users at Scott AFB,” said Jim Salyer, DEAMS program director. “Spiral 2 will allow the users to have a full general accounting capability, and also provides the Air Force with a Chief Financial Officers Act-compliant accounting and management system.” (More) |
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AFMC commander
tells senior leaders to conserve resources, money
By Ron Fry EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Earth Day 2010 took on a special meaning for some 90 Air Force Materiel Command senior leaders here April 22. AFMC Commander Gen. Donald Hoffman took advantage of the command's semi-annual Senior Leaders Conference kicking off on Earth Day to highlight the importance of the command's resource conservation efforts. Presentations on energy use highlighted the three-day conference where leaders also heard updates on several other important command issues. But the Earth Day theme took center stage. General Hoffman reminded the command's leadership of a New England proverb that declares, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." The general added his own perspective on energy use and conserving the Earth's resources. "The world is like a terrarium, it's a confined environment," he said. "We have to ensure that the input and output to that environment stays balanced." General Hoffman reminded leaders that resources such as electricity and fuel are not the only resources they should keep a conservative eye on -- money is an ever-dwindling resource. (More) |
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CPSG Airman
named tops in AFMC
Airman Mayo is a cryptographic technician assigned to the
Maintenance directorate of the Cryptologic Systems Group located
on Lackland AFB, Texas.
He is also a highly active member of the LAFB Honor Guard
and performed 75 color guard and funeral details that
spotlighted tradition, legacy, and sacrifices of veterans. "Senior
Airman Mayo exemplifies what it means to be an Airman and is a
great example to our entire enlisted force,” said Col. Kevin
Collamore, CPSG commander.
“We ask more of our enlisted force now than any time in
recent history, and Colin is one of those Airman leaders who are
meeting the challenge head on."
Airman Mayo’s
selection as the AFMC Airman of the Year is just one in a long
line of recent awards.
Along the way to his AFMC top honors, he was named the
Lackland AFB Tenant Unit Airman of the Year, and he was selected
as the AFMC 2009 Communications and Information Award winner in
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Combat coders
build Web pages for warfighters ESC Maxwell-Gunter-based Airmen key to in-theater effort
U.S. AFCENT Public Affairs Office
COMBINED
AIR AND SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER, SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Not
unlike the other men and women in the Combined Air
and Space Operations Center, combat coders are often
tethered to their computers -- their faces lit with
a pixilated glow, fingertips maneuvering above
matte-black keyboards, 'click-clacking' rows of keys
amidst the whir of computer fans.
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NSPS Conversion update Electronic Systems Center's Director of Personnel will be giving presentations on the upcoming conversion of civilian employees from National Security Personnel System to the GS system for NSPS employees and their supervisors at the Hanscom Base Theater May 4 and 5 from 10- 11 a.m. The presentation will provide information and updates about what is happening to convert NSPS employees to GS. |
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551st ELSW
announces first quarter award winners
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653 ELSW announces first quarter award winners
Not pictured: Small Team Category: Air Force Wideband Enterprise Terminals (AFWET) Program Large Team Category: Ground Operating Equipment Increment 1 (GOE I1) KS-252 Team |
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the news ... The following items have recently run in commercial news media outlets. They have not been produced by the U.S. Air Force, nor does their use reflect official endorsement. Reproduction for private use or gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. DOD proposes new conflict of interest rules -- Federal Computer Week The Defense Department is revising its rules on organizational conflicts of interest so it can standardize and expand them because companies can work on both ends of the acquisition process, according to a new proposal. Collaborative tech morphs data into intelligence -- Defense Systems To more quickly and effectively make battlefield decisions, warfighters need the final product of shared knowledge and collaboration: actionable intelligence. Man-hunting Radar -- Defense News As attacks by roadside bombs increase in Afghanistan, the U.S. military is rushing protective new technology to the war zone. Moving at the 'speed of war' is Air Force ISR unit's goal -- Defense Systems Interview with Maj. Gen. Bradley Heithold, commander of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint -- New York Times Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the leader of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was shown a PowerPoint slide in Kabul last summer that was meant to portray the complexity of American military strategy, but looked more like a bowl of spaghetti. NATO Chief Wants Countries to Develop Areas of Expertise -- Defense News NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for alliance countries to focus on specialized areas of expertise rather than cover the full spectrum of high-end capabilities such as strategic air transport, combat helicopters, fighter aircraft or main battle tanks. Lawmakers seek special pay for acquisition professionals -- Federal Times A new effort to overhaul the military's weapons acquisition programs includes a requirement for new financial incentives for civilian workers, along with a nonbinding recommendation for similar incentives for the service members who work alongside them. |
command comments ... " ... Joint Force Commanders today increasingly rely on space and cyberspace capabilities to enable vital effects across the spectrum of operational needs: irregular warfare, near peer competition, global assessment, and crisis management. Whether conducting combat operations or humanitarian relief efforts, they are facing security challenges that are diverse and dispersed, and an operational environment that is uncertain, contested, and changing. Emerging threats can be fleeting, anonymous, and distributed globally; they may strike anywhere at any time, increasingly taking advantage of the space and cyberspace domains. ..."
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