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  • ASC to deploy new acquisition risk tool set

    The Air Force has a new tool in its acquisition arsenal, one which allows decision makers to better evaluate risks involved before starting up or changing weapon system programs. Aeronautical Systems Center helped develop that tool - called the Probability of Program Success model - and has already begun deploying it to acquisition wings, groups

  • ESC activates 'new' wings with historic ceremony

    Today is the first day of the new Electronic Systems Center, Commander Lt. Gen. Chuck Johnson said May 11 during the activation ceremony for ESC's four newly numbered wings. "Today, we mark the beginning of a proud new era in our center's history," he said. "We now have a center with five great wings." In addition to the four numbered acquisition
  • BALTIMORE - Andrew Peters, Flight Test Director at Northrop Grumman, installs the new Common Radar Processor on the BAC 1-1 1, Northrop Grumman's test bed aircraft located in Baltimore, Md. Northrop Grumman is the subcontractor to the Boeing Company for the $180 million B-1 radar upgrade effort. (Northrop Grumman photo by Bobby West)

    B-1 Radar upgrade key to future of combat capability

    The U.S. Air Force recently awarded a $180-million contract to the Boeing Company to upgrade the fire-control radar on the service's fleet of 67 B-1B long-range bomber aircraft. The nine-year Reliability and Maintainability Improvement Program, or RMIP, will replace two, high-failure rate line-replaceable units that make up the current AN/APQ-164
  • KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Tech. Sgt. Matt Moore of Kirtland's NCO Academy, cheers Megan Norris along during her mile run. Megan ran the fastest girl's time at the event in approximately 7 minutes. (Air Force photo by Dennis Carlson)

    Community service enriches NCO Academy experience

    There are plenty of volunteer activities on base and in the community, but with a new class arriving every seven weeks, the Noncommissioned Officer Academy has to be creative to come up with new ideas and opportunities. Students and staff aren't required to participate in community service projects and they give up considerable amounts of free time
  • KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Keith Amershek, air interdiction officer, performs a preflight check around a Cessna 250, which is regularly used by Customs and Border Protection.

    Customs and Border Protection provides air support for border patrol

    A heavily loaded, small private plane leaves an obscure airfield in rural Mexico. The pilot, a person not unknown to U.S. law enforcement agencies, has filed a flight plan indicating his entry into California, and no doubt has his illegal cargo securely stowed. What this hypothetical pilot doesn't know is that when he crosses the U.S. border, Jack
  • KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Contract Engineer Eric Pollard works on a deployable structure for the cosmos at the Space Vehicles Directorate here. He was selected for a 2006 - 2007 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, and will be attending the University of Colorado at Boulder to complete his doctoral studies beginning in August 2006. (Air Force photo by Michael P. Kleiman)

    Back to school for Space Vehicles Directorate engineer

    For Contract Engineer Eric Pollard, designing and developing deployable structures for the cosmos at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., has been his vocation for the past year and a half, but beginning in August 2006, a college campus will serve as his worksite. Selected for a 2006 - 2007
  • HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah - Maj. Gen. Kevin Sullivan, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, signs the BAE Systems partnership agreement May 11 at Hill Air Force, Base Utah. At left, Mark Perehoduk, vice president for contracts at BAE Systems, awaits his turn to sign the document. In back is BAE Systems Jeff Cook, vice president for readiness and sustainment. (Air Force photo by Carl Burnett)

    Ogden ALC signs partnership agreement with defense contractor

    In its ongoing effort to generate cost-effective support for the warfighter, the Air Logistics Center here signed a partnering agreement with BAE Systems May 11. The agreement - established to make maximum use of the center's industrial and technical foundation, while incorporating BAE Systems' commercial expertise, will not only improve support to

  • Standard Desktop Configuration keeps AFMC ahead of "bad guys"

    In an effort to stay one step ahead of the cyberspace "bad guys," aka computer hackers, the Air Force is implementing a new standard desktop configuration, or SDC, that will establish a uniform and secure desktop environment. For the Air Force "good guys," this means there will be one more layer of added protection for computer users, thus

  • ASC team member receives prestigious business award

    An Aeronautical Systems Center team member was selected as the Department of Defense Small Business Champion Award recipient May 4. William G. Machingo is the Chief of the Air Force Plant 42 Integrated Product Team of the Acquisition Environmental Safety and Health Division here and is the first ASC member to win a DOD-level small business award.
  • WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -Dr. James Scofield of the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate's Electrical Technology and Plasma Physics Branch inspects a Schottky diode. He received the 2006 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for pioneering the new and improved silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes. (Air Force photo)

    AWARD: AFRL scientist receives award for excellence

    Development of a new breed of semiconducting material is transforming the operation of electronic devices. Dr. James Scofield of the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate's Electrical Technology and Plasma Physics Branch has received the 2006 Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer for pioneering the
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