NEWS

2010 Aircraft Stores Compatibility Symposium
April 19 - 22, 2010
Emerald Coast Conference Center

ITEA 2009 Tester of the Quarter Awards: 3rd Quarter

The Emerald Coast Chapter is pleased to announce that the 3rd quarter winner of “Tester of the Quarter” was the Integrated Space Situational Awareness (ISSA) Test Team of the 46th Test Wing’s 46th Test Squadron . Team members included Mr. Barry Graham, Mr. Steve Ashley, Mr. Guy Matheny, 1Lt Meghan Langan, Ms. Ashley LaMonica, and Mr. Christopher Blount. The Team planned, executed, and reported development and regression tests on the Analyst Version program used by the Joint Space Ops Center to provide for analysis and visualization of real and potential space objects. This test was one of the most technically complex tests in 46th Test Squadron history, and was able to identify 74 problems prior to Operational Test.

(From left to right): Mr. Barry Graham, Mr. Steve Ashley, Mr. Guy Matheny, and
1Lt Meghan Langan

ITEA 2009 Tester of the Quarter Awards: 2nd Quarter

The Emerald Coast Chapter is pleased to announce that the 2nd quarter winner of “Tester of the Quarter” is the 53rd Wing Suite 6M Test Team. The team led a $4M F-15A-D upgrade test, expertly executed 75 missions, and delivered a new combat capability to the war fighter on time. They planned a successful 4 squadron, $500K Large Force Exercise (LFE) with 19 missions flown, 63 effective sorties, and they collected 40 large formation test points (TPs).

The Suite 6M Test Team was the go to team for high visibility tasks. They led the first ever F-15 Mode 5 IFF/AAI flight test mission giving pilots life-saving situational awareness. The team was concentrated on test item maturity. They routed 12 high-impact Software/Hardware Review Documents (S/HRDs) in less than 1 day--4 days under standard. The team was maintenance centric, reducing 8,000 BIT reports to 60 Suite 6M specific faults, ensuring maintainability for the warfighter. The team sought perfection in their product. They pushed for user technical order reviews which resulted in 12 critical corrections in time for force development evaluation.

The team effectively & efficiently managed DT & OT requirements. They utilized ACC & AFMC aircraft to deliver a force multiplier. The Suite 6M Test Team was key in Air Force total team success.

Congratulations to the team consisting of Capt Robert Clements, Maj Frederick Portis, 2Lt Christopher Cox, Mr. Ben Brooks, Mr. David Baker, Mr. John DeLoach, Mr. Doug Jorissen, Mr. John Dolloff, Mr. Craig Hall, Mr. Charles Shirley, Mr. Jonathan Gardner, Mr. Dave Smith, and Mr. Ron Carney.

(From left to right): Mr. John DeLoach, Mr. David Smith , General William Fraser, Maj Louis Guerrini, Mr. Charles Shirley, Capt. Robert Clements, Mr. Ron Carney, TSgt. Frederick Hoffman, Mr. Doug Jorissen, and Col. Michael Gant

ITEA 2009 Tester of the Quarter Awards: 1st Quarter

The Emerald Coast Chapter is pleased to announce that the 1st quarter winner of “Tester of the Quarter” was the SEEK EAGLE (AFSEO) BRU-61 Ejector Rack Core Test Team. Team members included Gregory Harding, Angela Diggs, and Ryan Carter (from left to right in photo). The team masterfully planned and executed the ejector rack performance test for SDB (BRU-61/GBU-39) certification and sustainment. The BRU-61 Ejector Rack Test event was the most complex and most involved ejector system test in AFSEO history. The test evaluated all permutations of the 4-station BRU-61 with a full range of GBU-39 loads and a large number of factors, including 49 pitch valve option ejector settings and 20 physical rack/store configurations. The team adeptly added an asymmetric BRU-61 structural response and accommodated performance changes observed in test. An innovative Design of Experiments (DoE) customized fractional factorial design specifically developed for this test was used to construct analytical system model, and resulted in an enhanced physical insight by providing characteristics crucial for analysis of complex physics. The exemplary performance of the team resulted in the delivery of new test methods and critical data, and all test objectives were met within test schedule and budget.

2009 Scholarship Recipients Announced

The 2009 winners of an Emerald Coast Chapter ITEA Scholarship are: Mr. Kyle Fontaine, Niceville High School, will be attending Florida Institute of Technology; Ms. Kimberly Hudon, Jay High School, will be attending the University of Florida; Mr. Zack Coker, Choctawhatchee High School, will be attending Auburn University; Ms. Cassaundra Haggard, Navarre High School, will be attending the University of Florida; Mr. Alex Smailes, Niceville High School, will be attending Georgia Institute of Technology; and Ms. Brianna Bikker, the Collegiate High School of Northwest Florida State College, will be attending Texas A&M University. Congratulations to all of these outstanding students and best of luck in their future educational endeavors. In addition, the Emerald Coast Chapter once again provided financial sponsorship for the awards presented at both Okaloosa County School District’s Thirty-Second Annual Science and Engineering Fair, and also the Northwest Florida State College’s 2009 Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Competition.