NEWS

ITEA Tester of the Quarter Awards: 1st Quarter

The Emerald Coast Chapter is proud to announce the 1st Quarter (January 1- March 31, 2008) “ITEA Tester of the Quarter Award”. This quarter’s winner goes to Mr. Jonathan Reeves and Mr. Terren Niedrauer from the 782nd Test Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida. Jon is an electronics engineer and Terren is an optics engineer working at the Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (GWEF) at Eglin. Responding to a quick reaction requirement for the Navy CH-53 Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) system, these men designed a $328K laser radiometer calibration capability within the facility with new control software code and a new automated log feature. Within a few days of the notice, a fully functional radiometer calibration station was operational completing 60 radiometer calibrations in four days (doubling the throughput). Most importantly, they provided very rapid, high quantity, high quality customer support to the OSD Center for Countermeasures, Joint Mobile IRCM Test System (JMITS) program. The 782nd Test Squadron and the Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB are proud to demonstrate the exceptional talents of Jonathan Reeves and Terren Niedrauer.

ITEA Tester of the Quarter Awards: 2nd Quarter

The Emerald Coast Chapter is proud to announce the 2nd Quarter (April 1- June 30, 2008) “ITEA Tester of the Quarter Award”. This quarter’s winner goes to Maj Matt Hayden, Maj Kyle Kolsti, Maj Mark Massaro, Capt Catherine Porcher, 1st Lt Sidney Usry, 2d Lt Ryan Moss, Mr John Akers, Mr Al Berard, Mr Steve Chandler, Mr James Dubben, Mr Frank Gallegos, Mr Will Graf, Mr Charlie Holman, Mr Steve Musteric, Ms Julie Saladin Mr Dennis Manning and Mr Chris Stewart representing military, civilian, and contractor expertise from the entire spectrum of DT&E at the 46th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida. This group of engineers established the first wireless instrumentation network to be implemented on an Air Force flight test aircraft. Advanced Subminiature Telemetry (ASMT) is a concept demonstration to reduce the impact of aircraft instrumentation. The first test used "stick-on" external, battery-powered sensors to gather data on an F-16 flutter flight test program. ASMT used these wireless accelerometers to send data to an instrumentation pod wirelessly via a Bluetooth (TM) frequency. These low-powered Bluetooth (TM) transmitters eliminated the need for a hard-wired data bus for these sensors and elimination of instrumentation bundles in the airframe. Under the present system initial modification of a flutter-instrumented aircraft can take 6 months and $600,000. This decreases aircraft availability which introduces lengthy delays in fulfilling test objectives and program milestones. Bottom line, this translates into unsatisfactory delays in delivering critical combat capabilities to GWOT warfighter. The team members driven by a common vision cut across traditional organizational lines capitalizing on the specialized skills of members and an open climate to encourage innovation. The 46th Test Wing and the Air Armament Center at Eglin AFB are proud to demonstrate the exceptional talents of ASMT test team.

U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Kevin Davidson"

 

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MEETINGS

The Emerald Coast Chapter ITEA Board of Directors meeting is held on the second Tuesday of each month at 1200 in Building 22, Room 107, Eglin AFB, FL, unless otherwise noted below.  Members are welcome to attend.