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Navy Announces Delivery of 1st Redesigned Tactical Fighter Under F-5 Block Upgrade Prototype Project; Capt. Ramiro Flores Quoted
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Navy Announces Delivery of 1st Redesigned Tactical Fighter Under F-5 Block Upgrade Prototype Project; Capt. Ramiro Flores Quoted

The first F-5N aircraft has been delivered to Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland to kick off flight and ground tests of the redesigned F-5 tactical fighter jet as part of a prototyping project meant to improve readiness and safety.

The Navy’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft program office, PMA-226, will use the results from the tests to convert 16 F-5E and six F-5F aircraft purchased from the Swiss air force under the Avionics Reconfiguration and Tactical Enhancement/Modernization for Inventory Standardization program, Naval Air Systems Command said Monday.

The aircraft under the F-5 block upgrade prototype project will feature modernized avionics, cockpit and other systems that could provide fuel level warnings, protection from severe weather, air-to-ground warning functionality and other tactical capabilities that could enhance “friendly” force air-to-air training.

“This program will provide modernized aircraft with exceptional avionics and tactical capabilities which are needed to allow pilots to practice the tactics and techniques employed against a near-peer threat. Delivery of these improvements will ensure realistic and relevant tactical training the pilots need to win in combat,” said Capt. Ramiro Flores, PMA-226 program manager.

The delivered aircraft is one of the three F-5N planes that will be used as prototypes in the F-5 block upgrade project. PMA-226 finalized the ARTEMIS program's independent logistics assessment in June and expects to achieve a Milestone C decision in early fiscal year 2022.

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GAO Reports on DOD’s Progress in MHS GENESIS EHR System Deployment
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GAO Reports on DOD’s Progress in MHS GENESIS EHR System Deployment

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the Department of Defense (DOD) fielded the MHS GENESIS electronic health record system in six of the 24 planned deployment sites and those actual deployments involved approximately 41,600 users. 

Although DOD was able to enhance system performance and address issues encountered during the initial rollout of the EHR system, the department has yet to fully resolve incidents identified during testing, GAO said in a report published Monday.

According to the report, failure to address those identified incidents could result in challenges at future sites.

Lack of awareness of system changes “could hinder users' ability to effectively use the system, impede their knowledge of new workflows, and limit the utility of system improvements,” the report reads.

The congressional watchdog has recommended that the Pentagon come up with an approach to retesting the identified incidents to ensure that they have been addressed, improve the effectiveness of MHS GENESIS training and propose a plan to ensure that EHR system users are aware of changes to the platform.

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Precise Systems Names Angela Rothwell as CFO
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Precise Systems Names Angela Rothwell as CFO

Precise Systems, a Lexington Park, Maryland-based professional services delivery company for U.S. defense agencies, has appointed Angela Rothwell as the company’s new chief financial officer.

Rothwell has been with Precise Systems for 10 years and has served as senior vice president of finance and accounting since 2017. 

“It is exciting to continue in my journey with Precise Systems and to be part of a team that is dedicated to its employees and customers,” Rothwell commented.

She brings nearly three decades of extensive experience in financial leadership and business strategy to the new position, in which she will guide strategic initiatives and oversee accounting, financial analysis, contractual and procurement operations.

Rothwell added, “The company has been phenomenally successful, and we are seeing the potential for significant growth for many years to come.”

About Precise Systems

Precise Systems is a professional services company currently working for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force. Our core competencies include systems engineering, program and project management, logistics, information technology and cybersecurity, and software development services. 

We were founded in 1990, and since our establishment, we have been providing cutting-edge solutions and support to our warfighters. We understand and provide expert consultation on network and weapons systems acquisition programs, maintenance/modernization programs, and sustainment programs.

For over 25 years, Precise Systems has demonstrated and perfected our ability to manage any task, no matter how difficult or complex.

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Michael Bryant Appointed as Senture’s VP, Business Development
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Michael Bryant Appointed as Senture’s VP, Business Development

Senture, a leading national contact center service support company, has named Michael Bryant as the company’s new vice president of business development. Bryant, who joined Senture in 2012, will oversee and advance the company’s public sector business development in his new role. 

Jim Gayhart, Senture’s senior vice president, lauded the newly appointed executive’s vision and team involvement, calling Bryant “a leader that has the ability to ‘build the bridge as you are walking on it.'"

He brings extensive experience in building, deploying and overseeing multi-site, multi-channel contact center operations for the private sector and government clients to the new role.

Throughout his 20-year career, Bryant has previously held business leadership positions at communications and contact center companies including Vangent, Xerox, Cingular Wireless and Presidium. 

About Senture, LLC

Senture provides comprehensive contact center service support nationally. Senture was founded in April 2003 with the goal of creating a premier domestic contact center solutions company that delivers an excellent customer experience to those we work and interact with. 

Guided by our mission statement, “To encourage, empower, and enrich the lives of those we employ and those we serve”, we grow through an employee-centric approach to service delivery. Our clients (both private and public sector), enjoy a very hands-on style of partnership, with a strong spirit of teaming together to achieve mutual objectives. Our award-winning support services are second to none, and our clients appreciate this approach.

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Navy Department Receives 100th Viper Helicopter Delivery; Col. Vasilios Pappas Quoted
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Navy Department Receives 100th Viper Helicopter Delivery; Col. Vasilios Pappas Quoted

Naval Air Systems Command has received its 100th delivery of the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, which Is intended for use by the U.S. Marine Corps. AH-1Z is designed to perform armed reconnaissance, close air support, armor penetration and anti-air operations, NAVAIR said Friday.

The new helicopter brings updated landing gear, an integrated glass cockpit system and a modern fire control system. The aircraft can also accommodate multiple types of weapon configurations.

“Of all of the domestic AH-1Zs delivered to date, 91 percent of them have been on time,” said Col. Vasilios Pappas, program manager for NAVAIR's PMA-276 unit.

The government may add 34 more units to its existing AH-1Z orders, which have consisted of both domestic and foreign military sales. AH-1Z operates as the attack counterpart of the UH-1Y Venom, which focuses on utility.

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Army Activates 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany for Defeating A2/AD Networks; Col. Jonathan Byrom Quoted
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Army Activates 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany for Defeating A2/AD Networks; Col. Jonathan Byrom Quoted

U.S. Army Europe and Africa has activated the 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, a group tasked to stop adversary anti-access/area-denial networks in land, air, water, space and other environments.

The 2nd MDTF will be based at the Clay Kaserne installation in Wiesbaden, Germany, and will be led by Col. Jonathan Byrom, the Army said Friday. The group will include a headquarters element, a detachment focusing on intelligence, cyberspace, electronic warfare and space, and a brigade support company.

According to Byrom, the newly activated task force will provide multi-domain capabilities to support USAREUR-AF's mission in conflict prevention, the shaping of the regional security environment and large-scale ground combat operations.

“As a part of a joint force, we synchronize precision effects in support of U.S. European Command and U.S. Africa Command objectives,” explained the colonel.

The Army Garrison community in Germany is expected to welcome over 1,200 soldiers and family members as part of the task force's activation.

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Navy-Partnered Academia Team Explores New Cyber Mitigation Methods; Binoy Ravindran Quoted
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Navy-Partnered Academia Team Explores New Cyber Mitigation Methods; Binoy Ravindran Quoted

Professor Binoy Ravindran leads a U.S. Navy-supported team of students studying how to address cyber vulnerabilities in ways that do not interfere with a system's functions.

The team from Virginia Tech is pursuing this three-year project under the Naval Engineering Education Consortium (NEEC), with the support of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Naval Sea Systems Command said Monday.

NEEC forms partnerships between naval warfare centers and academic institutions to address modern and anticipated challenges. 

John Seel, head of NSWCDD's warfare control and integration department, proposed the main focuses of Ravindran's project. Seel specifically seeks ways to verify if scrambled and non-scrambled versions of a code are performing the same way.

“Say a contractor is delivering an updated combat system with a scrambled version of code that is meant to be more secure," Ravindran said. “With the technique that [one student researcher] is developing, Dr. Seel would then be able to verify that the two versions of the code are indeed doing the same thing,” the professor noted.

This technique has the potential to mature into a refined software structure during later stages of development.

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NASA’s Pam Melroy: Artemis to Involve Longer Lunar Stay, Prepare for Future Mars Trips; Karla Smith Jackson Comments
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NASA’s Pam Melroy: Artemis to Involve Longer Lunar Stay, Prepare for Future Mars Trips; Karla Smith Jackson Comments

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy has pointed out that astronauts under the Artemis lunar program will return to the moon “to stay this time” and prepare for future Martian trips, Government Matters reported Sunday.

She explained that a 20-year approach to land on Mars is currently in the works with support from an aligned acquisition strategy and the Biden administration’s fiscal 2022 proposed budget.

Karla Smith Jackson, a senior procurement executive and deputy chief information officer at NASA, added at the same online program that the agency is also working with its commercial partners to make Artemis-related payments and lower costs through data rights deals and other innovative methods.

She added that the agency is also looking to use the lunar effort to help commercialize the space economy.

In preparation for the first Artemis lunar trip, NASA will test launch the one-use, super heavy-lift Space Launch Vehicle by the end of 2022, shared Jackson.

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FAA Asks Public to Help Inform Environmental Review of SpaceX Rocket
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FAA Asks Public to Help Inform Environmental Review of SpaceX Rocket

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) seeks public comments on a draft review that assesses potential environmental impacts of SpaceX's future Starship launch system.

The draft programmatic environmental assessment (PEA) covers the aspects of launch, reentry, debris recovery, associated construction and road closure related to Starship, FAA said Friday.

SpaceX proposes to launch Starship from the Boca Chica Launch Site in Texas, which is also a detail assessed under the review. FAA would further analyze the environmental impacts of Starship's proposed future activities based on information gathered through the PEA.

The agency may conduct a more intensive environmental impact statement if issues determined from the review cannot be mitigated. Interested parties may submit input through Oct. 18th.

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Ted Kaouk Set to Join OPM as Chief Data Officer
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Ted Kaouk Set to Join OPM as Chief Data Officer

Ted Kaouk, chief data officer of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), will be transitioning to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in October as its CDO, Federal News Network reported Friday. 

He is also slated to assume the role of deputy director for human capital data management and modernization at OPM, while Chris Alvarez will succeed him as USDA acting chief data officer.

Kaouk has served the USDA for nine years and was recognized for his data analytics expertise and leadership both in the agency and across the federal government as chairman of the Federal CDO Council. 

He worked as a special assistant and program manager at the USDA Rural Development Office of the Undersecretary and also became the chief of staff in the department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

At the CDO Council, he led the creation of a COVID-19 working group that collaborated with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and State Department for the visualization of pandemic-related data. 

He earned his bachelor of science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and master’s degree from the University of Virginia. He also holds a doctorate from the University of Maryland, College Park. 

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