July 19, 1976

New Focus on Laboratories

Rome Develops New Relations With ESD

Systems Acquisition

AFSC Broadens Joint Program Efforts

Technology Transfer

Armament Center Realigns Planning

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New Focus on Laboratories

Rome Develops New Relations With ESD

Griffiss AFB, N. Y.—Rome Air Develment Center, now recovered from the traumatic threat of being “disestablished” according to a plan announced in late 1974 but reversed in mid-1975, is actively developing closer working relations with its new parent organization, Electronic Systems Div.
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Systems Acquisition

AFSC Broadens Joint Program Efforts

Reduction of available funds coupled with more enlightened management philosophy is leading the Air Force Systems Command into additional program activities that are conducted jointly with other military services and the civilian sector.
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Technology Transfer

Armament Center Realigns Planning

Eglin AFB, Fla.—Air Force Armament Development and Test Center is undergoing an internal realignment designed to facilitate its work in the research, development, test and evaluation and initial acquisition of Air Force’s non-nuclear armaments, plus support of other Air Force commands in various test areas, such as electronic warfare.

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Technology Transfer

Minuteman Experience Aiding MX

Los Angeles—Advanced missile (MX) technology demonstration projects are beginning to provide a solid technical basis for full-scale development of this country’s next generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, but officials at Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO) would like to spend an additional 18 months exploring various design options before selecting the final configuration.

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Systems Acquisition

AFSC Stresses Increased Simulator Use

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio-Intensified interest by Air Force Systems Command and the using commands in broadened, effective use of flight crew training simulators is spurring a new, critical look at both the technical capabilities and requirements of simulator systems and at the management procedures involved in their development and procurement.

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New Focus on Laboratories

Complexity of AMD Projects Increases

San Antonio—Increased emphasis on program management to insure that biotechnology research and development priorities are effectively aligned to Air Force Systems Command capability goals guides Aerospace Medical Div.’s efforts at its laboratories here and at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

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Management Innovations

ESD Redefining Management Structure

Hanscom AFB, Mass.—Current emphasis of Air Force Electronic Systems Div. operations has been reshaped as much by a command shift that occurred almost two years ago without much fanfare as by two more publicized structural changes in ESD’s organization chart that have taken place within The two structural changes were:

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AFSC Management Approach

Life-Cycle-Cost Concept Pushed by AFSC

Andrews AFB, Md.—Life-cycle costing is becoming a must item in the Air Force systems acquisition tool box but not for indiscriminate application or as a substitute for good planning. Translation of life-cycle costing from component procurement, where it has been debated or tried for a decade, to system or subsystem development is more than a simple expansion of scale.

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Technology Transfer

Edwards Streamlines Test Procedures

Edwards AFB, Calif.—Management of flight test operations at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) here has been streamlined and a new office of advanced manned vehicles has been created in preparation for the increased level of diverse test activity anticipated through 1980.
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Management Innovations

SAMSO Gears for Operational Challenge

Los Angeles—Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization (SAMSO) is streamlining its operation to make better use of available financial and technological resources in developing future space and missile systems for the nation’s operational forces.

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