We are very pleased to announce that Daniel Heale (AFLCMC/WAX, Program Integration)) will be our speaker on 17 November (Thursday), 11:30 – 1:30 PM, 2800 Presidential Drive, Holiday Inn, Fairborn, Ohio. Dan will discuss “Revised Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.”
Abstract The SBIR program was established in 1982 to strengthen the role of innovative small businesses in Federally-funded research and /or development. It’s companion program, STTR, in 1992, added the collaboration of a small business with a non-profit research institution into innovations. In 2019, Dr. Will Roper, Air Force Service Acquisition Executive at the time, changed the approach of the Air Force SBIR program and it continues to evolve. The Air Force program now includes a much wider selection of topics, a different evaluation approach, and greater means of finding collaborators. We will share examples of successful transitions of innovative technology to the field.
Daniel T. Heale is an Advisory and Assistance Services contractor and is the Chief Technical Advisor for Small Business Innovation for the Fighters and Advanced Aircraft Directorate, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. For the past 10 years he has provided advice on Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs and Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) programs to a wide variety of aircraft programs and has helped get innovative technology out into the field. Mr. Heale had previously served as an Air Force support contractor for two small businesses. Mr. Heale served on active duty in the Air Force for 28 years, beginning in September 1972. He was a Communications Squadron Chief of Maintenance, an Acquisition Electronics Engineer, a Major Command Action Officer, an Acquisition Management Inspector, an Acquisition Program Manager for several programs, and an Air Force Research Laboratory advisor.
Please note that participation in DPAAS is limited to representatives of the United States Government and U.S. Defense Contractors. All representatives must be Citizens of the United States only.
DPAAS technical presentations may count toward Acquisition Continuous Learning (CL) Points – please check with your supervisor!
Registrations/Cancellations need to be received no later than 12:00 Noon, 16 November 2022. To cancel your registration, please send an email to admin@dpaas.com. "No shows" will be billed.
Recommend early registration – space is limited!
Sincerely,
Rich Knoll, DPAAS President
Abstract: ACE is the AFRL overarching technology portfolio for developing technology options for uncrewed Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACP). The goal of ACET is to integrate all of the S&T needs to maximize tech transition to fill capability gaps. The major Lines of Effort for ACET are Autonomy, Weapons/Payloads, Communication/Computing, Human System Interfaces, Platform/Air Vehicle, and DOTmLPF-P. ACET focuses on Affordability, Collaborative Teaming, Mission Effectiveness and Rapid Acquisition in order to effectively and efficiently meet warfighting needs by achieving Mass in the battlespace. ACP’s are not intended to be confined to a specific mission or class of aircraft, but broadly looks at various mission concepts across all of the mission areas to determine the technologies that may be more broadly applied and then accelerated to appropriate mission capabilities.
ACET integrates early with MAJCOMs, AF Futures, and SPOs during the requirements development phase to ensure that the user is well informed on Technology maturity and availability to support mission capability needs. Integrated Modeling and Simulation is then used to identify what technologies areas will achieve the greatest effect at the lowest cost to meet key timelines through incremental deliveries of integrated technology packages. This will allow the AF to further expedite technology transition and streamline fielded capability delivery though Programs of Record with informed risk acceptance and known expectations, while continuing to build to a heterogeneous platform architecture and multi-domain collaborative environment to further extract the advantages of Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence.
Lieutenant Colonel “Larry” Ware is the Director of Autonomous Collaborative Enabling Technologies at Air Force Research Laboratory. He is responsible for integrating Science and Technology programs across the laboratory in order to plan and expedite technology transition, filling warfighter capability gaps with affordable and collaborative weapon systems.
Lt Col Ware was commissioned into the Air Force in 2002 from University of Tennessee and has filled various roles as a Sustainment Engineer, Space Launch Squadron Director of Operations, and Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Commander. He has direct operational experience with the A-10, multiple C-130 variants, CV-22, and UH-60 aircraft, as well as Falcon 9, Atlas V, and Delta IV launch vehicles. Prior to his current position he was a Materiel Leader in the B-21 System Program Office where he was responsible for Product Support Management and base activation.
Note: Participation in DPAAS is limited to representatives of the United States Government and U.S. Defense Contractors. All representatives must be Citizens of the United States.
DPAAS technical presentations may count toward Acquisition Continuous Learning (CL) Points – please check with your supervisor!
Registrations/Cancellations need to be received no later than 12:00 Noon, 25 May 2022. To cancel your registration, please send an email to admin@dpaas.com. "No shows" will be billed.
Recommend early registration – space is limited!
Sincerely,
Rich Knoll, DPAAS PresidentWe are very pleased to announce that Mr. Mark Seelbaugh and Mr. Richard Hughes, AFMC/A5/8OW, will be our speakers at the 16 December (Thursday) DPAAS meeting, 11:30-1:30 pm, 2800 Presidential Drive, Holiday Inn, Fairborn, Ohio. Mark and Richard will discuss “AFMC Deliberate Planning – Powering the World’s Greatest Air Force”
