High School Director

International Test and Evaluation Association

George Washington Chapter

April 2005 Volume 15, Number 4

New Members

President s Corner March Luncheon

The Chapter welcomes fifteen

Dr. John Foulkes, the director The George Washington

new members since the last

of the new Defense Test Resource Chapter heard Dr. John B.

newsletter:

Management Center, was our Foulkes, Director of the new

Ms. Renee LeBoeuf, LMI

speaker on 17 March. A synopsis Defense Test Resource

Mr. John Allen, DOT&E

of his remarks is on the right side Management Center, discuss

Mr. John Garrison, Wyle Labs, Inc.

of this page. Transitioning the T&E Ranges: A

Mr. Steve Seiden, EWA Services.

Dr. Ernie Seglie will be our Strategic Look into DoD s Future

Mr. Jerry Manthei, CSC

guest speaker for our annual Test Capabilities at its March 17th

CDR Bryan Herdlick, OPNAV T&E

Corporate Sponsors Breakfast on luncheon at the Army Navy

Dr. Jodi Wittlin, IDA

13 April. We have invited our Country Club.

Mr. James Quigley, JMIS

corporate scholarship sponsors

Mr. Leslie Morgan, SAIC/CTEIP

and school representatives as

Ms. Laura Feinerman, MITRE

guests and will present scholarship

CAPT Richard Scudder, Naval

award checks to four local

T&E

universities (GMU, GWU, UVa,

Mr. Andrew Walden, Stanley

and VPI) in accordance with the

Associates

ITEA mission. As a chapter we

Mr. Stanford Oliver, DigiFlight Inc

have

Ms. Yevette Bratten-Oliver, Digi-

provided

Flight Inc

about

Mr. Bruce Buchner, DTRMC

$100,000

The Membership Committee

in T&E

reminds you that if you bring a

related

prospective new member to a

scholar-

luncheon and he or she joins ITEA

ships to

at that luncheon, both of you

over the

Dr. Foulkes said the TRMC was

receive a future luncheon free.

years. All

established by Congress because

GW ITEA

of problems with the test

Corporate Sponsors

members are welcome to join us at

infrastructure, adequacy of testing,

Among ITEA corporate members,

cost ($10). Phone Todd Steven-

funding of unique capabilities,

we have eight chapter sponsors:

son at (443) 655 0531by Monday

amount of long range planning,

noon if you want to attend. The

and users bearing institutional

- Advanced Systems Developm t

schools will award these scholar-

range costs. The FY03 Defense

- Applied Resources Inc.

ship checks to students who are

Authorization Act gave the new

pursuing a T&E related career - Enlighteneering, Inc. TRMC a mission to oversee test

field. A special thanks to Todd

- Electronic Warfare Associates budgets, do strategic range

Stevenson, our corporate

planning, certify Service T&E

- Northrop Grumman

committee chair, for his efforts in

budgets, and administer key

- SAIC

setting up this event.

investment programs.

- SPARTA, Inc.

At the same time we should

Foulkes described the Center's

thank the education committee - SYColeman, Inc. organization, and also discussed

(pictured below) headed by Jim

the director's requirement to

Tedeschi for their efforts in helping

produce a biennial Strategic

LOOKING AHEAD

us fulfill part of our ITEA mission.

Plan. Each plan covers a 10-year

Apr 13 Annual Corporate Breakfast

They have been working hard and

horizon, and will include roadmaps

Speaker: D. Ernest Seglie, ODOT&E

have great plans for this year to

for allowing for the transitioning of

Apr 21 Chapter Luncheon

expand the number of colleges

new technology so that T&E can

Speaker: Mr Robert Pryor, TSA

receiving scholarship funds and to

keep up with or get a step ahead

May 4 Chapter Business Meeting

participate in local high school

of the technology of new Defense

May 19 Chapter Luncheon

events relating to T&E

materiel systems.

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EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Fred McCoy of JRC, Russ Lentner of UVa, Leslie Morgan and Jim Tedeschi (Chair) of ODOT&E, Ken Harmon of

VPI and Irv Boyles of IDA

President s Corner (Con t) March Lunch (Continued)

Call for Nominations -- the

Other Education Committee Annual ITEA Awards He described the annual budget

plans include conducting the Nominations are now being certification process including the

second student paper contest for report to Congress by March 31st.

accepted for the following annual

students at our scholarship 2005 ITEA Awards: The 2006 certification report says

schools. The student with the - Allan R. Matthews Award to infrastructure is generally

winning paper will have expenses an individual for a lasting, signifi- adequate. Some budget areas are

paid to present it at the annual cant contribution to the field of balanced such as air combat,

ITEA symposium in Albuquerque, T&E, such as the cumulative effect communications, range

NM in September. of a distinguished career. It is the instrumentation, targets, C4ISR,

Starting next month, we will highest award bestowed by ITEA) and space but others need

feature one of our corporate - Special Achievement Award for improvement such as sea combat,

scholarship sponsors in this outstanding achievement in test environment, and electronic

newsletter in a special section and evaluation engineering, combat.

called FOCUS ON SPONSORS. technology, or management such Foulkes went on to give his

This will give us all the opportunity as the solution of a major problem, vision of ranges of the future.

to learn a bit more about each or a notable project success Factors include increased the

corporation and what they do in - Richard G. Cross Award for Major Range and Test Facility

T&E. I know that there are more outstanding achievements in the base. He ended by predicting two

GW ITEA members who want to development or administration of programs will be key for

be involved with our chapter test and evaluation education) investment, the Test and Training

affairs. Some of them are shy and - Publications Award for out- Enabling Architecture (TENA) and

bashful. So help them and the standing contribution to the test embedded instrumentation.

chapter by letting me know who and evaluation literature

they are and where they would like - Technical Achievement Award

to help the chapter. We can use for outstanding achievement of

help in every corner and the more applying technology in a test and

that help the less strenuous it is on evaluation program

everyone. An active chapter is a TSPI/E-O Award to recognize

happy and successful chapter. individual outstanding achievement

And don t forget about our and significant contribution to the

luncheon on the 21st. This month advancement of Time-Space-

we are privileged to have Mr. Positioning Information (TSPI) data

Robert Pryor tell us about all of the collection and electro-optics (E-O)

testing that currently happens in T&E

the Transportation Security Further information on the

After his talk Foulkes answered a

Administration (TSA) and some of requirements for each award and

couple of questions and then

their plans for the future. There is the nomination form are available

Chapter president Bob Molepske

a lot more happening than we get on the ITEA website. Please send

presented him a framed print of

to see at the airports as we travel a copy of your nomination to or

George Washington s Mount

around the country. See you on discuss it with our chapter Awards

Vernon estate as a memento of

21st at the Army Navy Club for our Chair Cathy Cordova 703 614-

the day.

April - Bob Molepske, President abqgfp@r.postjobfree.com

NEXT CHAPTER LUNCHEON

Thursday, April 21st, 11:30 AM, at the Army Navy Country Club

Speaker: Mr. Robert A. Pryor of the Transportation Security Administration

Test Director and Independent Evaluator for Passenger and Baggage Screening

Cost of lunch: $20

To make a reservation to attend, contact Mrs. Sondra Spalding by noon Tuesday, April 19th at

abqgfp@r.postjobfree.com or 703-***-****

or reserve and pay by PayPal at our website: http://www.gw-itea.org

ITEA George W ashington Chapter

ATTN: Fred McCoy, Newsletter Editor

Alexandria, VA PO Box 8390, 22306

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