Technical Services - Winter 2008 - (Page 18)

SS systems suppOrt TS Team Members Realizing Their Full Potential – Sector Continues Partnership with Augusta State University N orthrop Grumman Technical Services team members in Augusta, Ga., are supporting the National Security Agency (NSA) at nearby Fort Gordon with worldclass service through the Access Control Specialist (ACS) program, an effort providing security monitoring of entry and exit to government facilities. To enhance team member skill sets, further develop the employee knowledge base and expand career opportunities, team members in Augusta have been heavily involved in education programs offered through Augusta State University (ASU). “Approximately 20 percent of our workforce attends ASU,” said David Wray, TS ACS deputy program manager. “ASU students who work at Northrop Grumman are able to finish their degrees while working at Northrop Grumman.” Since April 2006, TS recruiting trips to ASU have occurred about every six months and have produced a bounty of employees for the local Access Control program. TS was awarded the follow-on ACS contract in January 2006 to support NSA. A performance-based program, TS’ work on ACS has been customer rated at 95 percent or higher satisfaction for the past two years. Conversations to expand the work scope are ongoing with the customer. “Developing this relationship with the university has contributed to our overall success with ACS because, through our involvement in this education setting, we’ve continually added skilled talent to our organization,” added Wray. T S Pictured (l-r) from the Augusta State University continuing education training program are: Joyce Sharpton, TS team member and access control specialist; David Wray, ACS deputy program manager for Georgia and Texas; Melissa Hudson, Augusta State University employment counselor; and TS team members and ACS specialists Tiara Chapman and Sylvia Burley. Facilities Process Improvement Project Completed at Kennedy Space Center pace Gateway Services joint venture team members recently participated in a solar thermal pilot project, funded through a Department of Energy/Federal Energy Management Program grant, to demonstrate that sunlight, a renewable energy source, is a viable source of heat for the regeneration process of a desiccant dehumidification system. The project was conducted at Kennedy Space Center, where TS manages facilities, infrastructure and support operations for NASA. The focus of this renewable energy conservation project was to offset the electrical consumption of the existing 19-kilowatt heating elements with solar energy. A savings of 26 percent in the building’s overall electrical energy consumption was Pictured with plaques recognizing their contributions are project team members (l-r) Curt Iffinger, Mike Conrad, Brian Orrison and Richard Buckman. S documented. According to the manufacturer of the evacuated tube heat pipes, Thermomax USA, Inc., Columbia, Md., “The Thermomax installation at NASA is by far the best installation in North America. It was designed and installed picture-perfect.” T S 18 Technical Services Magazine • Winter 2008

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Technical Services - Winter 2008 Contents President’s Column Lake Charles Maintenance and Modification Center Celebrates Milestones F-18 Fleet Support in Malaysia B-2 Receives Upgrades U.S. Army Upgrades Entire Hunter Fleet Global Hawk Missions Flown in Support of California Wildfires Lanham Site Provides World-Class Support FSE Warner Robins Achieves CMMI Level 3 Rating TS Participates in Multi-Sector Conference Egypt and Volunteer Activities Fort Hood Team Prepares Warfighters for Combat; eSupport Team TS Team Members in Turkey Wallops Island Team Wins Kreiger Award TS Teams Win Chairman’s Award for Excellence ACS Program and Continuing Education; Space Gateway Training Team to Combat IED Threat Shoulder to Shoulder – Brad Britt; Saudi Arabia Service Milestones Warner Robins Training and Simulation I’m In! Ethics; ID/IQ Business; All-Hands Meetings

Technical Services - Winter 2008

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