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37th Air Armament Symposium

5th Generation Air Armament

4 October 2011

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e

Kenneth D. Merchant, Maj Gen, USAF Program Executive Officer for Weapons

Commander, Air Armament Center

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Context for 2011 Symposium

The future of 5th Generation Air Armament • Change • Reduced Budgets = Program Cancellations • Smaller Workforce • Increased Competition • Increased Collaboration for Better Business Deals • Increased Focus on Process Improvement • Increased Focus on Leadership

Overview

• Team Eglin

• Progress Since Last Year

• Challenge for the next two days

Symposium: Venue For Successful Collaboration

Mr. Randy Brown

AAC/EB

Col Anthony Comtois 919 SOW

ACC

Col Andrew Toth

33 FW

Col David Hicks 53 WG

Col Colin Miller 46 TW

Col Sal Nodjomian

96 ABW

AFSOC

Maj Gen Kenneth Merchant

AAC/CC

Mr. Randy

ACCAFSOC AETC

Team Eglin Leadership

Dr. Bruce Simpson AAC/CA

Brig Gen David Harris

AAC/CV

Brig Gen

Eglin hosts 5 Air Force Wings and all DoD Services

Maj Gen

Col Colin Col David

New AAC Commander

• Previous Job: Director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL

• Primary background in acquisition &

program management Third tour at Eglin: Hard Target Attack,

EO/IR A-G Wpns, Area Attack SPD

AMRAAM & Armament/Ordnance PEM F-22 Airframe & U&S IPT Lead Wing & Gp/CC, Hanscom AFB Vice Commander, Ogden ALC

PACAF/CC Exec & CAG Chief

Eglin Workforce

• ~17.5K Employees

• ~11K AD Dependents

• ~41K Retired Military

• $2.5 B Economic Impact*

*FY 2009

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AFOTEC Det 2

NAVY EOD SCHOOL

COAST GUARD

AFRL MUNITIONS

20th SPCS

DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

AFSOC (919th and 1st SOW)

ARMY RANGERS ARMY

7th SFG

JOINT DEPLOYABLE ANALYSIS TEAM

EGLIN

TEAM

53rd WING

33rd WING

AIR ARMAMENT CENTER

AAC Mission

To develop, acquire, and test war-winning weapons. We deliver state-of-the-art weapons to the warfighter, provide top quality installation support to all AAC and tenant units, and serve as

responsible stewards of our resources.

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The Weapons Life Cycle

Developmental and Operational Test and Evaluation

Training Future Pilots, Maintainers, EOD Personnel and others

Training Testing Acquisition Technology

Science and Technology with AFRL and others

Product Support and Weapon Lifecycle Development

Transition Technology to Weapon Systems and Provide War Winning Capabilities On Time, On Cost

AFRL Munitions Directorate

MISSION: Lead the discovery, development, integration, and

transition of affordable precision engagement technologies for our air, space, and cyberspace force.

AAC Scope of Operations

1 of 3 AFMC Product Centers

Aeronautical Systems Center

Electronic Systems Center

1 of 3 AFMC Test Centers

Arnold Engineering Development Center

46 TS Det 2, Lackland AFB

46 TW OL, Hill AFB JSF SPO, Crystal City,

VA

46 TW OL, Beale AFB

Flt Ops Oversight, Greenville, TX Flt Ops

Oversight, Melbourne, FL

46 TG Directed Energy, Kirtland AFB

46 TG Det 1, White Sands Missile

Range

46 TG Holloman High Speed Test Track, Holloman AFB

46 TG, Wright-Patterson AFB

46 TS Det 1, Hanscom AFB

18 operating locations

46 TW OL, Peterson AFB

413 FLTS Det 1, Nellis AFB

Flight Ops Oversight, Seattle,

WA

46 TW/STRATCOM, Offutt AFB

46 TW OL, Gunter Annex

Air Armament Center

46 Test Wing (AAC)

Air Armament Center

46 Test Wing (AAC)

AF Flight Test Center

Air Armament Center, Eglin AFB

413 FLTS, Hurlburt Field

AAC Land and Water Ranges

724 Sq Miles of Land Range 123,000 Sq Miles of Water Range 134,000 Sq Miles of Airspace

Largest Element in DoD’s MRTFB Structure

AAC Strategic Test Assets

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McKinley Climatic Lab

(Eglin)

Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic

Systems (Eglin)

Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility

(Eglin)

Command and Control Test Facility

(Eglin)

Holloman High Speed Test Track

(New Mexico)

Mobile & Fixed Targets

(Eglin)

National Radar Cross- Section Test Facility

(New Mexico)

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13Uniquely Relevant National Capability for Future Generations

Navigation and Guidance Test Facility

(New Mexico)

Navy EOD School

Training officers and enlisted personnel of the U.S. Navy, Marine

Corps, Army, Air Force, certain DoD civilian personnel and select

international military students

Air Force Special Operations

MISSION: Present combat ready Air Force Special

Operations Forces to conduct and support global special

operations missions

53rd Wing

MISSION: Develop, test and evaluate advanced weapons, systems and

tactics to perfect the lethality, survivability and sustainability of our

nation’s combat forces

33rd Fighter Wing

MISSION: to train Air Force, Marine, Navy and international

partner operators and maintainers of the F-35 Lightning II

Other Associate Units

6th Ranger Training Battalion Air Force Operational Test

and Evaluation Center Defense Threat

Reduction Agency

U.S. Coast Guard, Station Destin

Joint Deployable Analysis Team

7th Special Forces Group

Mission Support to the Warfighter

19 19Providing Personnel & Capabilities

Strategic Priorities

20 Reduce Waste and

Conserve Resources

Deliver War Winning Weapons Systems

Protect and Effectively Manage Eglin’s Air, Land,

and Sea Capabilities for DoD Missions

Recruit, Train, and Retain a High Performing

Workforce

Nurture and Protect our People and Families

Overview

• Team Eglin

• Progress Since Last Year

• Challenge for the next two days

Symposium: Venue For Successful Collaboration

Systems Engineering (SE) Initiative

• Gov’t - Industry Systems Engineering (SE) Team – Developed/Implemented SE Request For Proposal (RFP)

Guide • Promotes incorporation of critical SE processes and practices as

key consideration in bidders’ proposals • Provides SE RFP training materials for Gov’t Team

– Study: SE Best Practices For Air Launched Tactical Weapon Quick Response Capability (QRC) Programs

• Highlighted SE lessons learned from successful QRCs • Emphasizes best SE practices for program success

96 ABW Accomplishments

• Deployed 3,997 Team Eglin personnel since FY09

• 96 MDG partnered with the VA to increase outpatient visits 220% and inpatient admissions 185% - provides critical experience for medical personnel

• Hosted a Miami Heat event, giving 1.5K Team Eglin members a chance to meet members of the NBA team

• The new Fisher House has hosted 179 family members since its opening in October

• Executed $1.1 billion dollars in construction in support of Base Realignment and Closure Beddown of the JSF and 7 SFG(A)

• AF Benchmark for ―Enhanced Use Lease‖ program…most recent

success—negotiated Phases 2 & 3 of the Mid-bay Bridge connector road garnered $20.5M for Eglin AFB projects

46 TW Accomplishments • 669 Programs in Test, Planning, or Reporting; Completed 3,500+ test/trng

msns

• Dragon Spear: Completed DT in weaponizing MC-130Ws with EO/IR sensors, stand-off precision guided munitions, and 30mm gun- #1 SOCOM CMNS

• Accomplished multiple live ground tests; including MOP, Griffin & SDB II

• Supported US Navy Tomahawk cruise missile and Trident SLBM tests

• Completed integration test flights to arm the F-15E with the JASSM

• Combined DT/OT testing to evaluate the B-1B’s mobile strike capability with

laser guided, GPS/INS guided, and unguided munitions

• Continued testing of the $500M Advanced Targeting Pod-Sensor Enhanced, bringing multiple capability enhancements derived from a current UON.

• Tested the Advanced Precision-Kill Weapon System to demonstrate the utility of a laser guided 2.75-inch aircraft rocket system for use on the A-10C

New on Base Buildings 632, 633 & 634 Renovated Adv’d Warheads Research Center 7SFG Access Control Point 7SFG Group Headquarters 3rd Battalion Operations Facilities JSF Dining Facility F-35 Utility Infrastructure Upgrades F-35 Add/Alter Joint Reprogramming

Facility F-35 Student Dormitory JSF Squad OPS/AMU Hangars JSF Academic Training Center Renovated three buildings for JSF

New Eglin Field House New Playground Equipment Indoor Baffle Range New Dental Clinic New Bike Trails New PT Pads Converted Base Theater to Eglin

Enlisted Heritage Hall 2 Child Care Centers Renovated Eglin Club Youth Center Expansion

Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) FY11 Successes

– FY11: Delivered 13,000 Fuzes – 4,874 Combat Drops

Government / Industry Team Delivering Capability to the Warfighter

Approximately 5,000 Combat Drops Operations: ENDURING FREEDOM / IRAQI FREEDOM / ODYSSEY DAWN

(JDAM & JPF)

– FY11: Delivered 8,000 Units – 5,000 Combat Drops – Proven Ability to End Combat Engagements!

• JDAM

• JPF

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Armament Directorate Accomplishments

• AMRAAM – Inventory availability increases to 91%; above JSOR requirement of 90% – 3rd AIM-120D DT/OT shot successfully executed – Lot 25 Production Contract Award; $647M; 528 Missiles

• JDAM team utilized the Navy Direct Attack Moving Target Capability (DAMTC) contract – Met USAF UON sensor requirements – Delivered initial sensors to the AOR three months early

• JASSM – JASSM Baseline Lot 9 contract award; 200 Missiles – JASSM-ER Milestone C approval and LRIP

• MALD-J MS-C Production Decision • Med Caliber Ammunition

– Awarded Firm Fixed-Price contract for 3,400 rounds of 25mm for the F-35 • SDB I

– Completed F-22/SDB I integration & commenced F-16 Integration Testing – Conducted Operational Assessment of SDB I from MC-130W

• SDB II – Completed Critical Design Review (Jan 11) and post-CDR Report– Successfully completed 13 multi-effects warhead tests – Completed F-15E separation wind tunnel test demonstrating benign release chars

• QF-16 – Successfully completed Critical Design Review

Bomb Live Unit (BLU) -129/B Precision Lethality MK-82 Successes

• Completed design, development, and IOC Developmental Testing • Completed Operational Utility Evaluation

– suitable & effective with improvements over Mk-82 • Certified warhead with JDAM/LJDAM guidance kits on:

– A-10 – F-15E – F-16

• AAC/CC fielding recommendation made and 48 warheads delivered to AOR • Completed integration on B-1 and MQ-9 objective platforms • Started GBU-12 integration activities

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Overview

• Team Eglin

• Progress Since Last Year

• Challenge for the next two days

Symposium: Venue For Successful Collaboration

AFMC providing support across the Family of Systems Approach

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Family of Systems ApproachFamily of Systems ApproachFamily of Systems Approach

JASSM

SDB II NGM

MALD

HTM

NKCE NGM

MALD

LRSO

Next Generation Long Range Strike Next Generation Hard Targets

NGMNGM

Next Generation Air Superiority Next Generation Technology 96ABW-2011-0108

Acquisition & Support Challenges • Anticipated decline in Defense budgets will strain our acquisition system

– Must find ways to reduce development and production costs – Need industries help to reduce costs on every program – Explore opportunities for international partnering on future developments

• Take advantage of economies of scale--FMS partners are key enablers – Focus added attention on work force & process management

• Program will require better restraint wrt requirements – Today, system requirements flow from many directions – Weapons development timelines do not meet requirements or the threat – Quick reaction efforts are not part of the weapon’s road maps

• Making weapons adaptable & precise – Weapons must be effective in rapidly changing employment scenarios – Selectable effects

• From low collateral damage to HE • Successful against a broad array of targets, stationary and moving & all weather

– Increased use of modularity and scalability • Enables multiple employment options/effects using common munition • JDAM weapon family is excellent model 31

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