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27 Mar 20. Construction kicks off in WA for first Arafura Class OPV. Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has confirmed a major milestone in the delivery of the Royal Australian Navy’s SEA 1180 Arafura Class offshore patrol vessels, with construction of the first vessel in WA commencing. The government’s $90bn Continuous Naval Shipbuilding Program has reached a new milestone with construction on the first offshore patrol vessel (OPV) to be built in Western Australia commencing.
This will be the third of 12 Arafura Class OPVs, and the first to be built at the Civmec shipyard in Henderson, Western Australia.
Minister for Defence Linda Reynolds said this is the next step in the government’s landmark naval shipbuilding program that will keep Australia safe and deliver jobs for generations to come.
“This government’s investment in Australia’s naval shipbuilding program demonstrates our commitment to strong border protection over greater distances than is currently possible, and our commitment in the local economy and creating more jobs for Australian workers,” Minister Reynolds said.
Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price reinforced the comments made by the Defence Minister, saying the OPV program is a key foundation in the government’s enhancement of Australia’s industrial skill base, growing both capacity and workers’ skills to build and maintain Australia’s sovereign maritime capability.
“The Arafura program is creating jobs across the supply chain, and I have heard first-hand from over 100 Aussie businesses about how they are benefiting from being an essential part of construction,” Minister Price said.
The first two vessels are already under construction by Lūrssen Australia and ASC in Adelaide. The remaining 10 vessels will be constructed by Lūrssen Australia and Civmec at Henderson in Western Australia under the SEA 1180 OPV program.
Lūrssen Australia is the prime contractor working with key shipbuilding partners Civmec in Western Australia and ASC in South Australia to deliver the OPV capability for the Royal Australian Navy.
The program will replace and improve upon the capability delivered by the Armidale Class and Cape Class patrol boats, which entered service in 2005.
“I congratulate Lūrssen, Civmec and their entire teams for exceeding their commitment to Australian industry capability, which is having substantial positive flow-on effects right across Australia, particularly during this difficult time as we all manage COVID-19,” Minister Price added.
SEA 1180 Phase 1 OPVs will replace and improve upon the capability delivered by the 13 Armidale Class patrol boats by acquiring 12 new vessels, which will be known as the Arafura Class when they enter service from 2022.
The primary role of the OPV will be to undertake constabulary missions and the OPV will be the primary ADF asset for maritime patrol and response duties.
A competitive evaluation process (CEP) commenced in late 2015 and concluded with the signing of a contract with Lürssen Australia on 31 January 2018.
Lead ship HMAS Arafura, named after the Arafura Sea in northern Australia, is currently under construction at the ASC Shipyard in Osborne, South Australia.
It is estimated the $3.6bn SEA 1180 project will create around 1,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Lürssen beat out bids from Dutch company Damen, which was also partnered with ASC and Civmec, as well as German company Fassmer, which was in a joint venture with Austal, for the SEA 1180 project.
Civmec is an integrated, multi-disciplinary construction and engineering services provider to the oil and gas, metals and minerals, infrastructure, and marine and defence sectors.
Headquartered in Henderson, WA, Civmec has regional offices in Broome (WA), Darwin (Northern Territory), Newcastle and Sydney (NSW), and Gladstone (Queensland). (Source: Defence Connect)
26 Mar 20. South Korea to transfer two decommissioned patrol vessels to Ecuador’s coastguard. The Korea Coast Guard (KCG) is working towards the transfer of two recently decommissioned 300-tonne patrol vessels to Ecuador. The vessels – with pennant numbers 302 and 303 – have a length of 53.7 m, a beam of 7.4m, and a draught of 2.5m. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), they entered service in December 1990 and December 1991 respectively and were decommissioned in October 2019 and January 2020. Both patrol vessels ended their service with the KCG’s Jeju command. The two vessels are currently being refitted and painted in Ecuadorian colours at unspecified small and medium shipyards ahead of the planned transfer to Ecuador in May-June, according to a KCG press release. (Source: Jane’s)
25 Mar 20. Flushing the cash: Carrier toilet problems cost $400,000 to clear. The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78). Toilets, known as “heads” in naval circles, on two US Navy Aircraft Carriers are prone to blocking and cost $400,000 to clear with acid, a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found. The toilet problems were one of several issues found in a report on navy shipbuilding that found 150 class-wide problems affecting maintenance costs. The GAO found that the US Navy and Department of Defence (DOD) had also underestimated the sustainment costs for six programmes by $130bn.
Operating and support cost growths:
- San Antonio-class (LPD 17) (26), $24.6bn
- Zumwalt-class (DDG 1000) (3), $3.5bn
- America-class (LHA 6) (3), $9.5bn
- Ford-class (CVN 78) (4), $45.8bn
- Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) seaframes (35), $22.8bn
- Virginia-class (SSN 774) (48), $24.2bn
One highlight of the report is toilet problems aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), and new USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78). The carriers use a sewage system similar to that installed on commercial airliners.
This system, however, is prone to blocking and requires an acid flush regularly to clear problems and blockages. Each acid flush is estimated to cost $400,000.
The GAO report said: “According to fleet maintenance officials, while each acid flush costs about $400,000, the Navy has yet to determine how often and for how many ships this action will need to be repeated, making the full cost impact difficult to quantify. We generally did not include these types of ongoing costs in our calculation.”
The GAO found that the current Operating and Support (O&S) cost estimate for the Ford-class aircraft carriers is $120bn, up $45.8bn from the original estimated O&S cost of $77.3bn. Overall the difference between current O&S costs, and the initial O&S costs found by the GAO is $130.2bn.
Ford’s O&S costs increased by the most of any of the shipbuilding programmes assessed by the GAO. (Source: naval-technology.com)
25 Mar 20. Russian Navy to receive new and overhauled submarines. The Russian Navy is set to receive new and overhauled strategic and conventional submarines, the military service’s commander-in-chief, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, told Ministry of Defence newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) on 18 March.
Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation, is now building Project 636.3 Improved Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines (SSKs) for the Pacific Fleet, according to the admiral. “The first-of-class Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy was delivered to the navy last November, two more submarines, Magadan and Ufa, are now having their sections linked; all three sections of each boat have already gone through hydraulic trials. The fourth submarine, Volkhov, has begun its mooring tests, and this boat will be manned next month,” he said. The Volkhov SSK will be delivered to the navy this year, while the whole class will be completed by 2022. The fifth submarine, Mozhaysk, is planned to be laid down in 2020, while the construction schedule of the sixth underwater combatant has yet to be defined.
Adm Yevmenov also said that the Black Sea Fleet has already been operating six Project 636.3 SSKs. The navy is set to receive the overhauled Project 971 Akula-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) in April. “We are also planning to receive the Project 955A Borey A-class strategic [ballistic missile] submarines [SSBNs] Knyaz Vladimir and Knyaz Oleg, and Project 885M Yasen M-class SSGNs [guided missile submarines] Kazan and Novosibirsk in 2020,” he noted. (Source: Jane’s)
25 Mar 20. China lays keel for Pakistan Navy’s second Type 054A-class frigate. China held a keel-laying ceremony on 23 March at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai for the second of four Type 054A-class frigates on order for the Pakistan Navy (PN). The contract for the first two of these frigates is believed to have been signed in 2017 and a further contract for two more ships was announced in June 2018, when it was also indicated that delivery of all four ships was expected to be completed by 2021.
Work has also begun on the third and fourth frigates of the class, which the PN refers to as the ‘Type 054 A/P’, with a steel-cutting ceremony being held for both these ships on 1 November 2019. (Source: Jane’s)
AIR
25 Mar 20. Gripen F Fighter Production Under way. Saab has performed the first metal cut for the two-seater fighter aircraft Gripen F, marking an important milestone in the programme. Gripen F is under development for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and shares the same advanced design and features as Gripen E, but with seat, displays and controls for a second crew member. Gripen F has both a training mode for tuition of one crew member and a mode whereby the two crew members can share the workload with different display settings. The first part was manufactured recently at Saab’s facilities in Linköping and is for the air duct section, just behind the cockpit of the aircraft.
“This milestone is important for the Gripen project because it demonstrates that the development phase is proceeding properly. This signals the beginning of the production of the two-seater aircraft, Gripen F, which is much anticipated by the Brazilian Air Force,” says Colonel Renato Leite, head of the Monitoring and Control Group (GAC-Saab) at the Brazilian Air Force.
The joint industrial programme on Gripen F is between Saab and the Brazilian partner companies Embraer, AEL Sistemas, Akaer and Atech. Currently, approximately 400 engineers are working with the development of Gripen F, mainly at Gripen Design and Development Network (GDDN) at the Embraer plant in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo State, Brazil. Manufacturing will take place both in Sweden and in Brazil.
“Very effective teamwork among many dedicated people, both in Sweden and in Brazil, paved the way for this milestone on this new version of Gripen. These kinds of milestones are special moments due to their rarity and that feels great,” says Jonas Hjelm, head of Saab business area Aeronautics.
Brazil has ordered 28 Gripen E fighters that will be delivered to Brazil starting from 2021 and eight Gripen F fighters, starting from 2023. Gripen F is also being offered by Saab to Finland for their fighter replacement programme. (Source: defense-aerospace.com)
26 Mar 20. Gripen E/F shifts focus from flight to sensor tests. Saab has shifted the focus of its Gripen E/F testing away from basic flight trials towards the aircraft’s tactical and sensor suites as the programme ramps up ahead of the first upcoming deliveries to Sweden and Brazil.
Speaking at Saab’s annual Gripen Seminar on 26 March, the company’s head of the programme, Eddy de la Motte, said that, with flight-characteristic tests having proceeded to plan, the focus is now on validating the aircraft’s mission systems.
“We have six aircraft currently in flight testing and we passed 300 hours a couple of weeks ago. Flight testing is proceeding to plan and now the tactical suite and sensor systems are the testing focus – the radar, the infrared search and track [IRST], the electronic warfare [EW], and other mission systems,” de la Motte said.
The Gripen E/F is fitted with the Selex ES-05 Raven active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and the Selex ES 60 Skyward G-IRST. The internal EW suite comprises a very low-band antenna; an EW central unit; a quadrant receiver and transmitter on each wingtip; a receiver and power supply unit on each wingtip; and a forward and aft transmitter on the vertical stabiliser. Externally, the aircraft will be provisioned to carry a podded EW system to afford the Gripen E/F (or any other modern combat aircraft) an electronic attack (EA) capability analogous to the Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft. The Arexis EA Jammer Pod provides forward and aft coverage to support the ingress, strike, and egress of a package of strike aircraft. It utilises a VHF/UHF surveillance and acquisition radar in the L and S bands that incorporates gallium nitride (GaN) AESA technology. As de la Motte noted, the early results so far received have shown the systems to be performing “much better than expected”. (Source: Jane’s)
MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT
PERSONNEL
25 Mar 20. AFMC to host online hiring event to fill multiple positions. The United States Air Force’s (USAF) Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is set to host an online, virtual science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) hiring event. To be hosted on 23 April, the event is aimed at filling multiple positions across the enterprise.
This interactive, online platform will help hiring officials and qualified candidates to directly connect. It will fill immediate and critical vacancies at AFMC headquarters and centre locations across the US. The process will also help hiring for future positions.
USAF Personnel Center Talent Acquisition marketing and branding manager Jesus Diaz said: “This event builds on the success of the virtual hiring events AFMC has held over the past year to fill vacancies across the command.
“This particular event is focused on filling science and engineering positions at AFMC while enabling recruitment from a widespread, geographically dispersed pool of talent.”
Currently, open positions in AFMC include occupations such as computer scientists, aerospace engineers, IT specialists, operations research, computer engineers, test and evaluation engineers and systems engineers.
Diaz further added: “AFMC is looking to fill immediate as well as future needs through this event.
“Registration is required, and we encourage all interested candidates to make sure to visit the event site prior to the deadline to submit the required documents.”
Registrations close on 3 April and applicants are required to upload documents, including a resume, official/unofficial transcripts. Other documents required vary according to the job description.
Following the review of all resumes before the event, hiring officials will extend an invitation of the event to qualified candidates.
An invitation will be sent only to limited candidates. The resumes of all participants will be maintained for potential future hiring needs.(Source: airforce-technology.com)
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
24 Mar 20. Whitley to be nominated for CAPE director. The White House today announced its intent to nominate John Whitley as the director of the Pentagon’s influential Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office. Whitley, who entered the Pentagon as the Army’s comptroller in September 2018, is currently performing the duties of the office director. If confirmed, he would replace Robert Daigle, who departed the department last May. CAPE serves as the department’s internal think tank, creating its own analysis of programs and strategies that are sometimes used to offset those crafted by the services. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has leaned on the office significantly since elevating from Army secretary, repeatedly citing CAPE’s work on such weighty issues as how to achieve a 355-ship Navy.
A veteran who served in the Army’s 2nd Ranger Battalion, Whitley has also worked as a senior fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses and the Center for Naval Analysis; as director of program analysis and evaluation at the Department of Homeland Security; and as an operations research analyst within the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He has also held a number of positions with different universities.
An intent to nominate is traditionally only announced if the individual is going to be nominated shortly. However, there is no guarantee; in February, the Trump administration announced its intent to nominate Kathryn Wheelbarger as deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security, but that nomination has been held up, reportedly due to factions within the administration who view Wheelbarger at insufficiently loyal to Trump. Acting comptroller Elaine McCusker, on the verge of having the acting title removed, had her nomination pulled by the White House for similar reasons, despite heavy support from inside the Pentagon for her nomination. Should Whitley be nominated, he would join William Jordan Gillis, nominated as the next assistant secretary of defense for sustainment, as Army officials joining Esper at the OSD level. (Source: Defense News)
24 Mar 20. New Pentagon personnel head, Army undersecretary confirmed by Senate. Matthew Donovan, then acting secretary of the Air Force, shakes hands with Staff Sgt. Ashley Shipman of the 157th Air Refueling Wing at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., on Aug. 8, 2019. Donovan was confirmed as the head of the Pentagon’s personnel office on Monday. (Staff Sgt. Charles Johnston/Air National Guard)
Senators confirmed a pair of key Pentagon leaders on Monday in what could be among the last few major military appointments for several months.
In wrap up work Monday night, the Senate finalized the nominations of Matt Donovan to be Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and James McPherson to be Undersecretary of the Army.
Both approvals were expected, after the men faced little opposition in confirmation hearings in recent weeks. And both were approved by unopposed voice votes.
But the confirmations were noteworthy not just because of the leadership posts they fill, but also because the fate of future nominations is uncertain.
Senate Armed Services Committee leaders have postponed all hearings on Capitol Hill because of the coronavirus outbreak, and no replacement plans have been announced for public questioning of individuals put forward for other vacancies in coming weeks.
And even before the pandemic, lawmakers were preparing to scale back hearings in anticipation of the congressional elections this fall.
Donovan, the former Air Force Under Secretary, has served as the acting head of the personnel office since early December. He spent 30 years as an active-duty airman including time as a combat fighter pilot, and has served in a variety of senior military roles since his military retirement.
He is the first permanent leader for the office since July 2018, when Robert Wilkie left the role to become Veterans Affairs secretary. In the last five years, the office has only had an official under secretary in the post for about eight months. McPherson had been serving in the Army undersecretary role since last September, when Ryan McCarthy left the job to take over as Army secretary. He has also been serving concurrently as the service’s general counsel. He is a former enlisted soldier and retired Navy lawyer and, previously served as general counsel to the Defense Department’s Counterintelligence Field Activity, which oversaw the Pentagon’s counterintelligence enterprise. (Source: Defense News)
25 Mar 20. MG Jonathan P. Braga, commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Special Operations Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
25 Mar 20. MG Douglas C. Crissman, director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
25 Mar 20. MG Patrick J. Donahoe, deputy commanding general (Operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Georgia.
25 Mar 20. MG Jeffrey W. Drushal, commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to director, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
25 Mar 20. MG Antonio M. Fletcher, commander, Special Operations Command South, U.S. Special Operations Command, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, to deputy director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
25 Mar 20. MG William K. Gayler, director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to chief of staff, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.
25 Mar 20. MG William H. Graham Jr., deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. MG Charles R. Hamilton, commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to deputy chief of staff for Logistics and Operations, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
25 Mar 20. MG David C. Hill, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Central, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, to deputy chief of engineers; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, District of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. MG Stephen J. Maranian, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center; provost, Army University; and deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, to commandant, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
25 Mar 20. MG Donna W. Martin, commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to provost marshal general/commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. MG Daniel G. Mitchell, commanding general, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan, to commanding general, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois.
25 Mar 20. MG Thomas A. Pugh, commanding general, 7th Signal Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to director of Architecture, Operations, Networks and Space, Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. MG John B. Richardson, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas.
25 Mar 20. MG Christopher J. Sharpsten, director, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to commanding general, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
25 Mar 20. MG Joel K. Tyler, commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to director, J-3 Operations/Cyber, U.S. Africa Command, Germany.
25 Mar 20. MG Kevin Vereen, provost marshal general and commanding general, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command, Washington, District of Columbia, to commanding general, U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
25 Mar 20. BG (Promotable) Miguel A. Correa to senior director for Gulf Affairs, Middle Eastern Affairs Directorate, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Washington, District of Columbia. He most recently served as special assistant to the Director of the Army Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. BG (Promotable) Stephen G. Smith, commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
25 Mar 20. BG (Promotable) David Wilson, director, J-4, U.S. Forces Korea; and deputy director, C/J-4, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command, Republic of Korea, to commanding general, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
25 Mar 20. BG Sean C. Bernabe, deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.
25 Mar 20. BG James P. Bienlien, director, Requirements Integration Directorate, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, to deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts.
25 Mar 20. BG James E. Bonner, commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to commanding general, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
25 Mar 20. BG William M. Boruff to deputy commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan. He most recently served as deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
25 Mar 20. BG Robert M. Collins, program executive officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to program executive officer, Command, Control, and Communications (Tactical), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
25 Mar 20. BG Kimberly M. Colloton, commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California, to commander, Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Virginia.
25 Mar 20. BG Charles D. Costanza, director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7,U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
25 Mar 20. BG Joy L. Curriera, director of operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-9, U.S. Army, Washington, District Of Columbia, to commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University, Washington, District Of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. BG Johnny K. Davis, commanding general, U.S. Army Joint Modernization Command, Futures and Concepts Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Fort Bliss, Texas, to chief of staff, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas.
25 Mar 20. BG Christopher L. Eubank, commandant, U.S. Army Signal School, to commanding general, 7th Signal Command; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army, Network Enterprise Technology Command, Fort Gordon, Georgia.
25 Mar 20. BG Marcus S. Evans, deputy director for Special Operations and Counter-Terrorism, J-3, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Afghanistan, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan/Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan.
25 Mar 20. BG James J. Gallivan, chief of staff, U.S. Army Futures Command, Austin, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
25 Mar 20. BG Jered P. Helwig, chief of transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to director for Logistics, Engineering and Security Cooperation, J-4, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.
25 Mar 20. BG Donn H. Hill, commander, 2d Security Force Assistance Brigade, Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center; provost, Army University; and deputy commandant, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
25 Mar 20. BG Heidi J. Hoyle, commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia, to commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
25 Mar 20. BG Scott A. Jackson, commander, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia, to commanding general, Security Force Assistance Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
25 Mar 20. BG Michelle M. Letcher, commanding general, Joint Munitions and Lethality, Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island, Illinois, to commandant, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia.
25 Mar 20. BG Paula C. Lodi, deputy chief of staff for Operations, U.S. Army Medical Command, Falls Church, Virginia, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Atlantic, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
25 Mar 20. BG Vincent F. Malone II, deputy commanding general, Combat Capabilities Development Command; and senior commander, Natick Soldier Systems Center, U.S. Army Futures Command, Natick, Massachusetts, to program executive officer, U.S. Army Joint Program Executive Office, Armaments and Ammunition; and commanding general, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.
25 Mar 20. BG Charles J. Masaracchia, commander, Train Advise Assist Command-East, Resolute Support Mission, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to director, Mission Command Center of Excellence, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
25 Mar 20. BG John V. Meyer III, deputy commanding general (Maneuver), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to deputy chief of staff, G-3, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.
25 Mar 20. BG Charles R. Miller, deputy director for Joint Strategic Planning, Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate, J-5, Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, to director of Policy, Strategy, Partnering, and Capabilities (J-5/8), U.S. European Command, Germany.
25 Mar 20. BG Antonio V. Munera, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky, to commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
25 Mar 20. BG Scott M. Naumann, Director, CJ-3, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq, to director of training, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. BG Paul E. Owen, commanding general, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dallas, Texas, to commanding general, South Pacific Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco, California.
25 Mar 20. BG Allan M. Pepin, commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
25 Mar 20. BG Michael L. Place, commanding general, Regional Health Command-Atlantic, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to commanding general, 18th Medical Deployment Support Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
25 Mar 20. BG Joshua M. Rudd, deputy commanding general (Operations), 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, to commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, U.S. Special Operations Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.
25 Mar 20. BG Michael E. Sloane, program executive officer, Simulations, Training, and Instrumentation, Orlando, Florida, to program executive officer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
25 Mar 20. BG James M. Smith, commanding general, 3d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to chief of transportation and commandant, U.S. Army Transportation School, U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence, Fort Lee, Virginia.
25 Mar 20. BG William D. Taylor, senior advisor to the Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy director for Regional Operations and Force Management, J-35, The Joint Staff, Washington, District of Columbia.
25 Mar 20. BG Mark W. Thompson, command surgeon, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commanding general, Regional Health Command-Europe; and command surgeon, U.S. Army Europe, Germany.
25 Mar 20. BG Darren L. Werner, commanding general, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Life Cycle Management Command, Warren, Michigan.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Steven L. Allen, deputy commander, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois, to commander, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Robert L. Barrie Jr., military deputy program executive officer, Program Executive Office, Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, to program executive officer, Aviation, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Guillaume N. Beaurpere, deputy commander (Support), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, to commander, Special Operations Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Inherent Resolve, Kuwait.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Christopher G. Beck, commander, Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Winchester, Virginia, to commander, Southwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dallas, Texas.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Trevor J. Bredenkamp, commander, Train Advise Assist Command-South, Resolute Support Mission, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan, to deputy commander (Operations), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Winston P. Brooks, deputy commander (Maneuver), 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, to commandant, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, U.S. Army Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Lance G. Curtis, deputy director of Readiness, Strategy, and Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to commander, 3d Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Patrick L. Gaydon, director of materiel, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commander, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Gene D. Meredith, deputy commander (Maneuver), 2d Infantry Division (Combined), Eighth Army, Republic of Korea, to deputy commander, 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, United Kingdom.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Isaac J. Peltier, commander, Special Operations Command North, U.S. Special Operations Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to deputy commander, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Ronald R. Ragin, commander, U.S. Army Operational Test Command; and deputy commander for Operational Testing, U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Fort Hood, Texas, to commanding general, 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Fort Hood, Texas.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Hope C. Rampy, executive officer to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, U.S. Army, Washington, District of Columbia, to the adjutant general of the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Human Resources Command; commander, U.S. Army Physical Disability Agency; and executive director, Military Postal Service Agency, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) David F. Stewart, deputy commander (Operations), U.S. Army Space and Missile Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to commander, 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.
U.S. Army Reserve
25 Mar 20. BG (Promotable) John H. Phillips, chief information officer; and deputy chief of staff, G-6, U.S. Army Europe (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Europe, Germany, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.
25 Mar 20. BG Kris A. Belanger, commander, (Troop Program Unit), 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command (West), Arlington Heights, Illinois, to deputy commanding general, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
25 Mar 20. BG William S. Lynn, deputy commander, (Troop Program Unit), 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), Medical Readiness Training Command, San Antonio, Texas.
25 Mar 20. BG Ernest Litynski, deputy commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 81st Readiness Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, Arlington Heights, Illinois.
25 Mar 20. BG Dustin A. Shultz, deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
25 Mar 20. BG David P. Warshaw, director (Individual Mobilization Augmentee), Intelligence Operations, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He most recently served as commander (Troop Program Unit), U.S. Army Reserve Element, U.S. Central Command J2, Headquarters, Tampa, Florida.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Christopher Z. Barra, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), Los Angeles, California, to deputy commanding general – Support, 63d Readiness Division, Mountain View, California.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) John C. Hafley, commander (Troop Program Unit), 11th Military Police Brigade, Los Alamitos, California, to deputy commander – Support, 88th Readiness Division, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Jeffrey B. McCarter, commander (Troop Program Unit), 1st Medical Training Brigade, Fort Gordon, Georgia, to deputy commanding general, Army Reserve Medical Command, Pinellas Park, Florida; and Mobilization and Reserve Affairs, Office of the Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Jonathan C. Moyer, chief of staff (Troop Program Unit), 353d Civil Affairs Command, Staten Island, New York, to deputy commander – Signal, 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.
25 Mar 20. Col. (Promotable) Peder Swanson, director (Active Guard and Reserve), Reserve Component Medical Programs and Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia, to deputy commander, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), Salt Lake City, Utah.
INDUSTRY
PERSONNEL
EUROPE APPOINTMENTS
25 Mar 20. WFEL Announces Appointment of New Director for Boxer MIV Programme. Following WFEL’s recent announcement of its significant involvement in the production of the Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle for the British Army, the company is delighted to announce the appointment of Andrew Munt as Boxer Programme Director.
Andrew will take responsibility for WFEL’s new Boxer facility construction and full equipment commissioning whilst ensuring that the required technology transfer from WFEL’s parent company, KMW, is delivered on time to ensure successful delivery of WFEL’s programme milestones. His previous experience spans extensive senior level engineering development and production roles worldwide, working on the successful delivery of projects for both the Defence and Automotive sectors within companies including GKN and BAE Systems.
Andrew was also considerably involved several years ago in the UK MoD’s original Multi Role Armoured Vehicle programme – which subsequently became Boxer MIV – and therefore is perfectly placed to head up this project.
Commenting on his new appointment, Andrew Munt said, “I am delighted to be joining WFEL at such an exciting time for the business. The prospect of building Boxer for the British Army is going to be rewarding for the whole WFEL team.
Andrew is a Chartered Engineer, holds a Degree in Metallurgy and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
WFEL’s Managing Director, Ian Anderton, said, “I am thrilled that Andrew has decided to join the WFEL team. His previous involvement with the MoD’s initial Boxer prototypes, coupled with experience of working on other armoured vehicle projects, will be invaluable as we increase our pace with this project to meet the expectations of our UK MoD customer”.
Following the appointment of Andrew Munt, WFEL continues its extensive recruitment campaign for a large number of roles which are being created as a direct result of the Boxer vehicle delivery programme for the UK MoD.
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