Today Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology, Noel Longuemare presented the annual Department of Defense Value
Engineering Achievement Awards during a ceremony held at the Pentagon.
Value engineering is a systematic functional analysis leading to actions or
recommendations to improve the value of systems, equipment, facilities,
services, and supplies. The objectives are to improve quality and to reduce
cost. The awards are intended to further the use of value engineering by
Department of Defense personnel and its contractors.
During the last fiscal year, 5,044 in-house value engineering proposals were
accepted with a reported savings of $688 million. Another 272
contractor-initiated value engineering change proposals were accepted with an
additional savings of $203 million.
The value engineering award program is a highly visible acknowledgment of
exemplary achievements and encourages additional projects to improve in-house
and contractor productivity. One award winner was eligible for selection in
the following seven categories for each DoD component: (1) program management,
(2) individual, (3) procurement/ contract administration, (4) value engineering
professional, (5) field command, (6) installation, and (7) contractor.
Additional "special" awards were given to recognize innovative applications or
approaches that expanded the traditional scope of value engineering use.
The 1995 awardees during today's ceremony were:
Army
Program Management Brig. Gen. David R. Gust; US Army Communications-
Electronic Command
Individual /Team James M. Heard; Red River Army Depot
Professional John T. Blewett; US Army Engineer District, Savannah
Procurement/Contract Mark Haldeman; US Army Armament, Munitions and
Administration Chemical Command
Field Command US Army Missile Command
Installation Lake City Army Ammunition Plant
Contractor Martin Marietta Defense Systems
Special Al Paley; US Army Communications-Electronic Command
Special Henry Mlodozeniec; Office of Chief of Staff, Army
NAVY
Program Management Capt Ray Umbarger; Aerial Targets and Decoy Systems
Program Office
Individual/Team Maj. Steve E. Joseph; Naval Air Systems Command
Professional William A. Bogue Jr.; Atlantic Division, Naval Facilities
Engineering Command
Procurement/Contract Martin Jakim; Naval Air Systems Command
Administration
Installation Resident Officer in Charge of Construction, New Orleans;
Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Contractor Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
Special Jean Lose and Roderick MacKinnon; Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Command
Special F-18 Avionics Affordability Joint Process Action Team; Naval
Air Systems Command
Special Affordability Cost Candidate Steering Committee and Trial
Events Working Group; AEGIS Program Office
AIR FORCE
Program Management Col. Richard Dickson; Air-to-Air Joint Systems
Program Office
Individual/Team Ray Clodfelter, Bradley Tippett and Gregg Mohler;
Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
Professional Jerry Osborn; Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
Procurement/Contract Deborah Dougherty, Lt. Matthew Jackson, Peter
Administration Wolnliewicz, Jeffrey Duval, Lt.Col. Robert Costello and
Capt Dale Stanley; AMRAAM Joint Systems Program Office
Installation Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center
Special F-16 Falcon HALON Tiger Team
Special Jean Jines; Air Force Institute of Technology
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Program Management David Bowling, Thomas Curtis, Stanley Dillon, John
Attridge, Dwane Faith, Pedro Palacios, Dave Elliott, SMSgt. Bert
Nyberg, SMSgt. BrianWakefield, MSgt. Mike Zander and Denny McCarren; Air
Force Value Engineering Readiness Team
Individual/Team Anthony Crisci; Defense Industrial Supply Center
Professional Tom Beckstedt, Donald Howell and Harry Shelton; Defense
Electronics Supply Center
Procurement/Contract Steve Titunik; DPRO Raytheon Administration
Field Command Defense General Supply Center
Contractor Anchor Industries, Inc.
Special Stephen P. DiRico; Defense Personnel Support Center
Special Value Engineering Readiness Team, Defense Construction Supply
Center
DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY
Individual/Team Peter Paul, Sharlee Seeley, Bruce Frederick and Lambert
Landry; Facilities Construction Program Team
