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Hot Meals, Clean Wheels deliver smiles to reaper support contract awarded

Creech Airmen by Jamieson Pierce expedited access to commercial vendors

who can present innovative solutions to
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
existing requirements.
The Intelligence, Surveillance, Re- This program is intended to reduce
connaissance and Special Operations the procedural burdens often associ-
Forces Directorate’s Medium Altitude ated with traditional Defense contract-
Unmanned Aircraft System Division ing strategies, in order to invite more
recently awarded a $5.9 million Com- non-traditional defense contractors to
mercial Solutions Opening contract to introduce new uses to their commercial
American Data Solutions, to support technologies.
the operational delivery of an innovative While previously more prevalent in
Technical Data Viewer and Conversion the Research and Development environ-
solution for the MQ-9 Reaper Program. ment, the MQ-9 Program’s utilization of
When an aircraft such as an MQ-9 is the CSO structure to support immediate
fielded, it is delivered with technical data operational needs, highlights the signifi-
to include installation and maintenance cant value this strategy can provide to
manuals. This is generally delivered as a the warfighters.
pdf document and source data for elec- “Our incredibly dedicated team of
tronic viewing, which doesn’t follow any Air Force photograph by Staff Sgt. Sean Martin acquisition warriors pioneered a new
specific formatting. This contract effort Airman 1st Class Eric Rosales, 62nd Attack Squadron crew chiefs, works on an MQ-9 Reaper way of thinking and applying CSOs,”
Master Sgt. Sarah, 432nd Wing Staff Agency takes that source data, converts it to a U.S. on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2018. said Col. Michael Jiru, Senior Materiel
Air Force photographs by Staff Sgt. Omari Bernard
Volunteer Airmen from the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Volunteer Airmen from the 432nd Security Forces superintendent, holds up a morale sign during Air Force compliant, industry standard abled a contract award within 124 days of Leader, Medium Altitude UAS Division.
format, which provides Airmen with lined CSO pilot program in order to sup-
Expeditionary Wing display homemade morale signs during Squadron direct traffic during the Hot Meals and Clean the Hot Meals and Clean Wheels event at Creech faster and more comprehensive access to port an immediate operational require- requirements identification, and nearly a “It’s a tremendous success that allows
the Hot Meals and Clean Wheels event at Creech Air Force Wheels event at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 14, 2020. Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 14, 2020. Volunteers ment. This demonstrated the contract 70 percent reduction in time-to-execute, us to quickly get after a user experience
Base, Nev., Aug. 14, 2020. Volunteers from the USO and the Volunteers from the USO and the 432nd Wing/432nd Air from the USO and the 432nd WG/432nd AEW verified accurate data, in an always-up- structure’s opportunity to deliver innova- compared to traditional methods. pain-point. It’s another example in a
432nd WG/432nd AEW participated in the event as a way to Expeditionary Wing participated in the event as a way to participated in the event as a way to give back to to-date and intuitive viewer. The CSO Pilot Program, as outlined long line of outside-of-the-box thinking
The one-year contract award marks tive capabilities at the “speed of relevance”.
give back to Airmen and their families. give back to Airmen and their families. Airmen and their families. that enables world class support of MQ-9
one of the first utilizations of the stream- Utilizing the streamlined process en- in the fiscal year 2017 NDAA, provides Reaper operations around the world.”

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