Los Angeles Air Force Base, California – The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)'s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Program Team has won the 2014 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award.
The Packard Award recognizes DOD organizations for innovation and best acquisition practices. The team was cited for its revolutionary Block Buy space acquisition strategy to procure the fifth and sixth AEHF satellites, saving $1.6 billion, while also operationally accepting the Increment 7 mission control segment and launching, checking-out ,and transferring operations of the third AEHF satellite. The AEHF Team is the first SMC team to win the award. It's DOD's highest acquisition team award and was first awarded in 1997 in honor of former Deputy Secretary of Defense and Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard.
The award is expected to be given to the team at a presentation in Washington, D.C. in the near future.
Source: U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center
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