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Show Times 0 Whop 23. 2002 May Air Force News Transformation highlights tech conference During the opening session, Lyles said enterprise management is also helping to prevent disconnects across the command's centers and programs. The command is using the management technique to horizontally integrate the efforts of each of its enterprises aeronautical, command and control, air armament and space. The goal is to ensure people are not focusing on individual weapon systems but on contributing to the enterprise as a whole. Speaking for the war fighter, Maj. Gen. David Deptula, director of plans and programs for Air Combat Command, said the transformation push impacts more than weapon systems. The by Leigh Anne Bierstine Air Force Flight Test Center Public Affairs More than 800 military and indusDAYTON. Ohio (AFPN) all of defense acquisition gathfrom facets try representatives ered here May 14 and 15 to discuss what it will take to deliver capabilities to the nation's warfighters. Transformation and enterprise management topped the agenda at this y ear's National Aeronautical Systems Technology Conference. People from the Aeronautical Systems Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory were hosts for future war-winnin- g i nrl 4W journey also requires new concepts of operation that will exploit the advantages that new technologies yield. "It's the concept of operations that allows us to put it all together and give the Air Force an asymmetric advantage," Deptula said. Besides AFMC and ACC representatives, conference attendees also heard experts from Air Force Special Operations Command and the Defense Research Projects Agency, as well of Aviation Week magazine. Between as from the sessions, NASTC attendees roamed more than 60 military and industry exhibits on display at the Dayton Convention Center, home to the conference. According to Col. Dave Walker, operations group commander at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., who also represented the Flight Test Center at this year's conference, the insight gained at NASTC is crucial to those in the test and evaluation the conference. Gen. Lester Lyles, commander of Air Force Materiel Comexplanation of mand, opened the conference with a what it means to transform. The general said the Air Force's real-worl- d acquisition community must think differently about the capabilities today's warfighters need. The general said airmen in Afghanistan are relying on the Global Positioning System to zero in on enemy targets, but they are doing it while riding on horseback. The need for y precision-guideweapons coupled with the need for forc it saddles is ing the Air Force to transform the way does business, said Lyles. "It's bringing the old and new technologies together to give us something we've never had before," he said. Lyles said AFMC is also engaged in a divestiture of those nonvalue-addeactivities that can pull resources away from achieving transformation goals. The command is aiming for a reduction in cycle time in fielding new weapon systems for combat users. "For the transformation process to succeed, we have to help take things of f people's plates," said Lyles. editor-in-chi- high-qualit- d Tribute d ef business. This conference reveals the future focus for aerospace systems," said Walker. "As the testers of these systems, NASTC provides us with the insight for shaping our future test -l Photo by Senior Master Sgt Elizabeth Gilbert Army Chapiain (Capt) Terry Jarvi blesses fallen soldier Sgt Gene Arden Vance Jr., of the West Virginia Army National Guard's 19th Globemaster on Monday Special Forces Group, aboard a 7 before the fallen soldier ceremony at Ramstein AB, Germany. Vance was killed while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. 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