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Show HILLTOP TIMES Hilltop TIMES January 8, 2015 Lockheed gets contract Contractor awarded $68M for F-22 work at Hill AFB depots for maintenance and repair work. The Department of Defense announced the contract Monday, saying that the work will take place at a Lockheed Martin contractor site in Palmdale, Calif. as well as the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill, and is set to be finished by Dec. 31, 2015. Hill's Ogden ALC will perform all depot-level maintenance on the F-22, after the Air Force decided to consolidate the maintenance work being done there and at the Lockheed Palmdale facility. By MITCH SHAW Hilltop Times staff HILL AIR FORCE BASE — The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $67.8 million contract to help finish a year's worth of maintenance and repair work for the F-22 Raptor at Hill Air Force Base. The contract calls for Lockheed to conduct preparation work, like procuring materials and services, for any F-22 aircraft heading into Air Force In September, the F-22 Program Office, the Ogden ALC, and Lockheed Martin Corp. implemented a 21-month incremental transition plan which will eventually relocate all of the F-22 maintenance work to Hill. An Air Force analysis determined that consolidating the work at Hill would result in a minimum cost savings of 5300 million over the program's life cycle. A report from the Government Office of Accountability indicated Palmdale has higher labor rates than the Ogden ALC and has charged more labor hours than the Ogden facility AIRMAN 1ST CLASS AMANDA MORRIS/U.S. Air Force An F-22 Raptor climbs after take-off from the flightline Nov. 24, at See F-22 I Page 11 Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Commissary Rewards Card helps patrons save RIGHT THIS WAY Defense Commissary Agency Hilltop Times file photo Students on a field trip walk under the belly of a B-17 bomber at the Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base. The museum has more than 80 volunteers fulfilling a variety of important duties, from security to public tours. Hill museum volunteers By JAMIE LAMPROS Hilltop Times correspondent H ILL AIR FORCE BASE — At any given time, the Hill Aerospace Museum has more than 80 volunteers fulfilling a variety of important duties, from security to public tours. Museum director and Hill AFB historian Aaron Clark said volunteers are the heart and soul of Hill Museum's operations. "They provide the daily functions needed to keep the doors open and ensure our global customer base has an educational and enjoyable experience," Clark said. "Furthermore, Mit ARosiivrosEui nom mimm momo many of our volunteers are veterans, individuals who can provide patrons first-hand stories and knowledge pertaining to the exciting history of military aviation. You really can't put a price on that type of encounter, FORT I FE, Va. - Customers looking to save even more than the usual 30 percent on their groceries can reach for their personal plastic: the Commissary Rewards Card. The Defense Commissary Agency's digital coupon redemption system allows commissary patrons to access and clip coupons and store them on their card to be scanned at the store. "More and more customers are using the Commissary Rewards Card," said Marye Carr, DeCA's Rewards Card manager. "The number of coupons is also rising, which means customers don't have to use as many paper coupons, saving them time and money." In early November, rewards card users topped 320,000 and nearly 4.8 million digital coupons have been redeemed, saving customers over 55 million on their groceries. Customers have several ways to access the digital coupons. There are two apps - one for iPhone/iPad and one for Android - both of which allow for on-the-go coupon clipping. The apps also feature information on the commissary closest to the customer along with promotions and contests. There is also a website for those who prefer to use a computer to track their coupons. "We also send out email alerts to rewards card holders about newly posted digital coupons, upcoming promotions and sweepstakes and we include links to DeCA's online sales flyer," Carr said. One ongoing sweepstakes for Rewards Card holders is Kellogg's "Theme Park Vacation Sweepstakes." Grand prize winners can choose between a Disneyland or Disney World resort vacation with round trip coach air and ground transportation for four, one hotel room for four nights, Disney Resort tickets and one Disney Gift Card valued at $500. Contest details are on the Official Rules page. For quick tips on using the Commissary Rewards Card, check out the following easy steps: • Get a rewards card at any military commissary. See MUSEUM I Page 10 See COMMISSARY I Page 11 Air Force, small business develop technologies that help electronics stay cool Contributed story WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and a small business partner are developing technologies that they expect will enable successful use of highpower processors that operate on satellites with funding from the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. A next-generation, microchip carrier is currently in development by ThermAvant Technologies, LLC, located in Columbia, Missouri, and is already being tested by manufacturers of several major commercial and military satellite and aerospace systems. This innovative cooling solution will reduce the temperature of highpower satellite components to levels manageable by the spacecraft's thermal control system. This is advantageous because it improves processor reliability, while providing the opportunity to increase on-board processing, "If successful, this technology solution could be headed for every major DoD space system, where it will replace the current, state-of-the-art technology developed during SBIR programs 10 years ago," said Dr. Greg Spanjers, the chief scientist of AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate. AFRL and ThermAvant began researching the application of this technology as a result of an Air Force SBIR solicitation. The project called for reliable, high-conductivity heat spreaders; ThermAvant demonstrated the improved heat transfer properties of different structural materials (including alumi- num, titanium, copper, and Copper Molybdenum composite) embedded with the Oscillating Heat Pipe (OHP) technology. OHP-embedded chip carriers and heat spreaders will be used to transport heat dissipated by micro-chips to the spacecraft's larger thermal control systems. This is a critical technology for space-based systems that will enable the deployment of higher temperature and power processors aboard satellite payloads. It can be used in both commercial and military satellite applications, as well as any high-performance land-based electronics. ThermAvant successfully investigated the thermal performance tradeoffs of different fabrication processes for making OHP heat spreaders under a range of simulated realworld operating conditions. During the testing, ThermAvant's prototype OHP-embedded heat spreaders provided an 84 percent reduction in the temperature rise across the heat spreader, when compared to current state-of-the-art techSee BUSINESS I Page 11 |