Cooperative Experience Employment Education (Co-Op) Program Earn While You Learn Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River, Maryland February 10, 2009 Paul Hoffman PhD, P.E. Director Education & Research Partnerships Cooperative Experience Employment Education (Co-Op) Program Earn While You Learn Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Patuxent River, Maryland February 10, 2009 Paul Hoffman PhD, P.E. Director Education & Research Partnerships

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Cooperative Education Program – Earn While You Learn Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Focus – NAWCAD Overview –Paul Hoffman PhD, P.E. – Co-Op Program – Kathy Glockner Student Benefits Application Process Retention Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Cooperative Education Program – Earn While You Learn Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Focus – NAWCAD Overview –Paul Hoffman PhD, P.E. – Co-Op Program – Kathy Glockner Student Benefits Application Process Retention 2

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division NAWCAD Career Opportunities: –Aerospace (Aeronautical) and Mechanical Engineering (Federal employee, not military) –Education (junior & senior years) paid Tuition up to $4500/semester Textbooks up to $400/semester –Degree from a top-tiered Engineering School (UMCP) –Guaranteed employment upon graduation World Class T&E Facility Employment during summer and semester breaks –Real time exposure to engineering –Upon Co-Op completion ~ two years experience Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division NAWCAD Career Opportunities: –Aerospace (Aeronautical) and Mechanical Engineering (Federal employee, not military) –Education (junior & senior years) paid Tuition up to $4500/semester Textbooks up to $400/semester –Degree from a top-tiered Engineering School (UMCP) –Guaranteed employment upon graduation World Class T&E Facility Employment during summer and semester breaks –Real time exposure to engineering –Upon Co-Op completion ~ two years experience

NAWCAD Quicklook PEOPLE 22,200 workforce St. Mary’s largest employer 4,500 dependents supported 4,500 retired military supported 300,000 visitors annually GEOGRAPHY 14,502 acres 78.6 miles of roads 18.7 miles of shoreline 65 miles south of Wash DC 90 miles north of Norfolk

SUSTAINMENTSYSTEMS ACQUISITION RQMTS/ RISKS FROM FLEET / OPNAV OPERATIONS & SUPPORT PRODUCTION & DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION CONCEPT & TECH. DEVM’T HEADQUARTERS / PEOs WARFARE CENTERS/DEPOTS AIRCRAFT PLATFORM INTERFACE SHIP & EXPEDITIONARY AIRCREW / MAINTENANCE TRAINING SYSTEMS MISSION SYSTEMS & SENSORS AIR ASW / ASUW SEA BASED AIRCRAFT & SYSTEMS / UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs) NAVAIR Lines of Business MARITIME WEAPONS R&D

Manned Flight Simulator Communication, Navigation, IFF Lab Communication, Navigation, IFF Lab Shielded Hangar Electronic Warfare Integration System Test Lab Electronic Warfare Integration System Test Lab Large Anechoic Chamber Operations & Control Center Warfare Simulation Lab Threat Air Defense Lab High Performance Computing High Performance Computing Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility Propulsion Systems Evaluation Facility ACETEF, the Navy ’ s fully integrated RDT&E Installed Systems Test facility, provides full spectrum evaluation of highly integrated aircraft and aircraft systems in a secure controlled engineering environment Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility

EA-18G Development Networked systems within ACETEF provided dynamic, repeatable, realistic, hardware-in-the-loop simulations for EA- 18G AEA systems testing –Systems provided scenario control, emitter stimulation, and aircraft navigation inputs for design reference scenario –Full Link 16 network –Future testing (July 07) to incorporate satellite broadcasts and communications threat simulators into integrated scenario Combined capabilities allowed both subsystem performance testing and a robust crew-vehicle interface evaluation in a realistic environment –HWIL provided system performance variables missing in standalone flight simulators –Provided a more distributed and robust threat environment than available on open- air ranges (and at a fraction of the cost) –Repeatability of simulation allowed isolation of variables affecting mission accomplishment –Used both for discovering problems pre-flight and for characterizing problems post- flight End result – Allowed effective and efficient characterization of complex system issues early in the development cycle

Limited Snapshot of AE & ME Activities Full-Scale Fatigue Test Wind Tunnel Test Instrumented Flight Test

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