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- [Mikel] New innovations,
new partnerships and a

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new push to bring more
talent into the workforce.

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Welcome to this 2018
Airwaves Year in Review.

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I'm Mikel Lauren Roulx.

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We begin with the Navy's
aggressive response to a

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potential safety problem
impacting aircrew and flight.

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A partnership, lead by NAV Airs

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air cruise system program office includes:

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the Navy's physiological
episode action team,

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the D-O-D's defense and innovation unit,

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and industry is key to developing a plan

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to help predict and ultimately prevent

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the Navy's number one safety priority.

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Physiological episodes.

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The episodes are adverse reactions to the

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environment inside an aircraft cabin or

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the breathing gas supplied to the aviator.

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The team is partnered with industry to

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forming, monitoring and
a learning system to

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detect these symptoms so the air crew can

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take corrective action.

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The goal is to optimize
confidence and performance

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in the cockpit.

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A historic moment for naval
aviation and acquisition.

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The Navy selection the Boeing company to

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design, develop and deliver
the N-Q-25 Stingray.

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The first operational carrier base

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unmanned fueling aircraft.

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As an accelerated acquisition
program, N-Q-25 aims

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to compress the acquisition
timeline to deliver the

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unmanned aircraft to the fleet faster.

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When operational, N-Q-25
will provide longer range for

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fueling abilities to execute missions.

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Another project in the works

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aims to make the gunner's seat aboard the

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Image 60 Sierra helicopter
a bit more comfortable.

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P-M-A 2-O-2 is working
hand in hand with Airworks

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to develop the seat, also
called the crew chief seat.

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The second prototype of the new

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Image 60 Sierra gunner
seat, they drew up the

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Navel Helicopter Association
Symposium in May.

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The goal is to fill the
seat that will increase

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both safety and comfort while improving

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aircrew missions
performance and endurance.

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The flight and ground
testing completed in June.

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Initial operating capabilities
is expected in flight 19.

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British sailors and members
of the F-35 integrated

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test force of Patuxent River.

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That means two of three
historic phase of testing

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are aboard the United Kingdom new carrier,

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the H-M-S Elizabeth.

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The testing is aimed at developing enough

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flight test data to certify
the F-35 B lightning two

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for future operations aboard the ship.

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Pilots include day time
and night time operations

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completed the first ever shipborne

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rolling vertical landing.

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They also practice
standard vertical landings

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and takeoffs from the ship's ski jump.

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The team completed 85 total flights.

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More testings scheduled for 2019.

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Navairs P-M-A-2-90 and
their P-8-A Poseidon teams.

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They won the Navy's
acquisition in excellence award

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for making significant contribution in

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international partnership.

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The Navy honored the group
in a special ceremony

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at the Pentagon.

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Their hard work centers around the P-8 and

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its multi-mission functionalities

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- So, it was the first year they did

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this international award.

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Navy I-P-O was looking to

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increase recognition for
international programs.

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- In terms of ****, I think
the successful program

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on the whole is a result of
having a really good team...

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- [Mikel] You can learn more about

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Navairs international
partnerships by visiting

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our website at w-w-w dot
navair dot navy dot mils.

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New year, new leadership
across the command.

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In May, NAVAIR welcomed
Vice Admiral Dean Peters

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to its home during a
ceremony at Naval Air Station

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at Patuxent River.

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On west coast, Rear Admiral
Scott Dillon relieved

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Rear Admiral Brian Corey
as the commander of the new

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Air Warfare Center
Weapons Division in April.

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Admiral Corey moved east
to leave the office for

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Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons.

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And at Patuxent, here Admiral
Gahagan turned over command

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to Rear Admiral John Lemmon in September.

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Gahagan now program executive officer for

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tactical aircraft programs.

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An exciting first for the
U-S Navy at Webster field at

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St. Inigoes, Maryland.

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Dozens gathered at Navy Air
Station at Patuxent Rivers

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Webster Outlying Field for
the commissioning of U-X 24,

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the Navy's first unmanned aircraft system

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test and evaluation squadron.

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The ceremony marked the
squadron official transition

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from what was formally known as

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NAW-CA-D's U-A-S Test Directorate.

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U-X-24 will provide research,
development, tests and

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evaluations support for the
Navy and the Marine Core.

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Commander Matthew Densing, who over saw

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the former directorate, assumed
command of the new unit.

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Collaboration is the name of the game at

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NAW-CA-D's Innovation Hub.

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The new gathering space open
its doors for much fanfare

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at the Patuxent River in August.

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NAW-CA-D leadership cut the
ribbon to the place they say

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will change the way the
workforce solves problems and

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brainstorm new ideas.

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I-hub mission is to
empower the workforce to

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deliver war fighting
capabilities faster by providing

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modernized tools on site and an

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environment to innovate and collaborate.

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- The space itself has cornered off areas

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where people can get in a huddle together

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but you can also open
up the whole room and

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have the whole room collaborate.

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- [Mikel] I-hub, along with
mobile Fablab are now available

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to the entire workforce.

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Speaking of innovations,
two projects at LakeHurst

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are getting a lot of attention this year.

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First is a team of robots
under development at

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NAW-CA-D's RISE lab.

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Engineers are working to more
efficiently use man power

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aboard carrier decks.

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The robots are capable of
moving weapons and equipment

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from one place to another.

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Only one sailor is needed
to direct the robots

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from a computer.

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Engineers are now
testing the robots to see

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how they fair under
various carrier conditions.

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Another team of engineers at Lakehurst is

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working to test things operate on ships

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without even leaving land.

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They're building a simulator that will

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mimic the motions and
conditions on Navy ships.

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They will use it to test everything from

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new technology to sea sickness

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in a less costly and
more efficient manner.

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- [Matthew] This is filling
that deficit by bring able to

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generate those scenarios on demand

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at low costs with high
level frequencies so we can

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turn out better designs and

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with a higher level of confidence.

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- And a major milestone for
the V-22 osprey program.

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It's a plan that promises
to approve readiness by

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streamlining the features on
the Marine Corp. Aircraft.

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The common configuration,
readiness, and modernization

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or C-C-RAM for short,
reduces the configurations

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on a tiltrotor plane.

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Why is this important?

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How there is so many
different features on the

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same model of plane

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maintenance times can vary significantly.

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Once the C-C-RAM is wrapped up,

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having fewer configurations means shorter

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repairs and maintenance times.

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Maintainers will be able to more easily

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predict what to expect
during repairs and tune ups.

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And they can stock pile parts quickly.

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That means more mission ready
aircraft on the front lines.

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Several members of the
workforce demonstrated their own

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commitment to speed and readiness by

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participating in various
innovation challenges

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across the commands.

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Teams from F-R-C-E submitted
ideas on the Spark web tool

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and command leaders chose
several ideas to pursue.

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One was to improve workers
safety when moving parts.

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Another idea reduced wastes
from the composite parts.

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A third group used mobile
devises and asked to get

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work done on the shop floor.

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At NAW-CA-D, a separate
innovation challenge

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a team from Lakehurst
used augmented reality to

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virtually connect engineers
with fleet maintainers F-C

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to save time and money.

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A separate team Patuxent
River used 3-D printing

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to increase capabilities of small U-A-Vs.

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And at NAWC W-D, participants

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used additive manufacturing and

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robots to improve primer production.

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Another team created a
virtual gaming solution to

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enhance mission training and readiness.

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Meanwhile, five teams from
across the command put

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their skills to work and
NAVAIR's year data challenge.

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They worked on ways to
be more predictive with

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workforce numbers figuring
out why people are leaving and

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how to bring in expertise
to meet mission goals.

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Challenge organizers says
data science is key to

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approaching many problems
and working to fix them.

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And speaking of recruitment,
four readiness centers

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are rolling out a new
apprenticeship program to

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attract new artisans and improve
naval aviation readiness.

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Working with local community colleges,

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the four year national
apprenticeship program

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will recruit and train
apprentices in up to 12

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aviation maintenance trades.

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The instructions include
classroom and on the job training.

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At the end of the four year program,

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participants will be ready to go to work

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as journeyman mechanics.

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- By bringing them on early,

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we teach them from the ground up,

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we teach them what we feel like

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they need to know to be successful.

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- [Mikel] At F-R-C southwest,
at F-R-C southeast,

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N-A-S Jacksonville, and F-R-C east

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expect to have their classes
on board by June 2019

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with more than 500 apprentices
expected to be hired

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over the next four years.

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- On a related note,
NAVAIR leadership sponsored

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a Navy-wide push to get the
right people in the right job

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with a 45 day hiring challenge.

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The national defense strategy is driving

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the new urgency to the hiring process.

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Teams across the Navy
were challenged to come up

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with new and quicker
ways to attract qualified

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members of the workforce.

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Two teams, one from NAVAIR and

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one from Naval Supplies Systems Command.

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One were challenged for
their innovative ideas to

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reduce the hiring cycle time.

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The NAVAIR team proposed instituting an

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x- amount of hiring agent.

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The NAV Sup team pitched
a recruitment readiness

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dashboard to speed up merit promotes and

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non-competitive hires.

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20 high school students from
across the **county California,

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took part in an engineering
challenge created by

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NAWC-W-D at Point Mugu

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The students used marbles
to represent a division of

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for aircraft.

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Teams would send the
aircraft on a mission and

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bring them all back to
a carrier deck safety.

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The challenge comes at
a time when the students

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are making college and career choices and

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organizers want to show
them the exciting work

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done by the Navy.

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A celebration 75 years in
the making at China Lake.

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People came from around the area to help

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mark the diamond anniversary of the base.

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Visitors were treated to
fly over for fun and food.

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NAWC-W-D leaders left the
festivities with speeches

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to mark the occasion.

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The night ending with a bonfire.

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(slow whoosh fades in)

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NAWC-W-D wasn't alone in celebrating

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this special anniversary.

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F-R-C east celebrated 75 years of service

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to the fleet in December.

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(music fades in)

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And that's it for this
addition of Airwaves.

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See you on the fly time

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(slow whoosh fades in)