20 .... RTV TEAM (rom Page 1 step between laboratory and full-scale testing." The RTV airframe was built by Boe- ing. NWC personnel designed, fabricat- ed and integrated all R1V flight-control systems; the system interface unit or autopilot; and the power-distribution system. They also designed !be recovery system and =overy-system eleetronics, wire harness and independent flight-ter- mination system. The personnel also had program management responsibiliry and performed hardware-in-tbe-loop testing THE ROCKETEER and system qualification, integration and ·checkout. According to Paui Homer, head of the Attack Weapons Department, the techni- cal challenges encountered by !be NWC team were substantial. The vehicles (air- frames) were delivered with poor qualiry components and fabrication techniques, and an inadequate and incomplete draw- ing package, he said. As a result, the NWC team had to qualify or replace parts, conduct extensive fit checks and testing ofthe hardware, and redesign and modify systems such as the rud- der deploy/retraction system and the wing deployment system. The team also had to perform the nec- essary structural and thermal analysis of components neceSsary to qualify !be vehicle for carriage and launch from a Navy aircraft, as well as its other responsibili- ties. When funding from WaShington, D.C. dried up, the base supported the project since "upper management really believed in the vehicle," Mangrum said. "The NWC team July 16, 1992 ful flight test of the RTV when it was launched from an A-7 aircraft. Remotely controlled from the ground, tbe 26.14- mile flight lasted three minutes and 44 seconds from aircraft release to parachute recovery-system initiation. Later that year, the team conducted another successful test, this time, with a · fiber-optic payload. Mangrum said this vehicle is unique. While he believes the Air Force·may have a similar vehicle that is supersonic, the IITY, which is subsonic, is a first for the Navy. RTV TIAM-{Fronl row, IIp rl Cynlhia Privoznik, Carl Finch, joe Kitchens and Bill Deemer, {middle rowlJim IvIcManigal, SIeve Reeve, Pele lilly and Terry MangNm {bock rowlJim Wx>ley, Dan Decker Granl Hanson and Bin Marlin. ' demonstrated technical excellence as well as dedi- cation to the goal of suc- cessfully qualifying and flight testing the RTV," Homer said. "Despite numerous and significant technical and funding problems, the China Lake RTV team remained con- stant and focused on the program goals; thus exhibiting a 'can do' atti- tude by putting forth the extra effort when required to get !bejob done." In May 199I, the team conducted its first success- "The success of this project is a credit to your iritegrity and positive thinking exhibited during the past several years," Capt. Douglas W. Cook, former NWC commander, wrote in the team's citation letter. "As a result, your team demon- strated a cost effective, recoverable vehi- cle for integration and evaluation of advanced technologies applicable to future Navy anti-surface weapons sys- tems." Comp_ uterland Federal Systems Division Ii hp lOIlIA II I~ EPSON 0- = 128 E. CaIifomia SL, P.o. Box 6109 JUd&eaesI. Ca. 93555 phone 375-9885 Fax 375-9863 EVERYONE IS ==WELCOME! Worship ••••.__.....8:30-10:30 AM Child Care ....••.......__............0-3 Sunday SChool.....K-6th Grade Meeting At New location 1327 N. Norma (old K-Mart) Pastor: Michael Godfrey Office: 446-1037 * • * * * * • * * * * * • * • • • * • • • • * • • * * * • • * * * * * * * * * * * • COME TO L.A. '!",. ;·111 :\ ,...,' RAMADA LAX AIRPORT SOUTH (Adjacent to the Los Angeles AFB Space Division) DELUXE GOVERNMrnNT PER DIEM PACKAGE • : . • • • ~ . .- . : '- ' ..... **lIREAKFAST**DINNER*~I>RINK~** • Opgrade to' tuxu.iibu5: Suite§~hen Am available :" . " • Breakfast ~ufJet •• Evening R&ceptiohs • Airport' tramiportafion < • Use of exercise facilities • Daily Newspaper • Rental Car discounts "·,,, • Ramada business card dividend pOjnts for exciting travel awards ' • Tax exempt with travel awards •., *8or.CIty; tax,waiyed wllh 0(00.1 trayel orden;.,".':"':. ron **C~pOn.iede.;m8ble at the Hoter. finedG;lngrostaU@;t andlounge. ·is "': -{ .,. "J. Call for Reservations 1-310-536-9800 01' 1-800-547-2329 or Contact Your Official "fravel Office 5250 W. EI Segundo Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90250 * * • * * • • * • * * * •• * * • * *.* * •• * * * * • * * * * • * * •• * * • * * * • * •• * .. , " • , , • • .', . THE ROCKETEER THURSDAY, JUlY 16, 1992 NAVAl. AIR WE»ONS STATlON, CHINA lAKE VeA.. 48, No. 28 Louie Allen's drug abuse prevention efforts recognized ~ Ie it's taken awhile to come about, Louie A. Allen Jr., recently received a Certificate of Merit from Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) as a nominee for the distinguished GEICO Public Service Award RAdm. William E. Newman, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Comman- der, presented the certificate last Thursday. A senior project engineer working in the Aircraft Weapons inte- gration Department, Allen was nominated for the award in the SuI>- stance Abused Prevention and Treatment category in July 1991 by Capt. Douglas W. Cook, then Commander of the Naval Weapons Center. While he did not receive the award, making it through sever- allevels of review to he selected from numerous oorninations as one of two nominees from the Department of the Navy is a significant accomplishment in itself. "Allen's volunteer efforts take him to the front seat of a sberiffs four-wheel-drive vehicle searching for iUicit drug labs iii !be rugged high desert," reads !be opening paragraph of the nominating letter, "to !be front of a kindergarten class in Ridgecrest, where, with !be aid of McGruff the Dog, he talks about substance abuse to children who may soon nnd themselves prey to drug dealers." . Please see ALlIN, Poge 9 Photo byTony Pcncarella DEPUTY LOUIE Allen asks a queslioo of sludenls in heallh closs 01Burroughs High School. MADCO-.la ChIna Lab_ Col. J.R. Agenbroad now ready 10 Un hi. corrvnand CN8f 10 newcomer ~.If Managing ' - 1mpN•• on PI a!:Iud Proc:urment Division 2 becomes first group 10 use new approach· McKINLEY CKALLENGERS Bob Rockwell, Daryl Hinman and Tom Roseman spenltwo nighls oul of lhe Wind and sub-zero lemperatures in on igloo lhey buill during Iheir expedilion. The slory concludes Ihis vveek in Ihe center spread, Pages 10 and 1I. RTV work earns Team Award By I'e22Y Shoaf SblfV.lriler L ead personnel working on the Recoverable Test Vehicle (RTV) Project at the former Naval Weapons Center recently received an NWC Team Award for an outstanding team accomplishment in a technical area. The award recognized !be "multi-year development and inte- gration effort" conducted by NWC personnel that resulted in a successful flight test of the RTV in May 1991. Team members who received the award and their RTV responsibilities are: Carl Finch, elec- tronics systems engineer; Don Harris, software/mechanical engineer, Joe Kitchens, mechanical/vehicle integration; Dan Decker, recovery electronics engineer, Peter Lilly, test planning and range safety; Red Sibley, mechanical integration, Cynthia Privoznik, flight test engi- neer, Grant Hanson, Hardware-in-the-Loop simu- lation engineer; Bill Martin, parachute systems Ice CNam 5ocfa1 ach•••• ,Uu'y 21 r¥JOC hosts annual _ at Ihe All Faith Chopel tI Wed Tlus h; Sol Sun Non "'" engineer; Jim Woolley, parachute rigger; Bill Deemer, aerodynamics engineer; Jim McManigal, structural engineer; Steve Reeve, range test coor- dination; and Terry Mangrum, project manager. The R1V is a reusable flying testbed for air-to- surface weapon components, noted Mangrum. Components that can be tested include seekers, radome materials, guidance systems, control sys- tems (including software algorithms), inertial nav- igation systems, radio frequency and fiber-optic data links and Global POSitioning System hard- ware. The 2,OOO-pound, 14-foot-Iong RTV is similar to a remote control model airplane, Mangrum· said. "It is a vehicle that can he used to bridge the gap between laboratory hardware and flight hard- ware," Mangrum explained. "The three payload bays can accommodate up to 800 pounds of flight- worthy brassboard hilrdware that has not yet heen reduced to flight size, providing an intermediate Please see lTV TEAM, bod page Wax. 1Wn. eo", Humidity 99 78 25 49-27:\ 1 04 75 13 69-2JX 106 73 21 53·19% 1 00 75 24 - 1 00 70 21 - 101 66 19 72-22% 103 IR 16 69-211; , OCR Text: 20 .... RTV TEAM (rom Page 1 step between laboratory and full-scale testing." The RTV airframe was built by Boe- ing. NWC personnel designed, fabricat- ed and integrated all R1V flight-control systems; the system interface unit or autopilot; and the power-distribution system. They also designed !be recovery system and =overy-system eleetronics, wire harness and independent flight-ter- mination system. The personnel also had program management responsibiliry and performed hardware-in-tbe-loop testing THE ROCKETEER and system qualification, integration and ·checkout. According to Paui Homer, head of the Attack Weapons Department, the techni- cal challenges encountered by !be NWC team were substantial. The vehicles (air- frames) were delivered with poor qualiry components and fabrication techniques, and an inadequate and incomplete draw- ing package, he said. As a result, the NWC team had to qualify or replace parts, conduct extensive fit checks and testing ofthe hardware, and redesign and modify systems such as the rud- der deploy/retraction system and the wing deployment system. The team also had to perform the nec- essary structural and thermal analysis of components neceSsary to qualify !be vehicle for carriage and launch from a Navy aircraft, as well as its other responsibili- ties. When funding from WaShington, D.C. dried up, the base supported the project since "upper management really believed in the vehicle," Mangrum said. "The NWC team July 16, 1992 ful flight test of the RTV when it was launched from an A-7 aircraft. Remotely controlled from the ground, tbe 26.14- mile flight lasted three minutes and 44 seconds from aircraft release to parachute recovery-system initiation. Later that year, the team conducted another successful test, this time, with a · fiber-optic payload. Mangrum said this vehicle is unique. While he believes the Air Force·may have a similar vehicle that is supersonic, the IITY, which is subsonic, is a first for the Navy. RTV TIAM-{Fronl row, IIp rl Cynlhia Privoznik, Carl Finch, joe Kitchens and Bill Deemer, {middle rowlJim IvIcManigal, SIeve Reeve, Pele lilly and Terry MangNm {bock rowlJim Wx>ley, Dan Decker Granl Hanson and Bin Marlin. ' demonstrated technical excellence as well as dedi- cation to the goal of suc- cessfully qualifying and flight testing the RTV," Homer said. "Despite numerous and significant technical and funding problems, the China Lake RTV team remained con- stant and focused on the program goals; thus exhibiting a 'can do' atti- tude by putting forth the extra effort when required to get !bejob done." In May 199I, the team conducted its first success- "The success of this project is a credit to your iritegrity and positive thinking exhibited during the past several years," Capt. Douglas W. Cook, former NWC commander, wrote in the team's citation letter. "As a result, your team demon- strated a cost effective, recoverable vehi- cle for integration and evaluation of advanced technologies applicable to future Navy anti-surface weapons sys- tems." Comp_ uterland Federal Systems Division Ii hp lOIlIA II I~ EPSON 0- = 128 E. CaIifomia SL, P.o. Box 6109 JUd&eaesI. Ca. 93555 phone 375-9885 Fax 375-9863 EVERYONE IS ==WELCOME! Worship ••••.__.....8:30-10:30 AM Child Care ....••.......__............0-3 Sunday SChool.....K-6th Grade Meeting At New location 1327 N. Norma (old K-Mart) Pastor: Michael Godfrey Office: 446-1037 * • * * * * • * * * * * • * • • • * • • • • * • • * * * • • * * * * * * * * * * * • COME TO L.A. '!",. ;·111 :\ ,...,' RAMADA LAX AIRPORT SOUTH (Adjacent to the Los Angeles AFB Space Division) DELUXE GOVERNMrnNT PER DIEM PACKAGE • : . • • • ~ . .- . : '- ' ..... **lIREAKFAST**DINNER*~I>RINK~** • Opgrade to' tuxu.iibu5: Suite§~hen Am available :" . " • Breakfast ~ufJet •• Evening R&ceptiohs • Airport' tramiportafion < • Use of exercise facilities • Daily Newspaper • Rental Car discounts "·,,, • Ramada business card dividend pOjnts for exciting travel awards ' • Tax exempt with travel awards •., *8or.CIty; tax,waiyed wllh 0(00.1 trayel orden;.,".':"':. ron **C~pOn.iede.;m8ble at the Hoter. finedG;lngrostaU@;t andlounge. ·is "': -{ .,. "J. Call for Reservations 1-310-536-9800 01' 1-800-547-2329 or Contact Your Official "fravel Office 5250 W. EI Segundo Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90250 * * • * * • • * • * * * •• * * • * *.* * •• * * * * • * * * * • * * •• * * • * * * • * •• * .. , " • , , • • .', . THE ROCKETEER THURSDAY, JUlY 16, 1992 NAVAl. AIR WE»ONS STATlON, CHINA lAKE VeA.. 48, No. 28 Louie Allen's drug abuse prevention efforts recognized ~ Ie it's taken awhile to come about, Louie A. Allen Jr., recently received a Certificate of Merit from Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) as a nominee for the distinguished GEICO Public Service Award RAdm. William E. Newman, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Comman- der, presented the certificate last Thursday. A senior project engineer working in the Aircraft Weapons inte- gration Department, Allen was nominated for the award in the SuI>- stance Abused Prevention and Treatment category in July 1991 by Capt. Douglas W. Cook, then Commander of the Naval Weapons Center. While he did not receive the award, making it through sever- allevels of review to he selected from numerous oorninations as one of two nominees from the Department of the Navy is a significant accomplishment in itself. "Allen's volunteer efforts take him to the front seat of a sberiffs four-wheel-drive vehicle searching for iUicit drug labs iii !be rugged high desert," reads !be opening paragraph of the nominating letter, "to !be front of a kindergarten class in Ridgecrest, where, with !be aid of McGruff the Dog, he talks about substance abuse to children who may soon nnd themselves prey to drug dealers." . Please see ALlIN, Poge 9 Photo byTony Pcncarella DEPUTY LOUIE Allen asks a queslioo of sludenls in heallh closs 01Burroughs High School. MADCO-.la ChIna Lab_ Col. J.R. Agenbroad now ready 10 Un hi. corrvnand CN8f 10 newcomer ~.If Managing ' - 1mpN•• on PI a!:Iud Proc:urment Division 2 becomes first group 10 use new approach· McKINLEY CKALLENGERS Bob Rockwell, Daryl Hinman and Tom Roseman spenltwo nighls oul of lhe Wind and sub-zero lemperatures in on igloo lhey buill during Iheir expedilion. The slory concludes Ihis vveek in Ihe center spread, Pages 10 and 1I. RTV work earns Team Award By I'e22Y Shoaf SblfV.lriler L ead personnel working on the Recoverable Test Vehicle (RTV) Project at the former Naval Weapons Center recently received an NWC Team Award for an outstanding team accomplishment in a technical area. The award recognized !be "multi-year development and inte- gration effort" conducted by NWC personnel that resulted in a successful flight test of the RTV in May 1991. Team members who received the award and their RTV responsibilities are: Carl Finch, elec- tronics systems engineer; Don Harris, software/mechanical engineer, Joe Kitchens, mechanical/vehicle integration; Dan Decker, recovery electronics engineer, Peter Lilly, test planning and range safety; Red Sibley, mechanical integration, Cynthia Privoznik, flight test engi- neer, Grant Hanson, Hardware-in-the-Loop simu- lation engineer; Bill Martin, parachute systems Ice CNam 5ocfa1 ach•••• ,Uu'y 21 r¥JOC hosts annual _ at Ihe All Faith Chopel tI Wed Tlus h; Sol Sun Non "'" engineer; Jim Woolley, parachute rigger; Bill Deemer, aerodynamics engineer; Jim McManigal, structural engineer; Steve Reeve, range test coor- dination; and Terry Mangrum, project manager. The R1V is a reusable flying testbed for air-to- surface weapon components, noted Mangrum. Components that can be tested include seekers, radome materials, guidance systems, control sys- tems (including software algorithms), inertial nav- igation systems, radio frequency and fiber-optic data links and Global POSitioning System hard- ware. The 2,OOO-pound, 14-foot-Iong RTV is similar to a remote control model airplane, Mangrum· said. "It is a vehicle that can he used to bridge the gap between laboratory hardware and flight hard- ware," Mangrum explained. "The three payload bays can accommodate up to 800 pounds of flight- worthy brassboard hilrdware that has not yet heen reduced to flight size, providing an intermediate Please see lTV TEAM, bod page Wax. 1Wn. eo", Humidity 99 78 25 49-27:\ 1 04 75 13 69-2JX 106 73 21 53·19% 1 00 75 24 - 1 00 70 21 - 101 66 19 72-22% 103 IR 16 69-211; , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1990s,Rocketeer 1992,Rktr7.16.1992.pdf,Rktr7.16.1992.pdf Page 1, Rktr7.16.1992.pdf Page 1