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

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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

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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 ACQUISITIONRQMTS/ RISKSFROMFLEET / OPNAV

OPERATIONS &SUPPORT

PRODUCTION &DEPLOYMENT

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT& DEMONSTRATION

CONCEPT & TECH. DEVM’T

HEADQUARTERS / PEOs

WARFARE CENTERS / DEPOTS

AIRCRAFT PLATFORM INTERFACESHIP & EXPEDITIONARY

AIRCREW / MAINTENANCE TRAINING SYSTEMS

MISSION SYSTEMS & SENSORSAIR ASW / ASUW

SEA BASED AIRCRAFT &SYSTEMS / UNMANNED AERIAL

VEHICLES (UAVs)

NAVAIRLines of Business

MARITIME WEAPONS

R&D

Manned Flight SimulatorManned Flight Simulator

Communication, Navigation, IFF LabCommunication,

Navigation, IFF Lab

Shielded HangarShielded Hangar

Electronic Warfare Integration System

Test Lab

Electronic Warfare Integration System

Test Lab

Large Anechoic ChamberLarge Anechoic Chamber

Operations & Control CenterOperations & Control Center

Warfare Simulation LabWarfare Simulation Lab

Threat Air Defense LabThreat Air Defense LabHigh Performance Computing

High Performance Computing

Propulsion SystemsEvaluation Facility

Propulsion SystemsEvaluation 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

NAWCAD