TPP/ANA Briefing: Air Wing-Ship Integration and Interoperability
The Patuxent Partnership and the Association of Naval Aviation’s Squadron #18 will present a briefing Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, on Air Wing-Ship Integration and Interoperability.
The Air Wing Ship Integration (AWSI) consists of four programs: Digital Camera Receiving Station (DCRS), Naval Strike Warfare Planning Center (NSWPC), Integrated Strike Planning and Execution (ISP&E), and Carrier Ready Room Transformational Technologies Upgrade.
There is a new venue for this regular TPP/ANA briefing. It will be held at the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department Social Hall, 46900 S. Shangri La Drive, Lexington Park, MD 20653.
Doors open at 5 pm and the panel begins at 5:30 pm and concludes at 7 pm. There is a $10 per person charge which must be received by noon, Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Register here by credit card (VI/MC) or by cash or check delivered or mailed to The Patuxent Partnership, 22335 Exploration Drive, Suite 1035, Lexington Park, MD 20653. Online advance registrations, without received payment by noon Dec. 6, will be $15. Registrations received at the door will be $15.
The moderator of the panel briefing will be RADM Bruce Lindsey, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic who assumed command of Naval Air Force Atlantic July 29, 2016. Panelists will be of Mr. Gary Kessler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Air Programs), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition; Capt. Richard Brophy, Head, Carrier Strike and Aircraft Programs (N980S); and Capt. David Kindley, F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265) Program Manager.
RADM Lindsey graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1982 with a bachelor of science in mathematics and was designated as a naval flight officer in 1983. He received the 1997 Naval War College President’s Award for Academic Achievement and Community Service, and the 2007 Adm. Jeremy Boorda Award for Outstanding Integration of Analysis and Policy. He holds a master of arts in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Additionally, he is a graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College and the Navy’s Nuclear Power Program. In 2005, he earned a doctorate in public policy from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
His initial at-sea assignments were with Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 21 aboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and on the staff of commander, Task Force 70/75/77 embarked aboard USS Midway (CV 41). His aviation department head tour was with VS-21 assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 forward deployed to Atsugi, Japan, operating from USS Independence (CV 62). From 2005 to 2007 he served as the executive officer of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). At sea, his first command was VS-29 embarked aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during the first 72 days of Operation Enduring Freedom. His first ship command was USS Dubuque (LPD 8) during Operation Enduring Freedom deployment to the Persian Gulf, North Arabian Sea and Red Sea. He commanded USS Carl Vinson while completing a change of homeport from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Diego, providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the people of Haiti during Operation Unified Response, and executing a deployment to the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.
Ashore, RADM Lindsey served as aide to the chief of staff, commander in chief, US Naval Forces Europe in London, England; as the operational test director and analyst at Air and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 in Patuxent River, Maryland; and as a senior operations officer at the National Military Command Center on the Joint Staff (J3) in Washington, D.C. His first flag assignment was deputy director for Operations, J3, Joint Staff. He most recently served as commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10.
Mr. Kessler is the principal adviser to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN(RD&A)) on matters relating to aircraft (manned and unmanned), air-launched weapons, cruise missiles, airborne sensors and avionics. DASN (Air) monitors and advises ASN(RD&A) on programs managed by the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and affiliated Program Executive Offices (PEO).
Capt. Richard Brophy received his commission in 1991 from the US Naval Academy and in 1992 earned a Master of Science Degree in Management from Troy State University. In 1994 he was designated a naval aviator. His operational assignments include tours with Strike Fighter Squadron 105 (VFA-105) and Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA81). He has completed seven deployments on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), USS Enterprise (CVN65); USS George Washington (CVN 73), USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74).
Capt. Brophy has logged over 3,900 flight hours, and has accumulated over 1000 carrier-arrested landings. He commanded Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115) and Carrier Air Wing NINE (CVW-9). His shore assignments include Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106); Aide/Flag Lieutenant to the Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command; the Executive Assistant to OPNAV Analysis and Assessment Division (N81); and the Deputy Executive Assistant and Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He is a graduate from the US Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and the United States Naval War College where he earned a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies. He was a MIT Seminar XXI fellow. His decorations include the Legion of Merit (2 Awards), Bronze Star, Joint Meritorious Service Award, Meritorious Service Award, individual Air Medal with Combat “V”, five Strike/Flight Air Medals, and other personal, campaign, and service ribbons.
Capt. David Kindley, F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office (PMA-265) Program Manager was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit at Auburn University in 1990, graduating with a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering. He was designated a naval aviator in October 1993 and was subsequently assigned to VFA-106 in Jacksonville, Florida, for training in the F/A-18 Hornet. Flying the F/A-18C and E operationally, he has seen combat in support of Operations Deliberate Force, Southern Watch, Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
Capt. Kindley attended US Naval Test Pilot School, graduating with Class 114 in December 1998. He then reported to the Weapons Test Squadron (currently VX-31) at NAWS China Lake, California. While there, he was the project officer for Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM), the first electronic warfare system integrated into the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. He was project pilot for multiple weapons systems integration flights as well as advanced expendables and sensors. Following his tour as a test pilot, Capt. Kindley reported to the “Mighty Shrikes” of VFA-94, embarked in USS Carl Vinson on 11 Sept 2001. A designated Airwing Strike Lead, his was one of the first US aircraft to enter Afghanistan airspace on the opening night of Operation Enduring Freedom.
In May o2008, Capt. Kindley took command of the “Kestrels” of VFA-137 while embarked in USS Abraham Lincoln on deployment in support of CENTCOM and Fifth Fleet requirements in the Arabian Gulf. During this deployment, he led the squadron in combat missions in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, leading the last flight of CVW-2 aircraft to depart Afghanistan airspace in September 2008.
In 2009, Capt. Kindley was assigned to PMA-265, F/A-18 and EA-18G Program Office, as the F/A-18 Radar Integrated Product Team Lead. In 2011, he reported as the F/A-18 Mission Systems Deputy Program Manager. In 2013, he reported as Deputy Program Manager to PMA-298, Air Warfare Mission Area–From the Air, where he led the Naval Integrated Fire Control–Counter Air (NIFC-CA) Integrated Product Teams in the development and delivery of System of Systems capabilities. From March 2014 to April 2015, he served as the Executive Assistant to the Commander, Naval Air Systems Command.
In November 2013, he was selected as Program Manager of PMA-265, the F/A-18 and EA-18G Program, beginning in July 2015. Capt. Kindley has logged over 3400 hours and 780 arrested landings in various military and civilian aircraft and is a graduate of the US Naval War College where he earned a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies. Awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal,Individual Air Medal (with Combat V), Strike Flight Air Medal (6 awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (4 awards, 2 with combat V), and various unit awards.
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