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White Sands Companies
The most popular companies with White Sands jobs are:
| -Lockheed Martin | |||
| -Raytheon | |||
| -Saic | |||
| -Army Installation Management Agency | |||
| -Omniplex | |||
Popular White Sands Jobs
Currently, the most commonly listed White Sands Jobs are for software engineer II, contract specialist, computer scientist, systems engineer, supervisory police officer and research scientist sr.
White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) operates White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH), the primary training area for space shuttle pilots flying practice approaches and landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) and T-38 chase aircraft. The White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) is a special airfield and operations complex built on a dry gypsum lakebed. The WSSH runway facilities are located in Alkali Flats, a site formerly known as Northrup Strip. In 1976, NASA selected Northrup Strip as the site for pilot training. A second runway was added, and in 1979 both lakebed runways were lengthened, allowing WSSH to serve as a shuttle backup landing facility. The facility was used during the landing of STS-3 Space Shuttle Columbia in March 1982.
White Sands Core Capabilities
WSMR has already established and proven An integrated Joint test facility The Inter Range Control Center (IRCC) WSMR is also focusing on operational training and experimentation of Joint forces in conjunction with neighboring facilities. These partnerships and WSMR’s unique land and airspace provide exceptional capabilities for initiatives like Joint Cruise Missile Defense. In anticipation of aggressive changes outlined in DoD and Army Transformation initiatives and increased emphasis in Joint Operations, WSMR will develop and position T&E capabilities to support the DoD weapon systems of the future. Specifically, WSMR will enhance its system of system and Joint distributed test capabilities to support test, experimentation, and training requirements. WSMR will develop expanded capabilities for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Future Combat Systems (FCS), Directed Energy (DE), interoperability, modeling and simulation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and robotics. Operational combat exercises are also performed at WSMR. Test and Evaluation (T&E) in support of Major Missile and Rocket Systems. This core capability evolved through the Cold War era resulting in large land and airspace holdings and a specialized instrumentation suite tailor-made for over-land missile and rocket testing. Other core capabilities include environmental testing, nuclear effects testing, and survivability testing. Current capabilities provide Cradle-to-Grave Test Resources for many customers. As WSMR creates new and innovative testing solutions for future customers, these core capabilities will evolve. WSMR proactively analyzes future test requirements and therefore, is able to provide a systematic plan for core capability transformation and sufficient fidelity to define the technology acquisition required to execute this transformation.
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (Army News Service, Oct. 26, 2006) - Soldiers, civilian employees and media representatives got a look at the future of warfighting when a robot did the honors of cutting the ribbon at a grand opening for the Future Combat Systems Test Operations Complex at White Sands Missile Range Oct. 23.
"Today's ribbon cutting is a formal kick-off for testing activities here at White Sands Missile Range. It represents a turning point in which we begin to bring FCS capabilities before Soldiers," said Dennis Muilenburg, program manger of the FCS effort.
Part of the Army's modernization program, FCS uses advanced communications and technologies to link Soldiers with manned and unmanned ground and air platforms. A platform can be anything from a tank on the ground to an unmanned aerial vehicle. Soldiers linked to these platforms have an accurate picture of what's going on around them.
The opening of the Army's test operations complex represents an important step towards accelerating the delivery of FCS technology to the warfighter, said Roger Krone, president of Network and Space Systems.
An Evaluation Brigade Combat Team is being stood up at WSMR and at Fort Bliss, Texas, to move FCS from development to testing.
FCS is more than a program. "It is a strategy for how to modernize the Army and bring new network-capable technology before our Soldiers by providing them with the information they need on the battlefield - information that will keep them safe, information that will allow them to get their jobs done and allow them to get back home," Muilenburg said.
Major experimentation activities are already underway, he said. Experiment 1.1, the first major field event, will put sensors and unmanned air and ground systems into Soldiers' hands. Soldiers will then give engineers personal input on what works well and what needs improvement.
"This allows us to reduce risk and also allows us to accelerate delivery of capabilities to our Soldiers," Muilenburg said.
White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) operates White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH), the primary training area for space shuttle pilots flying practice approaches and landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) and T-38 chase aircraft. The White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH) is a special airfield and operations complex built on a dry gypsum lakebed. The WSSH runway facilities are located in Alkali Flats, a site formerly known as Northrup Strip. In 1976, NASA selected Northrup Strip as the site for pilot training. A second runway was added, and in 1979 both lakebed runways were lengthened, allowing WSSH to serve as a shuttle backup landing facility. The facility was used during the landing of STS-3 Space Shuttle Columbia in March 1982.
White Sands Core Capabilities
WSMR has already established and proven An integrated Joint test facility The Inter Range Control Center (IRCC) WSMR is also focusing on operational training and experimentation of Joint forces in conjunction with neighboring facilities. These partnerships and WSMR’s unique land and airspace provide exceptional capabilities for initiatives like Joint Cruise Missile Defense. In anticipation of aggressive changes outlined in DoD and Army Transformation initiatives and increased emphasis in Joint Operations, WSMR will develop and position T&E capabilities to support the DoD weapon systems of the future. Specifically, WSMR will enhance its system of system and Joint distributed test capabilities to support test, experimentation, and training requirements. WSMR will develop expanded capabilities for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Future Combat Systems (FCS), Directed Energy (DE), interoperability, modeling and simulation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and robotics. Operational combat exercises are also performed at WSMR. Test and Evaluation (T&E) in support of Major Missile and Rocket Systems. This core capability evolved through the Cold War era resulting in large land and airspace holdings and a specialized instrumentation suite tailor-made for over-land missile and rocket testing. Other core capabilities include environmental testing, nuclear effects testing, and survivability testing. Current capabilities provide Cradle-to-Grave Test Resources for many customers. As WSMR creates new and innovative testing solutions for future customers, these core capabilities will evolve. WSMR proactively analyzes future test requirements and therefore, is able to provide a systematic plan for core capability transformation and sufficient fidelity to define the technology acquisition required to execute this transformation.
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M. (Army News Service, Oct. 26, 2006) - Soldiers, civilian employees and media representatives got a look at the future of warfighting when a robot did the honors of cutting the ribbon at a grand opening for the Future Combat Systems Test Operations Complex at White Sands Missile Range Oct. 23.
"Today's ribbon cutting is a formal kick-off for testing activities here at White Sands Missile Range. It represents a turning point in which we begin to bring FCS capabilities before Soldiers," said Dennis Muilenburg, program manger of the FCS effort.
Part of the Army's modernization program, FCS uses advanced communications and technologies to link Soldiers with manned and unmanned ground and air platforms. A platform can be anything from a tank on the ground to an unmanned aerial vehicle. Soldiers linked to these platforms have an accurate picture of what's going on around them.
The opening of the Army's test operations complex represents an important step towards accelerating the delivery of FCS technology to the warfighter, said Roger Krone, president of Network and Space Systems.
An Evaluation Brigade Combat Team is being stood up at WSMR and at Fort Bliss, Texas, to move FCS from development to testing.
FCS is more than a program. "It is a strategy for how to modernize the Army and bring new network-capable technology before our Soldiers by providing them with the information they need on the battlefield - information that will keep them safe, information that will allow them to get their jobs done and allow them to get back home," Muilenburg said.
Major experimentation activities are already underway, he said. Experiment 1.1, the first major field event, will put sensors and unmanned air and ground systems into Soldiers' hands. Soldiers will then give engineers personal input on what works well and what needs improvement.
"This allows us to reduce risk and also allows us to accelerate delivery of capabilities to our Soldiers," Muilenburg said.
