VT Group Wins Two Army Avaiation Materiel
Readiness Awards from Army Aviation Association of America
VT Group Dominates the NAtional Army Aviation Association of
America Materiel Readiness Awards Along With Three Additional
Awards for VT Group Individual Contributors
March 10, 2010
ARLINGTON, Va. - VT Group, an industry
leader in the delivery of customer-critical services to government
agencies, and its sub contractor, Dale Technical Services (DTS),
Inc, a privately held, American Indian-Owned Small Business
Association (SBA)-Certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business
(SDB), chartered, based, and headquartered in Huntsville, Ala.,
have been awarded two prestigious awards by the Army Aviation
Association of North America.
The pair have been presented with the national Army Aviation
Materiel Readiness Award for contributions by an Industry Team and
a second award for contributions by a Major Contractor, for
exemplary contributions to U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), and
for logistical support and operational readiness of Army Aviation
respectively. The national awards are in addition to three top
individual contributor awards given to VT Group employees during
the ceremonies.
The awards for Major Contractor and Industry Team are two of the
Army Aviation Association of North America's four national Army
Aviation Materiel Readiness Awards. The Army Aviation Association
of America, also known as Quad A, is a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to supporting the United States Army Aviation Soldier,
with membership including active duty, reserve component, civilian,
industry, retired, affiliated organizations, and friends of Army
Aviation.
"Receiving these awards from a panel of our peers and customers
says a lot about the enormous dedication our people bring to the
job every day," said Chris Taylor, president of VT Group's
technical services division. "VT Group has proudly provided service
to the military for over a century, and the personal commitment to
getting the job done in support of the War Fighter is in our DNA -
from our front-line staff to senior management."
VT Group's Industry Team award was given in recognition of its
contributions to the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) - the Army's
premier provider of materiel readiness including technology,
acquisition support, materiel development, logistics power
projection, and sustainment - Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA),
and the Army Oil Analysis Program (AOAP). The AOAP is a Department
of the Army (DA) program supporting a Department of Defense
(DOD)-wide effort to detect impending equipment component failures
and determine lubricant condition through laboratory evaluation of
in-service oil samples. VT Group and Dale Technical Services
developed a centralized management plan that was instrumental in
the restructuring and standardization of the AOAP, shortening the
turnaround on samples and providing the customer with real-time
results. Additionally, VT Group's expertise and extensive equipment
maintenance and laboratory training created an environment for
increased efficiency and decreased costs; the sum parts of which
aided AOAP to work with aviation units in ensuring safe and mission
capable aircraft at highest the percentage possible to support the
War Fighter.
For the award given to a Major Contractor, VT Group was
recognized for exceptional performance in support of the Materiel
and Operational Readiness of Army Aviation, VT Group's logistical
support services under the Theater Aviation Maintenance Program
(TAMP). Working with a small business partner, Millennium Systems
Services, Inc. (MSSI), the VT Group TAMP Support Team provides
asset visibility and tracking, property book management, Stay
Behind Equipment (SBE) and Theater Provided Equipment (TPE)
management and tracking, Aircraft-On-The-Ground (AOG) and high
priority repair parts requisition and tracking, Supply Support
Activity (SSA) coordination and expediting measures for repair
parts, and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Aviation Ground Support
Equipment (AGSE) repair parts management, acquisition, and movement
coordination and tracking. The VT Group TAMP Support Team consists
of a three support groups; a staff directly supporting the deployed
Task Force Aviation Classification and Repair Activity Depot (TF
AVCRAD) conducting the TAMP mission in-theater; a support staff
coordinating TAMP current and future support actions within the
AMCOM IMMC Readiness Directorate, and TAMP Forward Operating Base
(FOB) Representatives operating directly with the Combat Aviation
Brigades (CABs) and subordinate units at their FOBs and other
locations throughout Iraq and Kuwait.
In addition to the company-wide awards, which were accepted by
program managers George Chinea and Don Allen, Project
Manager/Center Awards were received by Robert Stephens, for his
outstanding support to the G-3 Current Operations Directorate and
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Drawdown/Operation Enduring Freedom
(OEF) Plus-Up planning; Jim Bogema, for support of the Cargo
Helicopter Program Office; and Chris Henderson, for support of the
Utility Training and Simulation program.
In addition to the company-wide awards, which were accepted by
program managers George Chinea and Don Allen, Project
Manager/Center Awards were received by Robert Stephens, for his
outstanding support to the G-3 Current Operations Directorate and
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) Drawdown/Operation Enduring Freedom
(OEF) Plus-Up planning; Jim Bogema, for support of the Cargo
Helicopter Program Office; and Chris Henderson, for support of the
Utility Training and Simulation program.
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About VT Group
VT Group provides customer-critical technical services to
governments and large organizations around the world. VT Group's
12,000 personnel are passionate about serving their customers.
Services range from design and acquisition to operation and
maintenance of facilities and assets, through to providing support
and training - to everyone from electrician's mates and aviators to
crew captains, financial managers and logisticians. VT Group
proudly celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.
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