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Office Formed to Integrate Management of Services
NASA LANGLEY CONSOLIDATES WIND TUNNEL OPERATIONS
In a continuing effort to control costs and streamline
operations of its wind tunnel assets, and enhance safety, quality
and productivity for maintenance and engineering, NASA Langley
Research Center in Hampton, Va., is consolidating several Center
initiatives under the management of a new organization.
The Research Facilities Management Office (RFMO) will merge wind
tunnel operations, maintenance, engineering and facility-related
information technology -- now served by nine separate contracts --
into one cohesive organization served by a single contract,
Research Operations, Maintenance and Engineering (ROME).
The new office will be headed by Dr. Wilson T. Lundy, former
director of NASA Langley's Technology Commercialization Program
Office.
"The purpose of the RFMO is to provide integrated management of
resources and contracts to better support programs, projects and
Center Competencies, and to assure safety during the operation of
the facilities," said Dr. Lundy.
The nine contracts and contractors included (in part or in whole)
under the new plan are:
- RIMS (Research Instrument and Measurement Support), Wyle
Laboratories;
- REOS (Research Equipment Operations Services),
Diversified Technology and Services of Virginia;
- FESS (Facilities and Equipment Support Services),
Johnson Controls World Services, Inc.;
- MA/ES (Multi-Disciplined Architectural and Engineering
Services), Jacobs-Sverdrup Technology, Inc.;
- SERFIS (Systems Engineering for Research Facility
Integrated Systems), Aero Systems Engineering, Inc., DynCorp
Information and Engineering Technology, Inc., Jacobs-Sverdrup
Technology, Inc.;
- SAMS (Systems Analysis and Mission Support), Swales and
Associates, Inc.;
- CONITS (Consolidated Information Technology Services),
Raytheon Technical Services;
- RECERT/CMMS/CMOL-(Re-certification/Computerized
Maintenance Management System and Configuration Management
On-Line), Hernandez Engineering;
- CLASSIC (Consolidated Logistics, Administrative,
Security & Scientific Information), NCI Systems, Inc.
The facilities that will be managed by the new RFMO are:
- National Transonic Facility (NTF) / Cryogenic Complex
- Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
- 14 x 22-Foot Subsonic Tunnel
- Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (TDT)
- Low-Turbulence Pressure Tunnel (LTPT)
- 16-Foot Transonic Tunnel
- 8-Foot High-Temperature Tunnel.
Some realignment of the workforce is likely. However, no layoffs
are planned. Some civil service workers will have new jobs that
will match their skill level and continue to present opportunity
for advancement. The facilities will continue to provide
uninterrupted research support.
The civil service personnel directly involved with the new
organization had the opportunity to meet and present their concerns
and ask questions at a special private session today with
organization leadership.
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