Thursday, September 7, 2017 • APG News B3 PEO IEW&S holds 30-year anniversary celebration By Brandon Pollachek PEO IEW&S

Former Program Executive Officers, alumni and current members of the Program Executive Office -Intelligence Electronic Warfare & Sensors, or PEO IEW&S, gathered at Aberdeen Proving Ground Aug 29, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the organization. The event which was hosted by Maj. Gen. Kirk Vollmecke, PEO IEW&S, served as an opportunity to share in the collective stories and successes of the Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians and support contractors of PEO IEW&S. Joining Vollmecke for reflection of the three-decade old organization were PEO alumni such as retired Lt. Gen. William Campbell, retired Maj. Gen. David Gust, Edward Bair and Stephen Kreider, all former PEOs who shared highlights of the accomplishments of the PEO during their tenures. In 1987, the Goldwater-Nichols Depart- ment of Defense reorganization act placed project managers under program execu- tive officers, who in turn would report directly to the acquisition executive, and thus, Program Executive Office Intelli- gence, Electronic Warfare was born. Sen- sors would later be added. During its 30-year run, the PEO IEW&S home has moved from Vint Hill Farms U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY JOHN HIGGINS, PEO IEW&S Station, Virginia, to Fort Monmouth, New Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Program Executive Office - Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors, current PEO Maj. Gen. Kirk Jersey and now APG. The subordinate Vollmecke, far right, is joined by former PEOs, from left, Edward Bair, Stephen Kreider, retired Lt. Gen. William Campbell and retired Maj. Project Manager organizations have been Gen. David Gust. Each one highlighted workforce accomplishments and the various lifesaving systems that were fielded during the past stationed at Redstone Army Arsenal, three decades. Alabama; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Meade, Maryland and Los Angeles Air Vollmecke. “The technology we field PEO IEW&S currently provides critical likelihood of a difficult future, my chal- Force Base, California as well as other today was almost unfathomable 30 years support for Soldiers with time-sensitive lenge to each of you is to ensure we are installations across the nation. ago -- with counter IED (Improvised requirements or more deliberate support getting out-in-front of proliferation, The consistent theme throughout the Explosive Device) systems on vehicles, as needed by wide range of customers. technology diffusion, and the threats that celebration centered on the fact that lasers on helicopters, the ability for PEO IEW&S has six subordinate organiza- we are facing in such an unpredictable and although threats, challenges and intelligence Soldiers to gather more than tions that manage more than 80 programs uncertain world. Delivering ‘now’ is our technology has changed drastically during 700 sources of information with one of record and quick reaction capabilities, mission focus, while making sure that we the existence of PEO IEW&S, the one system, aerial ISR (Intelligence Surveil- to include: Project Manager (PM Aircraft have open, adaptable programs to truly constant has been the professionalism of lance Reconnaissance) aircraft that offer Survivability Equipment, PM Sensors- outpace the threat.” the men and women that fill its ranks. multiple sensor packages, and everything Aerial Intelligence, PM Terrestrial Sen- As he closed the ceremony Vollmecke “Throughout the years there have been is now in high definition which was an sors, PM DoD Biometrics, PM Electronic surprised the audience with a recently countless changes in the PEO to ensure unknown in 1987.” Warfare & Cyber, and PM Distributed received Army Superior Unit Award that the organization was capable of meeting PEO IEW&S has reconfigured the Common Ground System – Army). was earned for the organization’s efforts the demands from our Soldiers to counter organization multiple times to match the Remarking on the future of the organi- from September 2014 through August proliferation and pace the threat,” said current demands of Soldiers in the field. zation Vollmecke stated, “Despite the 2016.

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