{"id":23342,"date":"2023-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23342"},"modified":"2023-08-17T06:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T06:41:13","slug":"recipients-of-harold-brown-award-2021-2022-honored-at-pentagon-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=23342","title":{"rendered":"Recipients of Harold Brown Award 2021, 2022 honored at Pentagon ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p><strong class=\"article-detail-dateline\">ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of the Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/2730581\/secretary-of-the-air-force-frank-kendall\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Frank Kendall<\/strong><\/a> hosted an award ceremony at the Pentagon for recipients of the 2021 and 2022 Harold Brown Award, Aug. 8.<br \/><!--image-->\n    <\/p>\n<p><!--media-inline--><\/p>\n<p>Kendall presented the 2021 award to U.S. Space Force Maj. Ronald Kemker in recognition of significant achievements in aviation electronics development for dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/afresearchlab.com\/technology\/fusion-based-target-recognition-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Automatic Target Recognition<\/strong><\/a> models, a novel data fusion scheme and five processing algorithms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMajor Kemker\u2019s award recognizes exceptional contributions to the operational effectiveness of the Air Force,\u201d Kendall said. \u201cMajor Kemker\u2019s work is also strategically important because the technology he generated is sharable with our partners from other nations and the success of our partners is crucial to integrated deterrence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 award was presented to a team, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrl.af.mil\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Air Force Research Laboratory<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrl.af.mil\/RX\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Materials and Manufacturing Directorate<\/strong><\/a>, which led problem identification and solution development for a critical product issue in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/2682973\/b-21-raider\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>B-21 Raider<\/strong><\/a> program. The team characterized the materials compatibility root cause, identified a material solution and rapidly conducted testing. These efforts provided a cost avoidance of $120 million and reduced part build-time by six weeks per aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat this group has done is source and create critical materials that have enabled us to build the B-21 Raider,\u201d Kendall said. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible aircraft that will enable the continued success or our global strike mission for decades. The technology contributed by this team is keeping the B-21 on the path to fielding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Harold Brown Award recognizes significant achievement in research and development that led to or demonstrated promise of a substantial improvement in operational effectiveness for the Air Force. The award&#8217;s namesake, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/107591\/dr-harold-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Harold Brown<\/strong><\/a>, served as Secretary of the Air Force from 1965 to 1969 and as Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) &#8212; \u00a0 Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall hosted an award ceremony at the Pentagon for recipients of the 2021 and 2022 Harold Brown Award, Aug. 8. Kendall presented the 2021 award to U.S. Space Force Maj. 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