Back on Shift
So Marty’s gone to SBIRS and I’m back on planner shifts covering schedule backfill for the next three weeks. Nice change of pace. Still no takers on my job applications.
View ArticleThe Job Search is Over!
Woo-hoo!! Landed a spot with the SBIRS SEI&V group. Back to the mother ship…
View ArticleAdversarial Security Attitudes
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That old saying rings true for me today during one of my last few day in the customer facility on the Ikonos program. Back in the day, systems...
View ArticleFinal Thought on Ikonos
The Ikonos program proved to be a very successful, pioneering advance for the country’s space imaging business, not surprisingly originally named “Space Imaging,” as it was spun off from Lockheed....
View ArticleBack to the Mother Ship
Lockheed has a ton of business going on in the greater Denver Metro area: United Launch Alliance, Coherent Technologies, Space Systems, SBIRS, DISA and numerous other commercial and government...
View ArticleNight and Day
Submitting to the onerous drudgery of IKONOS satellite operations for almost nine years was both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it was easy. OTOH, it was boring. Sure, learning the new...
View ArticlePatty Dropped a Bombshell
It gets better. Just when I was starting to think the confusion factor in managing our procedure documents couldn’t get any worse, the Verification Lead announces she’ll soon be out for a minimum...
View ArticleStaff Cuts Hitting Hard
Last week management held a big meeting to inform us that somewhere around 20% of the Boulder SBIRS staff will be gone by the end of the year. The briefing was peppered with typical buzzwords like...
View ArticleExtreme Micromanagement
The Customer has a problem with security. It’s a different government customer this time. But the theme is very similar to that noted almost a year ago here. How do I know there’s a problem? Pretty...
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Looks like SBIRS is Done
My history with this program goes all the way back to 1983 when it was DSP (Defense Support Program), as a new Airman 1st Class at Buckley Air National Guard Base. The next chapter came 18 years later...
View ArticleYou saw it Here 1st
I lamented the passing of SBIRS, even as the next asset (GEO-4) was undergoing post-launch initial on-orbit testing. This should clear up any confusion or debate about the future of USAF’s missile...
View ArticleThe Job Market
Why would a guy like me, retired going on 3 years now, be worried about the job market? It’s because I keep getting calls and emails from recruiters. There must be something wrong if they cannot find...
View ArticleThe More Things Change…
I continue following SBIRS, the career-long space program I worked on while employed with Lockheed and the Air Force on-and-off for 34 years. Looks like it’s raising eyebrows at the highest levels once...
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Time Flies When You’re Retired
Four and a half years after retiring, and they still cannot find qualified engineers. Just another of the many reasons why I don’t answer the phone much any more. I probably spend more time blocking...
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They Must be Desperate…
…Shotgunning 6-figure openings across the Internet. Wow. Or maybe D.C. has finally reached the point where nobody wants to work there anymore. It always sucked, especially at the Pentagon, from...
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