AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s 

Edge

Joint Advanced Planning

Brief to Industry

Mr. Emilio “V” Varcarcel, USAF 

Chief, Human Systems Division 

AFPEO Agile Combat Support

28 Nov 2018
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Agenda

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 Organizational Overview

 FY19 Goals

 Rapid Acquisition Strategies

 Continuous Product Improvements (CPIs)

 Summary
Human Systems Division

AFLCMC/WNU

AFLCMC... Providing the Warfighter’s Edge

Vision:

Save or improve Airmen’s lives

Mission:

Acquire and support human systems to enhance 

warfighter performance, protection, and survivability

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Support Equipment 

& Vehicles AFMETCAL Simulators Automatic Test 

Systems

Agile Combat Support Directorate (WN) 

PEO/Director: Col Brady Hauboldt 

Deputy Director: Col James Moore

Exec: Capt Montana Collie 

937-904-2271

Electronic Warfare & 

Avionics

Color Legend

WPAFB Robins AFB Aberdeen 

MD

Heath 

OH

Agile Combat Support 

(ACS) Directorate

Human Systems

Mr. Emilio Varcarcel 

937-938-3157

Dep. Lt Col Elaine Bryant

937-938-4320

Egress & Survival 

Lt Col Patrick Gillette 

937-938-4072

Aircrew Performance

Mr. Lewis Johnson 

937-938-4073

Aeromedical

Mr. Chris McCammant 

937-938-2737

AF Chem-Bio Defense

Lt Col Bill Holl 

867-3209

Sustainment Branch

Ms Paula Fleming 

478-222-7414

Air Force Life Cycle Management Center 

(AFLCMC)

Air Force Materiel Command 

(AFMC)
UNCLASSIFIED 5

Aircrew Performance Systems

Lewis Johnson - Chief

Christopher Tobin

Headwear Body Wear

Michael Derespinis

Chief Engineer

Nicholas Haynes

Debra McLean

(at Natick SSC location)

Uniforms

AFUO Chief

Tracy Roan

Dennis Perine David Wilson

Systems Engineer

Teresa Greenup

Systems Engineer

Donald Fleury

(Natick SSC location)

Aircrew Performance 

Systems Branch

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Develop, Acquire, Test, Safe to Fly, Field and Sustain Air 

Force Uniforms and Aircrew Flight Equipment (AFE) to 

Increase Warfighter Capabilities

Aircrew Performance Branch 

Mission
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UNCLASSIFIED 7

Aircrew Flight Equipment

Sustainment Managers

(RobinsAFB)

Dave Wilson

Paula Fleming

Head Gear

• Aircrew Ballistic Helmet

• Next Gen Fixed Wing Helmet

(HGU-55Preplacement)

• Night Vision Helmet Mounted 

Devices

• Aircrew LaserProtective 

Eyewear

• Nuclear Flash Blindness 

Protective Goggles

Body Wear

• Anti-G Suits

• Cold Weather AviationSystem

• Integrated Aircrew Ensemble

• 2 Piece Flightsuit

• Aircrew Survival Vest

• Aircrew Anti-ExpQuickdon 

Immersion Suit

• Aircrew Anti-Exp “Rotary Wing”Suit

• Aircrew BodyArmor

Aircrew Performance 

Head Gear & Body Wear
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UNCLASSIFIED 8

Clothing & Textiles

AF C&T Item 

Supply Managers 

(DLA-TS)

Taras Bylinsky

Service Dress Jillian Durant

Uniforms • Blankets

• Cloths

• Flags

Gloves/ 

Footwear

• AF Safe to Fly Glove List

• AF Safe to Fly Boot List

• DLA Supply: AFFootwear

• DLA Supply: AFGloves

• Socks

Utility 

Uniforms

• Transition Airman Battle 

Uniform (ABU) to Army’s OCP

• MaternityABU

• Flight Suits

• Cold Weather Clothing

• Rain Gear

• Maintainers/Fuel Handlers

• Caps, Hats, Underlayers

• Service Dress Trousers

• Service Dress Slacks

• Men’s and Women’sShirts

• Neck Tab

• Ceremonial Uniforms

Air Force Uniform Office

(AFUO)
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Patterns/ 

Fabrication

Julie Ratcliffe (Ctr) 

Designer-Patterns

Maggie Tanner(Ctr) 

Designer-Patterns

David Huckabee (Ctr) 

Fabricator

Textile

Technologists

Danny Weng (Ctr)

Will Guthrie (Ctr)

Configuration

Control

Audrey Crump (Ctr) 

Configuration Manager

Jeremy Dunn (Ctr) 

Technical Writer

Administrative 

Staff

Matt Warner (Ctr) 

Program Manager

Kathy Williams (Ctr) 

AdministrativeAsst

AFUO Chief

Tracy Roan

UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Program Manager

1Lt Marshall Quebatay

Program Manager

Julia Ross

Design Lead 

Katie Leahy

Design Lead 

Stephanie Sanders

Design Lead 

Debra Klensch

Debra McLean

Domain Lead

Designers

Andrea Pardue (Ctr)

Aaron Needles(Ctr)

Susanne Salcido (Ctr)

AF Uniform Office Team
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Aircrew Performance Branch 

FY18 Accomplishments

 Executed funding: Invested $26.9M providing 29,000 assets to warfighters, an 

increase of 69% in 3080 funds and 18% in 3600 funds from FY17

 Aircrew Anti-Exp “Quickdon” suit: Fielded 2,500 sets ($4.3M)

 Aircrew Anti-Exp “Rotary Wing” Suit: Ordered 1207 suits for rotary wing warfighters

 Integrated Aircrew Ensemble (IAE): Procured IAE IOT&E Assets for $3.1M

 Cold Weather Aviation System (CWAS): Completed initial fielding of 2,400 units ($1.35M)

 Night Vision Goggles (NVG): Successfully fielded 1,300 tubes ($4.4M) to CSAR community in 

support of an Urgent Operational Need (UON)

 Digital Eye Piece (DEP) Night Cueing System: Equipped 2 deploying squadrons in 8 wks

 Survival Backpack: Delivered 4,000 backpacks ($2.2M) in under 6 mo. from initial requirement

 Initiated transition from ABU to Army’s OCP: Transition started Oct 2018

 Honor Guard Heritage Coat: Phase 2 procured historically inspired Honor Guard coats for 

6 AF base level Honor Guards

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Agenda

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 Organizational Overview

 FY19 Goals

 Rapid Acquisition Strategies

 Continuous Product Improvements (CPIs)

 Summary
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Human Systems Division 

FY19 Goals

 Deliver to Commitments

 Implement Rapid Acquisition Strategies

 Exploit new congressional authorities

 Sec 804

 Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements

 DIU & AFWERx

 Expand Use of “Try-Decide-Buy”

 Utilize COTS items

USD (AT&L): “Align to Commercial Best Practices: Enforce the mindset that 

“Industry is the Innovator” in the business systems product market and the 

need to customize COTS products should be minimized as much as possible.”

 Increase collaboration across Services

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 New Air Force Wool Coat: Modified existing Navy Bridgecoat

 Service Dress Shirts: Coast Guard also using the same shirt; tested Army’s 

herringbone material in redesign

 MABU: Provided patterns, fabric, and size grades to Army for OCP incorporation

 Cold Weather Aviation Boots: Shared test assets, data, & specifications with Army

 Flyer’s Coverall Material: Joint study with NAVAIR, shared costs, analyzing data

 Aircrew Survival Vest & Holster: Modified current Army/Navy and fabric

 CW Aviation System: Utilized Navy’s FR underlayers and Army’s FREE EWOL

 Rotary Wing Anti-Exposure Suit: Approved from Army/Navy COTS testing

 Quick Don Anti-Exposure Suit: Implementing Coast Guard’s COTS solution

 Touch Screen Flyer Gloves: Joint effort with NAVAIR, shared costs

 Aircrew Body Armor: Utilizing Army’s Lightweight Air Warrior System

 Cross-Service Gloves Working Group

 Cross-Service Coverall Working Group

Aircrew Performance Branch

FY18 Cross-Service Collaboration
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 Organizational Overview

 FY19 Goals

 Rapid Acquisition Strategies

 Continuous Product Improvements (CPIs)

 Summary
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Expedited Acquisition 

Procurement Decision Tree

Goal: Rapid acquisition of equipment 15

Sister 

Service? COTS?

New 

Acq Prog

New 

Requirement

No No No

Yes

Use Existing 

Army/Navy Equipment

Yes

Develop

AF-Unique Solution

Yes

Procure 

Commercial Off-The Shelf

Yes

Modify Existing 

DoD Equipment

Mod 

Existing?

Rapid Acquisition Timeline: Exploit use of Try-Decide-Buy, OTAs, Sec 804 Authorities, DIUx,AFWERx

2 Months 2-10 Months 4-10 Months 6-16 Months

Real Life Examples:

Using Navy’s Single-Person 

Life Raft on our T-6

Aircrew Survival Backpack 

replaces survival vests on non-ejection a/c

Modified Army’s 

holster for our aircrews

NOTE: Traditional Acquisition Timeline ~ 24-48months 

Using DoD 5000 established procedures

Ordered from DLA, 

adding retention straps

in-house, updated AF TOs

Try-Decide-Buy 

(TDB)

Other Transaction 

Authority (OTA) via AFWERx

Acquisition Strategy Used:

Obtained excess rafts from 

Navy, updated AF TOs

Next Generation 

Fixed Wing Helmet
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Formerly “Agile Acquisition for 

Aircrew Systems and Support”

This broad scope IDIQ will allow for the rapid 

competition and execution of delivery orders 

serving the needs of the Aircrew Flight 

Equipment (AFE) career field.

The contract also allows Aircrew 

Performance Branch to retain the majority of 

funding within AFLCMC for the next 5 years.

RFI posted on www.fbo.gov October 5, 2017

“Try-Decide-Buy” 

Multiple Award IDIQ Contract
Try Decide Buy

Scope & Process

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What...  Any item required by the ordering activity for Aircrew Flight

Equipment operations that is managed by or authorized for

procurement by Aircrew PerformanceBranch.

 The equipment covered consists of commercial off the shelf 

items (COTS) and commercially modified items (commercial 

items requiring minor modification to fit military applications).

 In general, the scope includes operational equipment and related 

supplies and incidental services, including but not limited to:

Uniforms, Cold Weather Clothing Systems, 

Visual AugmentationEquipment,

Personal Protective Equipment, Helmets, 

Body Armor, Tactical Carriers, 

Individual Equipment, Lighting,

Survival Equipment, Air Crew Support 

Equipment, Communication Equipment, 

Tactical Equipment, Load BearingEquipment, 

Lethality Support Items, Boots, Gloves,

Eye Protection, Egress Equipment, 

Aerial Insertion Equipment, Search & Rescue 

Equipment, Personnel Recovery Equipment,

Medical Equipment, Power Management, 

Hydration, Electronics Test Equipment, 

Ancillary Services and Testing

How...

Certified 

requirement 

released to 

pre-qualified 

vendors

Vendor works 

with suppliersto 

obtain qualified 

products Vendor 

submits 

best/final 

price bidto 

WNU

WNU reviews 

all bids and 

awardsbased 

on LPTA

Vendor finalizes 

shipment to 

predetermined 

customers

3

WNU

Certified 

Requirement

4

5

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Support for large and small

requirements

Field latest COTS technology 

before it is obsolete

Centralize oversight for

all parties involved

Reduce external 

contracting fees

Include ancillary 

services and testing

Retain funding within the USAF

Adhere to FAR clauses

Shorten Acquisition Timeline

Consolidate all Acquire desired

“Try-Buy-Fly” efforts equipment at a 

into one pipeline competitive price

Allows AFLCMC/WNU to...
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 Organizational Overview

 FY19 Goals

 Rapid Acquisition Strategies

 Continuous Product Improvements (CPIs)

 Summary
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Continuous Product 

Improvements (CPI)

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Current CPI

1. Women’s Service Dress Shirts

a) Tuck-in Shirt

b) Overblouse Shirt

2. Women’s Neck Tab

3. Men’s Service Dress Shirt

4. Men’s Service Dress Trousers

5. Women’s Service Dress Slack

6. Maternity Service Dress Shirt

Future CPI

1. Lightweight Blue Jacket

2. Women’s Service Dress Skirt

3. Maternity Service Dress Jumper

4. Maternity Service Dress Slacks

5. Maternity Service Dress Skirt

6. Physical Training Uniform

7. Mess Dress Slacks
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 Organizational Overview

 FY19 Goals

 Rapid Acquisition Strategies

 Continuous Product Improvements (CPIs)

 Summary
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Contact List

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Position Name Email Address

Chief, Aircrew Performance Systems Lewis (L J) Johnson lewis.johnson@us.af.mil

C&T Domain Lead / Program Manager Debra McLean debra.a.mclean4.civ@mail.mil

Chief, AF Uniform Office Tracy Roan tracy.roan.1@us.af.mil

Program Manager, AF Uniform Office Julia Ross julia.ross@us.af.mil

Program Manager, AF Uniform Office 1Lt Marshal Quebatay marshal.quebatay@us.af.mil
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Summary

 Keeping Commitments

 Fast execution!

 Focus on COTS with intent to employ quickly

 Leveraging other Services’ efforts

 Continue to Save or Improve Airmen’s Lives

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Questions?