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DynCorp International Named One of Military Training Technology’s 2012 Top Simulation and Training Companies

October 9, 2012 at 3:56 pm

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Excerpt: DynCorp International has been recognized as one of Military Training Technology’s 2012 Top Simulation and Training Companies.  The featured companies from around the world have made a significant impact on the military training industry across the spectrum of technologies and services. The listed companies’ products and services allow U.S. airmen, Marines, sailors, soldiers and Coast Guardsmen to train and rehearse for missions in theater, or to prepare for deployment at home station. The companies list have also made a significant impact in the military training industry throughout the current fiscal year in areas such as simulation, distributed learning, serious gaming, visual…

DynCorp International to Host Intelligence and Special Operations Small Business Outreach Event

October 4, 2012 at 4:36 pm

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Excerpt: DynCorp International is hosting a small business outreach event for companies in the intelligence and special operations fields. The event will be held Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at George Mason University’s Dewberry Hall, located inside the George W. Johnson Center. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about DI’s work in the intelligence and special operations markets, meet one-on-one with intelligence and special operations forces (SOF)-line leadership and discuss how their organizations can partner with DI. Businesses with proven experience in the intelligence community and SOF communities, including the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), National…

DynCorp International Air Operations Support Honored in Iraq

October 2, 2012 at 2:48 pm

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Excerpt: DynCorp International Iraq operations manager, Tony Sparks, was recently recognized for his outstanding efforts in supporting the establishment of Embassy Air-Iraq to include all construction, as part of the Department of State’s (DoS) Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Office of Aviation (INL/A, also known as the INL Air Wing program). Sparks received certificates of appreciation from Ambassadors Robert Beecroft and James Jeffrey for his leadership in overseeing the building of the aviation infrastructure, which now supports aerial transportation for the safe passage of thousands of customers. In a letter accompanying the certificates, Ambassador Beecroft stated that Sparks’ “ ingenuity…

DynCorp International Helps Fight Corruption by Hosting Investigative Reporting Training for Timorese Journalists

September 27, 2012 at 4:17 pm

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Excerpt: Casals & Associates, a DynCorp International company, as an implementing partner in the Foti Timor-Leste Project, continues to sharpen skills of non-state actors in Timor-Leste in their fight against corruption. The Foti Timor-Leste Project is a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Anticorruption Project, funded and administered by USAID in partnership with the Government of Timor-Leste. The non-state actors’ component of the program, among other activities, includes training Timorese journalists to strengthen their investigative reporting skills through a specialized training course. The overall objective of the seven-month course is to mainstream corruption-related news coverage to encourage mass participation in Timor-Leste’s anticorruption program…

DynCorp International Awarded Contract Valued at up to $36 Million to Provide Jet Engine Maintenance for J-85 Aircraft

September 25, 2012 at 3:16 pm

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Excerpt: DynCorp International has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) to provide jet engine maintenance for J-85 aircraft at Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, in support of the Engine Regional Repair Center (ERRC). “This contract further strengthens our relationship with the U.S. Air Force and more specifically the Air Education and Training Command,” said Jim Myles, group vice president, Aviation, DynCorp International. “We are proud to support AETC in aircraft maintenance, supply support and now engine overhauls and repairs.” DI will provide J-85 jet engine intermediate maintenance functions required to support AETC requirements…

DynCorp International Team at Robins Air Force Base Earns Department of Defense Depot Maintenance Excellence Award

September 20, 2012 at 1:02 pm

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Excerpt: The Air Force’s C-130 Programmed Depot Maintenance Team at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Ga. was awarded the Department of Defense’s 2012 Robert T. Mason Depot Maintenance Excellence Award. DynCorp International supports this program through a task order under the Contract Field Teams (CFT) contract. According to the Armed Forces Press Service, the team was recognized because “the team increased C-130 aircraft availability by returning 64 aircraft to operating units, reduced in-progress work from 41 to 36 aircraft, slashed flow days from 102 to 69 days, achieved 100 percent on-time delivery by the end of the fiscal year, and lowered customer-reported…

DynCorp International Supports Final Flight of NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour

September 18, 2012 at 4:19 pm

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Excerpt: DynCorp International is providing aircraft maintenance support to NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) for space shuttle Endeavour’s final flight. The flight begins at sunrise on Tuesday, September 18, at Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, Fla., and will end at Endeavour’s final home, the California Science Center on Thursday, September 20. DI will provide the maintenance team that, in cooperation with NASA and other contractors, will travel with the SCA, which will stop in Houston and El Paso, Texas on its way to California. DI mechanics will carefully inspect, service and perform any necessary maintenance to the SCA, a uniquely configured Boeing…

DI’s Intelligence Training and Solutions Team

September 13, 2012 at 3:58 pm

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Excerpt: The intelligence professionals of DynCorp International (DI) work diligently to protect the nation and enable U.S. decision-making through agile, integrated intelligence solutions. DI educates, trains and certifies intelligence professionals globally. State-of-the-Art Training at DI Experienced educators at DI apply years of multi-domain intelligence experience into relevant instruction, applying curriculum proven to optimize learning and knowledge transfer. As a global educator, DynCorp International team members tailor their approach to best meet the specific needs of tomorrow’s intelligence professionals. DI provides ‘in-residence’ experience at a state-of-the-art training facility, deploys Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) to any location in the world, embeds highly qualified instructors into schools…

DynCorp International General Maintenance Corps Team Earns Health and Safety Certification

September 11, 2012 at 1:36 pm

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Excerpt: Pictured from left to right, Jack Fearing, director, environmental health and safety; Stephen Corcoran, program manager, GMC; Randy Coffman, Al Taif senior safety manager; Billy Purdy, performance excellence director, operations and maintenance. The DynCorp International team working in support of the General Maintenance Corps (GMC) in conjunction with Al Taif Technical Services (ATTS) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), recently obtained an Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) certification.  The certification, OHSAS 18001, is an internationally recognized certification which indicates the development and implementation of a comprehensive occupational health and safety management system. The OHSAS 18001 standard…

DynCorp International: Supporting the Patuxent River Naval Air Station

September 4, 2012 at 4:15 pm

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Excerpt: DynCorp International provides organizational, intermediate, and depot-level aircraft maintenance on Naval Test Wing Atlantic aircraft. Logistical support is also provided, and other support services include repairs and modifications of airframes, engines, transmissions, avionics, electrical, radio and hydraulic components on all types of military aircraft used in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E). The team also maintains aircraft assigned to the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS). In support of the Naval Air Station mission, our technicians also provide support services on detachments and deployments of aircraft to other operating locations. The CFT Program at Solomons, Md. DynCorp International has been supporting the…