CoAspire was onsite supporting customers at the Commander, Naval Air Forces this week. Hopefully we can help with F/A-18 and other aircraft readiness issues.
CoAspire Successfully Advocated for Double Digit Millions in FY18 Omnibus for their Clients
The CoAspire team successfully advocated for double-digit millions in additional defense funding for its clients this cycle as revealed in the FY18 #Omnibus. @CoAspire is considered one of the most cost-effective defense government relations companies in the federal sector. Please contact us at info@coaspire.com to learn how CoAspire can help your company expand its message on Capitol Hill and the Pentagon.
Bruce Myers joins CoAspire as a Principal Advisor
CoAspire is thrilled to welcome Bruce (“Moz”) Myers to the Executive Team as a Principal Advisor. Bruce has over 25 years of program management, DoD capture management, business development, technical new product development/manufacturing, and operational process experience. He has established a strong track record in developing processes and controls, DoD program strategy from capture to execution and leading global programs and teams.
Mr. Myers has held progressively demanding leadership roles throughout his career. Most recently he was the Vice President of Program Management for $1.2 billion Artesyn Embedded Technologies Inc., Power Division. Artesyn Technologies is a global leader in the design and manufacture of highly reliable power conversion and embedded computing solutions for a wide range of industries including communications, computing, health care, military, aerospace and industrial automation. Artesyn's Embedded Power business is one of the world's largest power supply companies. He was responsible for the division’s global enterprise, new product introduction, program management activities that spanned six engineering design centers located in Minneapolis, MN, Vienna Austria, Hong Kong China, Shenzhen China, Taipei and Manila Philippines with over 45 project managers and 800 design engineers.
Prior to Artesyn, Mr. Myers held Director roles at Digi International, a global leader in manufacturing and creation of “Internet of Things” embedded electronic technology products that speed time to market in new product introduction. At Digi he was responsible for all client project success and satisfaction in the embedded electronic Wireless Design Services Division.
Prior to Digi, Bruce held progressively responsible DoD programs and Business Development roles for over 14 years with $5 billion Harris Corporation (Multimax, Inc., Netco Government Services, and Wamnet Inc.).
Bruce led the ONE-NET program for United States Navy (USN) line of business, reporting to the Vice President of Navy Programs for Harris IT Services (now Peraton). Peraton is a leading systems integrator and prime contractor delivering excellence in IT Transformation, Managed Solutions and Information Assurance, enabling defense, intelligence, homeland security, civilian and commercial enterprises to meet their missions.
Mr. Myers joined Harris with the acquisition of Multimax, Inc. in 2007. He served in Program Management roles during early phases of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Program with WAM!NET, and later assumed Capture Management and Business Development positions in affiliation with Netco Government Services and Multimax.
He is a retired Naval Officer, serving 20 years (active duty and reserve) in positions of increasing responsibility during his Navy career, as a Naval Flight officer, flying the F-14 Tomcat. In his final reserve assignments, he was responsible for air attack planning and operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Global War on Terrorism while assigned to the Coalition Air Operations Center, Al Udeid AFB, Qatar.
Mr. Myers earned a master of business administration from the University of Wisconsin, and holds a bachelor of arts from St. Mary’s University in Winona, MN. He also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Program Management Institute (PMI).
Mr. Myers is a member of the Naval Reserve Association; Navy League;Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association; National Defense Industrial Association; and the American Council for Technology–Industry Advisory Council.
CoAspire becomes DELL EMC Authorized Solutions Provider
CoAspire is proud to announce it has been selected as a Dell EMC Partner, able to sell Dell products to the federal and commercial marketplace.
USAF publicly requests $31.596M for JAGM-F missile "New Start" in FY19
Joint-Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) for Rotary Wing Aircraft (Photo credit: CoAspire, LLC)
CoAspire was pleased to see the US Air Force publicly request this week $31.596M in its FY19 Presidential Budget Request for the JAGM-F missile. The document, located online and pictured below is a new start of the weapon, a spiral improvement of the JAGM missile for Air Force fighter aircraft. According to the Air Force budget document published online this week:
Description: Joint Air-to-Ground Missile for Fixed Wing Aircraft (JAGM-F) is an improvement to the Army's JAGM which will allow the missile to be released from fixed wing aircraft in order to eliminate time sensitive moving targets and high value covered/sheltered targets. JAGM-F will be able to combat adverse weather/low visibility battlefield and countermeasure environments and austere communication environments and have the ability to engage multiple targets types near simultaneously in multiple engagement modes. Efforts include but are not limited to testing, qualification, and design/build demo components to production standards. Intent is to meet all BRU-55, BRU-57 and BRU-61 environments.
FY 2019 Base Plans: Exercise Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) contract. Model design and build, Jettison and Capture Analysis, Mechanical Design, Electronic Design and Testing, Electrical Packaging, software design and code development, weapons system integration, aircraft systems integration, test vehicle design and build, and test vehicle flight planning.
Welcome Aboard to the Continuum Group, Inc.
US Army Photo: Credit Kris Osborn
CoAspire is pleased to begin helping the Continuum Group, Inc. based in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill and in the Pentagon. The Continuum Group is a veteran-owned small business that manufactures and services its patented MIL standard technology called "SCIP" (Secondary Combustion Ignition Prevention).
CoAspire has successful customer visit to Eglin AFB
JASSM Missile
CoAspire had a successful visit to Eglin AFB to talk to Air Force personnel about new technologies to help the Air Force warfighters.
CoAspire Celebrates 5 Years in Business!
Today, on January 22, 2018, CoAspire, LLC celebrated its five year anniversary. We are proud to have spent the last five years serving our government and customers in a variety of IT, Cyber, Aerospace and Defense areas. We are excited about the next five years, and beyond!
CoAspire Submits Blockchain based SBIR Phase 1 Proposal to Department of Homeland Security
CoAspire has submitted a proposal for a DHS Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase 1 program to optimize cell phone coverage in remote and maritime regions. Specifically the technology will include the development of two apps, www.saveme.us and www.phonelink.us and the underlying blockchain technology to find cell phones in remote areas to aid Coast Guard/DHS Search and Rescue efforts.
It is cutting edge blockchain networking and ledger-keeping capabilities optimized to help those in need.Much more to be explored and revealed in the coming months.
US Coast Guard Photo
CoAspire Welcomes Dave Markert to the Team
CoAspire is thrilled to welcome aboard Dave Markert as a principal advisor and CTO. Dave is a leader, innovator, entrepreneur, engineer and former combat aviator. He is currently a Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Abaka – a digital health startup. Previously Markert served as the Director of Business Development and as a Program Manager at Progeny Systems Corporation. There he led a diverse and disruptive series of efforts for the US DOD including alternatives to GPS, an advanced Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning system, Long Endurance Drone Development, a shock hardened Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) for the Navy ‘Railgun’ Projectile, and an Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) for covert submarine launch. Dave is an expert in creating, designing and bringing to market Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) projects.
Before joining Progeny, he was the founder and CEO of a defense startup – Tactical Systems Engineering – that focused on developing a tactical aircraft launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). This aircraft, Wingman, was test flown in March of 2013
Markert was a career Naval Officer where he was a combat aviator, program manager and proven leader. His last assignment in the Navy was as overseeing Navy Research and Development abroad as the leader of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Global based in London, England.
A former Naval Flight Officer, Markert was an instructor at TOPGUN, the Navy's Fighter Weapons School. He has flown the F-14A, B and D, the F-16, A-4 and other combat aircraft. He retired from the Navy as a Commander. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, the US Naval War College and MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
