1 00:00:01,009 --> 00:00:03,120 My name is Robin Santa Veras and I am 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,409 the rearm director , and I'm with the 4 3 00:00:05,409 --> 00:00:08,189 2nd Electronic Maintenance group . The 4 00:00:08,189 --> 00:00:10,390 team that I lead is , is highly 5 00:00:10,390 --> 00:00:13,220 technical oriented , you know , doing 6 00:00:13,220 --> 00:00:16,149 design work , seeing the entire 7 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:18,149 development from beginning to end . 8 00:00:18,270 --> 00:00:20,437 It's basically one of three innovation 9 00:00:20,437 --> 00:00:22,603 centers within the Air Force stainment 10 00:00:22,603 --> 00:00:24,659 center and we are in the business of 11 00:00:24,659 --> 00:00:26,881 providing , uh engineering solutions to 12 00:00:26,881 --> 00:00:29,020 partners such as the 448 supply chain 13 00:00:29,270 --> 00:00:31,437 and the sport , you know , and the way 14 00:00:31,437 --> 00:00:33,548 we do that is basically by developing 15 00:00:33,548 --> 00:00:35,103 repair capabilities , doing 16 00:00:35,103 --> 00:00:36,992 obsolescence studies , you know , 17 00:00:36,992 --> 00:00:39,270 developing technical data . In essence , 18 00:00:39,270 --> 00:00:41,220 providing customer solutions to uh 19 00:00:41,220 --> 00:00:43,331 maintenance issues that they normally 20 00:00:43,331 --> 00:00:45,553 encounter . To kind of sum up what it's 21 00:00:45,553 --> 00:00:47,720 like to be a rearm engineer , you kind 22 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,887 of need to understand what RAM is . So 23 00:00:49,887 --> 00:00:52,053 for us , it's an acronym for our three 24 00:00:52,053 --> 00:00:53,887 small sections . We have reverse 25 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,998 engineering , avionics redesign , and 26 00:00:55,998 --> 00:00:58,009 manufacturing . My name's Tristan 27 00:00:58,009 --> 00:01:00,279 Griffin . I'm an electronics engineer 28 00:01:00,279 --> 00:01:04,180 and rearm , part of the 402 EMXG . The 29 00:01:04,180 --> 00:01:06,220 capability of rearm is good to have 30 00:01:06,220 --> 00:01:08,819 because as assets , Air Force assets 31 00:01:08,819 --> 00:01:11,819 age and parts go obsolete , we need a 32 00:01:11,819 --> 00:01:14,660 group to redesign or upgrade or enhance 33 00:01:14,660 --> 00:01:16,669 or fix those components . So that's 34 00:01:16,669 --> 00:01:20,230 what RAM excels at . So it takes a 35 00:01:20,230 --> 00:01:22,900 period of a year up to several years to 36 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:25,309 reverse engineer any asset , whether 37 00:01:25,309 --> 00:01:27,830 that be a circuit board , a CCA or a 38 00:01:27,830 --> 00:01:30,029 hybrid microcontroller and a lot of 39 00:01:30,029 --> 00:01:32,900 that's due to not having any data to it . 40 00:01:33,269 --> 00:01:35,602 Most groups will come to us with just a . 41 00:01:35,675 --> 00:01:38,474 or an asset or a card and say hey we 42 00:01:38,474 --> 00:01:40,696 need this fixed or we need more of this 43 00:01:40,714 --> 00:01:42,794 so it takes time to dive into the 44 00:01:42,794 --> 00:01:44,961 component level reverse engineer those 45 00:01:44,961 --> 00:01:47,016 components get the data from that to 46 00:01:47,016 --> 00:01:50,035 generate a uh tier 3 data packet that 47 00:01:50,035 --> 00:01:52,875 we can then manufacture off of . So we 48 00:01:52,875 --> 00:01:54,986 are always constantly researching new 49 00:01:54,986 --> 00:01:57,334 and improved technologies to help us 50 00:01:57,334 --> 00:02:00,154 better do our job to provide the assets 51 00:02:00,154 --> 00:02:02,321 and support back to the war fighter as 52 00:02:02,321 --> 00:02:04,376 quick as possible . And we're one of 53 00:02:04,376 --> 00:02:06,598 the only DOD engineering groups that do 54 00:02:06,598 --> 00:02:08,710 work like that . So that's satisfying 55 00:02:08,710 --> 00:02:10,654 to know that you're one of the few 56 00:02:10,654 --> 00:02:12,821 that's able to support the war fighter 57 00:02:12,821 --> 00:02:15,149 in that way . Nobody else does what we 58 00:02:15,149 --> 00:02:17,830 do within the airport . One of the many 59 00:02:17,830 --> 00:02:20,309 initiatives that we just completed was 60 00:02:20,309 --> 00:02:23,139 basically uh . A small business 61 00:02:23,139 --> 00:02:25,979 partnership developing X-ray tomography . 62 00:02:26,220 --> 00:02:28,053 Back in the days we had a way of 63 00:02:28,053 --> 00:02:29,942 developing that data , but it was 64 00:02:29,942 --> 00:02:32,164 destructive in the process . Using this 65 00:02:32,164 --> 00:02:34,387 new technology , we retained the legacy 66 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:36,442 asset and still end up with the same 67 00:02:36,442 --> 00:02:38,889 outcome . I work in the uh hybrid 68 00:02:38,889 --> 00:02:41,009 electronics lab . My name is Jeremy 69 00:02:41,009 --> 00:02:43,610 Williams . I am an electronics engineer 70 00:02:43,610 --> 00:02:47,570 and I work for RAM . We work with uh 71 00:02:47,570 --> 00:02:50,110 testing , repair , and manufacturing of 72 00:02:50,110 --> 00:02:52,589 microelectronics . In 2001 , we got 73 00:02:52,589 --> 00:02:55,449 certified to Mill Prep 38534 , and 74 00:02:55,449 --> 00:02:57,929 we've been manufacturing , um , hybrids 75 00:02:57,929 --> 00:03:00,789 ever since . it means long term 76 00:03:00,789 --> 00:03:02,678 sustaining , you know , by having 77 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,800 basically technical data develop 78 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,360 processes and the , the organic 79 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,479 expertise to be able to go to the shops 80 00:03:11,479 --> 00:03:13,590 and in this case , the depot shops to 81 00:03:13,590 --> 00:03:16,000 support any engineering issue that they 82 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,440 may be having at that point in time . I 83 00:03:18,440 --> 00:03:20,759 mean , our job is to keep the war 84 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:23,639 fighters , you know , doing their 85 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,528 mission , you know , by providing 86 00:03:25,528 --> 00:03:26,369 organic capabilities .