Awards

Ridgewood awarded David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award

The PMS 408 Acquisition Management Team is presented the David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award for its innovation and rapid fielding approaches in providing force protection against combat Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices (Re-IED) that pose a constant and increasing danger to our Warfighters. The outstanding efforts and contributions of the team to streamline the acquisition process through an incremental development and deployment strategy which capitalizes on commercial technology maturation enabled the establishment of a continuous process to introduce new capabilities to counter these dynamic and evolving threats. The result has been the rapid development, production and sustainment of the best available ground-based electronic warfare systems for Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and any future battlefield, and ensures protection of both U.S. and coalition forces against the enemy's widespread use of commercial technology-based RC-IEDs. The PMS 408 team's dedication and sense of urgency in delivering these technologies has already saved countless Warfighter lives in both theaters of operation, reducing Battlefield casualties up to 79% over the past four years. 

The David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award is established to recognize Department of Defense (DOD) civilian and/or military organizations, groups, or teams, who have made highly significant contributions which demonstrated exemplary innovation and best acquisition practices.  These are multiple awards reflecting achievements that exemplify goals and objectives established for furthering life cycle cost reduction and/or acquisition excellence in DOD.