22 Editorial Note: ‘Trailblazers’ is a four-part feature series celebrating the incredible innovation and highly technical accomplishments of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s female workforce. During this special Women’s History Month tribute, readers are encouraged to learn from the personal experiences of those spotlighted and the unique ways their contributions are blazing new trails for future generations to come. This story is the second installment of NIWC Atlantic’s Trailblazers Campaign.
Various dictionaries describe the term ‘trailblazer’ as one who is a pioneer, innovator or carves a path to literally guide others. As a leader in Other Transaction Authority (OTA) processes for naval prototyping and technology innovation, Jee Youn Fickling fully encompasses these definitions.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – To keep Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) says it is ready to meet its critical, high-tech mission, the Navy is working alongside advocates throughout the San Diego region to create a modern, secure and safe facility to support the command’s high-priority mission and rapidly growing cyber requirements.
Known as the Navy Old Town Campus (OTC) Revitalization Project, this effort centers around the redevelopment of NAVWAR Headquarters, which is currently housed in 1941 World War II aircraft factories, on 70.5 acres of Navy-owned land at Naval Base Point Loma, in the Midway-Pacific Highway Community of San Diego. The 80-year-old buildings are not compatible with NAVWAR’s technical, high-security mission today.
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Department of the Navy is hosting the sixth iteration of its HACKtheMACHINE event from March 23 – 26, 2021. The competition, which is free for registrants, has $95,000 of prize money for winning teams and will be conducted virtually with its base at NavalX in Alexandria, VA. It is designed to foster engagement between the Navy and the public and private sectors who have limited familiarity with the military and are interested in tackling the Navy s toughest challenges. HACKtheMACHINE is an opportunity to test your skills against the best in the world and problem solve for the Navy while helping to bolster our national security and defense systems, said Rear Admiral Jason Lloyd, NAVSEA s Chief Engineer and Deputy Commander for Ship Design, Integration, Naval Engineering and Logistics. It s our responsibility to keep the Navy s ships and systems secure from attacks from malicious actors, and events li
Department of the Navy to host virtual HACKtheMACHINE competition
Sixth iteration of hacking competition will be based in Alexandria, VA
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AUSTIN, Texas, March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Department of the Navy is hosting the sixth iteration of its HACKtheMACHINE event from March 23 – 26, 2021. The competition, which is free for registrants, has $95,000 of prize money for winning teams and will be conducted virtually with its base at NavalX in Alexandria, VA. It is designed to foster engagement between the Navy and the public and private sectors who have limited familiarity with the military and are interested in tackling the Navy s toughest challenges.
Editorial Note: ‘Trailblazers’ is a four-part feature series celebrating the incredible innovation and highly technical accomplishments of Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic’s female workforce. During this special Women’s History Month tribute, readers are encouraged to learn from the personal experiences of those spotlighted and the unique ways their contributions are blazing new trails for future generations to come. This story is the first installment of NIWC Atlantic’s Trailblazers Campaign.
Jennifer Shauger has been blazing trails for nearly 27 years – and counting – as a leader, manager and engineer.
As deputy director of Logistics and Life Cycle Engineering at NIWC Atlantic, Shauger not only has executive leadership but also operational and technical responsibility for around 1,100 civilian and military personnel with multi-dimensional backgrounds in geographic locations across the globe.