Cutlass Systems Engineering Recognition

Northrop Grumman World Class Supplier Award (2008)

Cutlass Systems Engineering is a proud recipient of the 2008 Northrop Grumman World Class Supplier Award. The World Class Supplier Award is given to a select group of suppliers culled from all Northrop Grumman sectors. Cutlass was recognized for “outstanding technical and programmatic support to the Combat Systems Performance Manager” noting that the “Cutlass SE Team have gone far beyond the original requirements”…”Of special note, the Cutlass team was able to complete all required tasks in an extremely compacted schedule while maintaining their day to day deliverables. Cutlass SE is a top notch Team Member that without fail continues to provide first-rate engineering and programmatic support. They are extremely worthy of this recognition.”

Cutlass President Richard Reading at the December 2008 Northrop Grumman Corporate Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Pictured with Northrop Grumman Corporate and Test & Evaluation Program leadership.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector Supplier Excellence Award (2008)

Cutlass Systems Engineering is a proud recipient of the 2008 Northrop Grumman Supplier Excellence Award for the Missions Systems Sector. This accolade is competed among all Northrop Grumman suppliers, large and small. Cutlass is extremely proud to be recognized as a standout contributor to the Mission Systems team.

Cutlass President Richard Reading delivers remarks at the Supplier Excellence award dinner.

U.S. Navy Modeling and Simulation Award (2007)

Cutlass Systems Engineering was a key member of the PEO IWS Test & Evaluation Team which won the 2007 Navy Modeling and Simulation Award for the Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA) Community. Only a single award is bestowed annually to each of 5 M&S communities by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition.

According to the award citation: “The PEO IWS T&E Enterprise Team demonstrated outstanding Modeling and Simulation performance by articulating a new paradigm for operational testing of Navy ships that consolidates testing across ship classes and implements M&S at an unprecedented level. The IWS T&E Enterprise Team aggressively pursued culture change in Navy T&E by indoctrinating Probability of Raid Annihilation (P_RA) Testbed simulation events as formal test events in the Enterprise T&E Master Plan. This new capability resulted in improved performance assessments, a Navy cost avoidance of $200 million and is in the finest traditions of our Naval Service.”

Cutlass continues to serve as the System Engineer for the Navy T&E Enterprise P_RA Testbed.

Cutlass President Richard Reading (right) at the May 2007 DoD M&S Awards ceremony in Norfolk VA. Pictured with the head of the Navy M&S Management Office and the M&S Director for the Navy Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems.