We focus our resources, management expertise, and efficient processes on personnel support services, specialized training and training support, data and records management, and information technology support. AIS has comprehensive knowledge of branch and military occupational specialties and entry and professional military education experience for officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted, civilian, and foreign military personnel.

AIS has developed and implemented distributed learning training programs for over 2,500 middle and senior officers, saving the Army thousands of dollars in travel costs from locations worldwide. Akima has the ability to rapidly respond to both small and large contracts and a solid reputation as the most cost-effective provider of support services.

U.S. Department of Energy – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Services
Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (AIS) was awarded the supplemental labor personnel (SLP) services contract at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in May 2010. This award of a substantial 5-year contract (with an additional 5-year option) represents a significant competitive achievement for the Akima family of companies.

Services include managing and recruiting supplemental labor at LLNL, which comprises exempt and nonexempt job classifications, many of which are highly technical and require individuals with advanced degrees and significant research and development experience. AIS serves the many LLNL directorates by effectively recruiting, managing, and retaining a large, diverse workforce, all within the confines of a highly classified and sensitive work environment. Interestingly, while most positions are of a scientific or administrative nature, AIS supports LLNL’s initiative and fulfills the laboratory’s significant goals for employing developmentally disabled individuals.

U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI)
Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (Akima) currently supports PEO STRI through the computer-based instructional design (CBID) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract and multiple associated task orders. PEO STRI business area requirements include courseware and interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) designed, developed, and evaluated, using accepted instructional system design (ISD) standards; design, installation, and implementation of automated electronic classrooms (AEC); and training task analysis. AIS meets these requirements by working with the following agencies to fulfill training and education needs:

• Product Manager – Joint Automatic Identification Technology (PM-JAIT).
• Project Manager Night Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (PM-NV/RSTA).
• Product Manager Radars (PM Radars).
• Headquarters Air Education and Training Command (HQ AETC).
• Product Manager Crew Served Weapons (PM CSW).
• Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO).
  
  

U.S. Army Southern Region Contracting Center, Fort Gordon, GA
Military Personnel Services Support
Akima supports close to 100,000 military personnel, retirees, family members, government service personnel, and contractors located on and off Fort Gordon, GA. The Akima team issues over 40,000 identification cards per year, maintains personnel records in an automated database, produces promotion orders for soldiers, processes passport applications for soldiers and family members, provides personnel automation assistance and training on automated systems to all assigned units, serves as the installation system administrators for the eMILPO database, processes transition and retirement actions, and coordinates soldiers’ mobilization and demobilization processing. Understandably, all these tasks require a very high degree of accuracy, leaving no room for error.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Johnson Space Center
Our work at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, encompasses software development and analysis for the International Space Station (ISS) program. Akima supports NASA’s Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics Division in developing guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) simulation tools and analyses for the ISS, including future space programs, such as the crew-escape vehicle, a new generation of launch vehicles, and interplanetary exploration. We perform ISS on board GN&C flight software implementation and verification, ISS multibody flexible dynamics and control analysis, and ISS time domain simulation tools development. To support ISS mission readiness, Akima conducts simulations and trade studies of integrated GN&C systems to verify performance and operational requirements for all ISS configurations and flight phases through design analysis cycles and verification analysis cycles.
Akima’s team at Johnson Space Center recently performed diagnostic and remedial tasks following a partial failure of the ISS computers that control the jets used to hold the station in a stable orientation. For performance on this very critical project, Akima received recognition from NASA “… for outstanding work to determine potential sources of computer failures, develop recovery and workaround plans, and identify methods to continue operations without the support of computer-controlled Russian systems critical to the safe and successful operations of the International Space Station.”

3rd Special Operations (3SOS) Squadron Intelligence Specialist Support (ISS), Cannon AFB, NM
Akima personnel provide to support the 3SOS mission at Cannon AFB.  Akima’s personnel provide supervision and other services necessary to conduct training and operational support for 3SOS. We conduct all-source intelligence analysis, reviewing and evaluating current intelligence reporting for content, and select new and relevant information for credible timely reports to the Commander and mission crews and conduct aircrew premission briefs. Akima assists with management of squadron intelligence personnel assignments and upgrades and supervises, trains, evaluates, and manages projects on a continuing basis. We develop and project data, draw conclusions, and estimate possibilities, based on knowledge of current and past intelligence situations and an understanding of the significance of the conditions and threats.

Our senior tactics analyst coordinates squadron operational tactics functions, supporting Air Force Unmanned Aerial Systems. We analyze data from past missions to determine best tactics, techniques, and procedures to capture for future replication and develop and maintain tactics standard operating procedures to ensure effective, efficient combat operations. AIS conducts intelligence training in support of Predator missions by enforcing requirements, policies, and regulations and monitoring currencies of assigned and attached intelligence personnel. Major areas of the intelligence training function comprise development of an internal initial qualification training program for Mission Intelligence Coordinators. We develop and maintain the Mission Intelligence Coordinator (MC) evaluation program; maintain, review, and inspect Flight Evaluation Folders (FEF) for all pilots and sensor operators; and evaluate documentation for intelligence personnel in the squadron.

U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) Video Support, Fort Knox, KY
Under this task order, Akima independently provides support services to satisfy the overall operational objectives of Training and Proponency Division, G7, USAREC. Our talented audio-visual experts manage and produce video projects for CD and DVD for USAREC recruiters. Production products cover all current Army Career Management Field (CMF), MOS, and the locations, benefits, options, and features of Army life. Production services are performed locally and at off-site locations, as directed by the program requirements to be met.

We provide technical reviews and subject matter expertise for the who, what, when, where, and how guidance to the production facilities, as well as coordinate shooting locations, assist with preparing production schedules, and ensure all equipment, facilities, and personnel support are available on schedule. Because accuracy and realism are important, Akima personnel review and edit scripts; ensure text content, graphics and video are technically accurate; and serve as technical advisors and executive producers during filming. When producing training products, we ensure educational soundness is not jeopardized by changes during shooting.

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Senior Training Managers and Training Development Middle Managers Courses (STMC/TDMMC), Fort Monroe, VA
Akima maintained the program of instruction (POI), developed the training implementation plan, and updated and conducted the training and facilitation of STMC/TDMMC. We conducted one-week courses (in-residence and distributed learning methods at remote locations) that provided prospective and current U.S. Army training developer middle managers and senior training managers with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to design, develop, resource, implement, and manage the most efficient and effective training possible. We provided course management, development, facilitation, and evaluation, as well as revision support.

STMC training requirement is based on AR 350-1 and the TRADOC IG finding to provide education and training for senior leaders at TRADOC Schools and the senior executive staff at TRADOC headquarters on key training management issues and indicators.  We provide core curricula critical content revisions to synchronize and integrate new Army education and training, systems, procedures, and processes resulting from the rewrite of TR 350-70 and TP 350-70-xx series revisions or new pamphlets.

27th Special Operations Support Squadron (27 SOSS), Opposing Forces (OPFOR) Range Support, Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), NM
Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (Akima) supports 27 SOSS mission to train, equip, employ and sustain 27th Special Operations Group flying squadrons for rapid worldwide employment in support of the full range of special operations missions by providing a ground or water aggressor force for use against both personnel and aircraft during all types of training. Training includes survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training. Akima plans and executes training mission in support of the 27th Special Operations Wing and their authorized customers on Melrose AFB Range and various water location to include Ute Lake and other designated locations.

Our aggressor force operates a wide range of specialized equipment and vehicles to include watercraft, all terrain vehicles, communications equipment, weapons, and munitions. We also employ training weapons and explosive devices in the execution of OPFOR-related activities. When requested, we provide OPFOR training to Air Force personnel and guide Air Force personnel in the execution of OPFOR duties.

U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, 9th Signal Command (Army) [NETCOM, 9TH SC (A)] G-3, Army Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) Gateway Station, Fort Huachuca, NM

Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (Akima) operates and maintains the Army MARS Eastern and Western Area Gateway stations located at Fort Detrick (closed) and Fort Huachuca, respectively. Duties include providing administrative support for the Army MARS membership program to include maintaining membership file folders and government-provided database; operational management oversight for the Area Gateways and volunteer Army MARS membership located within the 50 states, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico; providing  CONUS-wide nonpersonal hand-receipt management for the Army MARS Program to include the surplus property program; and providing frequency coordination for the Army MARS networks.

We manage the high-frequency (HF) radio network 24/7 and process communications used by the Army and in support of disaster response throughout the country. Daily message traffic is typically 50 to 200 messages, and during training exercises, the volume increases up to as many as 600 messages. We maintain daily radio contact (voice and digital) and weekly contact with Homeland Security SHARES program and manage up to 2500 volunteer certified HF radio operators in all 50 states. Akima coordinates with emergency organizations in all 50 states to ensure training of radio operators and participates in training exercises. We interface with Department of Defense Northern Command, Homeland Security, and Transportation Security Administration for emergency communications between disaster areas and the responding personnel and agencies. We also work with the group in testing new equipment. In addition, we provide a means for urgent and emergency communications with Army personnel outside the country.

Directorate of Information Management (DOIM), DOIM 02 Administrative Telephone Support (ATS), Fort Monroe, VA
Akima Infrastructure Services, LLC (Akima) provides support for the government’s administrative telephone system. Requirements are divided into four sections, general, inside plant, outside plant, and cable distribution system. We restore telephone service to all ATS customers in response to customer-generated trouble calls; install, move, or disconnect any telephones or equipment causing problems; and install or remove any aerial, buried, or underground (conduit) telephone cable, coaxial cable, fiber-optic cable, and inner duct. We also maintain circuits and switches. We support government telecommunications projects, system maintenance, the maintenance service plan, military exercises, Reserve and National Guard training, and mobilization.