Air Force wins DOD value engineering awards Published June 18, 2003 WASHINGTON (AFPN) -- The Air Force is the recipient of three Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards.Dr. Glenn F. Lamartin, defense systems director for the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, presented the awards during a June 18 ceremony at the Pentagon.The Air Force recipients are:-- Program/project category: Minuteman III Guidance Replacement Program, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile system program office, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.-- Individual category: Helen M. Rico, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y.-- Organization category: Global Command and Control System, Air Force Transition Team, Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass.Value engineering is a process used to analyze functions in hopes of identifying ways to reduce the production or operations cost of systems, equipment, facilities, services or supplies. The goal is to reduce total cost of ownership while retaining required system performance and quality, according to officials.During fiscal 2002, more than 3,250 in-house proposals and contractor-initiated change proposals were accepted with projected savings of more than $2.5 billion, officials said.