Rear Adm. Boris Becker [Image 2 of 2]

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES

07.05.2016

Photo by Krishna Jackson 

Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR)

160705-N-RP435-007 SAN DIEGO (July 5, 2016) Mr. John W. Pope III, (right), Executive Director, Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I), and Rear Adm. Christian "Boris" Becker (center), Program Executive Officer, PEO C4I, listen to Austin Speed explain the installation configuration for Aegis Ashore. Speed is a contractor with the Navy’s Shore and Expeditionary Integration Program Office (PMW 790). Rear Adm. Becker and Mr. Pope were touring the assembly area for the Aegis Ashore Ballistic Missile Defense System that is slated for delivery to Poland in June 2017. The BMD system in Poland joins several Aegis destroyers and other BMD sites in Europe as part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA). The EPAA is part of a U.S. defensive strategy to provide protection for U.S. forces and allies. The Missile Defense Agency is working with the Navy’s Ship Integration Program Office (PMW 760) and PMW 790, both part of PEO C4I, to acquire, assemble and deliver the Aegis Ashore system. (U.S. Navy photo by Krishna M. Jackson/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.05.2016
• Date Posted: 07.07.2016 16:54
• Photo ID: 2710043
• VIRIN: 160705-N-RP435-007
• Resolution: 5479x3653
• Size: 8.95 MB
• Location: SAN DIEGO, CA, US