A FAMILY AFFAIR Price and his son, now-Capt. Kyle Price, during a deployment in Iraq.
SHARING THE MISSION
Price and his son take part in a DVE test in 2017 at Fort Drum, New York, where the younger Price was stationed.
to combat DVE,” said Price. “It can’t do everything, but it can do a lot. What I really like are the distributed aperture and the heads-up display.” A distributed aperture uses cameras installed around an aircraft, each looking in a separate direction. Images from the cameras are combined to create a continuously view- able video sphere. When the images are paired with the heads-up display in an aviator’s helmet, the aviator can look around and virtually “see” the environment around them relayed from the network of cameras, no matter the conditions. “It’s just like riding on a magic carpet,” said Price.
“NVESD put together three airborne platforms when [operations in Iraq and Afghanistan] started,” he said. “Two of them are programs of record—that is how important our work is. So I am very proud of that. And that’s not just me; it’s the engineers and the scientists who make this happen. I help them implement those programs and make things work a little smoother with my background and knowledge of the Army. But it is the whole orga- nization that helps make this thing happen.”
Price joined the Army in 1974 and retired 28 years later at the rank of chief warrant officer 5. As a pilot, he logged more than 11,100 hours, including 800 combat hours, in 30 different airframes. He was involved in the rescue of hostages held in Iran; as a special operations aviator, he played a key role in developing air tactics and night-vision goggle skills. Price was part of a team that rescued Americans held in Grenada in October 1983. He also deployed to Bosnia to capture war criminals in 1997. After 9/11, he executed advanced force operations around the world in support of special operations forces.
His achievements earned him a place in the Army Aviation Asso- ciation of America’s Hall of Fame in April 2018. “It is humbling, it really is. Tere are so many other folks who are equally deserving of the award. … Tere are people out there who have done multi- ple rotations and so many other things, and for me to be singled out among my peers and among other folks is truly an honor.”
Do good pilots make good acquisition professionals? “Not neces- sarily,” he said. “In either area, the keys to success are a drive to complete the mission and complete it successfully, as well as a work ethic and a motivation that ensures that you’re doing the right thing for the right purpose.” To be successful in acquisition, he noted, “you need to keep your sights set on leadership’s priori- ties and requirements, current and future, and you need to be sure that you’re moving where the team is going—that you’re not out in left field developing something that the Soldier doesn’t need, or that you’re not so far behind that by the time you’ve fielded your product, it’s irrelevant.”
Price noted that many of the aviators with whom he served “had what I would call a ‘Type A’ personality. Te sharp end of the spear is where everybody wanted to be—up front and leading.” While it might seem to be difficult to lead a group where every- one wants to be in charge, Price has found it to be an asset. “In that situation, everyone—whether it’s pilots or the acquisition community—is driven to support the mission, and they each contribute something different. From a leadership perspective, it’s just a matter of harnessing each of those contributions and bringing all the different skills together to successfully complete the project.”
—SUSAN L. FOLLETT and DOUGLAS SCOTT
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