[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 106 (Friday, July 29, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       TRIBUTE TO PAUL BAYE--2004 AIR FORCE SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR

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                        HON. MARILYN N. MUSGRAVE

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 28, 2005

  Mrs. MUSGRAVE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Paul Baye who was 
recently awarded the 2004 Air Force Outstanding Scientist of the Year. 
Mr. Baye, a computer scientist with the 22nd Space Operations, was 
recognized on June 29, 2005.
  Paul Baye's effort to develop the first defensive counter-space 
architecture for Electromagnetic Environmental Monitoring System, EEMS, 
earned him this distinguished award.
  Mr. Baye worked for the Air Force Space Command Space Analysis Center 
and the Space Warfare Center before joining the 22nd Space Operations 
as an operations analyst.
  This award is a very unique honor, and proves the success of his hard 
work and dedication for the Air Force and the American people. 
Approximately 3 years ago Mr. Baye became involved in radio frequency 
spectrum monitoring. The project needed to be able to handle 
information from several disparate databases, none of which were 
originally designed to communicate with one another.
  Fourteenth Air Force had told then Colonel Suzanne Vautrinot, of the 
50th Space Wing Commander, that the wing needed a way to protect Air 
Force Satellite Communications Network traffic from radio-frequency or 
electromagnetic interference.
  Mr. Baye used a computer software architecture originally developed 
at the Rome Battlelab evolving it to fit the AFSCN's needs. 
Implementing the combination of science and technology was the crux of 
the project.
  Colonel Vautrinot asked for a demonstration, which the Space and 
Missile Center and AFSPC provided in January 2004 in a downselect 
between competing products. Mr. Baye's project was selected and moved 
from concept to prototype. Once the EEMS project became available, Mr. 
Baye took over the project development.
  What makes this project unique is that the 14th Air Force requirement 
was unfunded. This project was provided and funded by the 50th Space 
Wing, which was a large sacrifice on their part.
  Using an open architecture will allow developers to quickly and 
cheaply modify software to fit their needs. That, in turn, will save 
the Air Force even more time and money as it steps further into the 
frontier of defensive counterspace.
  We are standing at the threshold of defensive counterspace, and it is 
my great honor to recognize Paul Baye, a great scientist and a great 
American.

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