Sec. James “Hondo” Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), recognized NAVAIR award recipients Capt. Tony Rossi and Holly Alemar at the Department of Navy’s acquisition awards ceremony Nov. 4 at the Pentagon. 

The winners represent the very best of professionalism, ingenuity and accomplishment among their peers - the over 65,000 members of the acquisition workforce, Geurts said.