In 2015, Melinda and Steve Tourangeau started Warrior Support Solutions, LLC to fill a critical need for exceptional expertise in Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO). Having both served in the U.S. Air Force (Steve as an aircraft operator, and Melinda as an engineer and program manager), they worked on technologies relevant to EW and EMSO such as radar, electro-optics, lasers, communications, and geo-navigation. The combination of their abilities and skills made a great team, passionate about the warfighter, and eager to serve the U.S. Air Force.
In eight short years, EW/EMSO needs and requirements have expanded greatly in terms of planning, strategizing, and obtaining capabilities for our military. This has generated a need/capability gap in subject matter expertise for which WSS is perfectly positioned. In 2021, WSS provided its expertise on a report to Congress outlining the DoD’s EW and EMSO capabilities.
The 2021 report for Congress covered offensive Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) recommendations for our armed forces. this report has been used extensively to quide new requirements for EW and EMSO training. WSS’s vast EW network contains contacts with the most influential operators in EW and EMSO. Our main goal is to identify meaningful connections between government and industry so that the best EW solutions get developed and fielded. We maintain an exceptional reputation in the industry, making our message easy to promulgate and appreciated by the entire community.
Melinda and Steve Tourangeau, co-founders of Warrior Support Solutions, LLC.
Steve “Tango” Tourangeau
President
Steve “Tango” Tourangeau is a trustworthy and visionary executive leader with over 33 years’ experience developing, testing, operating, training and assessing current and future EW/EMSO capabilities for the U.S. military. A U.S. Air Force (Ret.) Lieutenant Colonel, Tango is dedicated to finding solutions that meet warfighters needs in EW/EMSO mission scenarios. Tango’s career has established him as a deeply experienced, confident and courageous business leader, intensely focused on developing, improving, and fielding technologies related to non-kinetic warfare and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Management.
Tango is a retired Air Force aviator with over 1500 hours as Instructor and Evaluator C-141 Special Operations Low Level (SOLL) II Navigator, Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO), and F-4D/E Weapons Systems Officer. At EWO school he earned the DO (Director of Operations) Trophy, graduating top in his class.
Tango’s career includes command positions as Chief, Standardization and Evaluation, HQ 21st Air Force, and Chief, Special Operations Division / Wing EWO, 305th Air Mobility Wing. He was selected as initial cadre for the stand-up of the Air Mobility Warfare Center where he held positions as the Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer, Air Mobility Battlelab; and Systems Flight Commander / EW Test Director, 33d Flight Test Squadron. Here, Tango’s passion for the mission and his commitment to EW/EMSO dramatically improved mission effectiveness and survivability of AMC aircraft and crews.
He served as the Director of Electronic Warfare Programs at MacAulay-Brown, Inc., Dayton, OH. He was responsible for providing subject matter expertise on Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) operations, policies and technology trends, and characterizing a “Single Face to the Customer” for EW/EMSO support to the DoD. He influenced and shaped compelling EW/EMSO trends for HQ USAF, MAJCOMs and AF Materiel Command.
At BAE Systems he was a member of the Customer Requirements and Advocacy team, responsible for supporting all sector activities in the Dayton, Ohio, region. Tango developed and maintained trusted partner relationships with customers. He identified, qualified, prioritized, and shaped new business opportunities, and he developed marketing plans and capture strategies for Air Force business opportunities. His experience at the tactical, operational and strategic levels and in the development, acquisition and testing of EW/EMSO technologies contributed a unique perspective on the entirety of EMS capabilities necessary to support the current and future warfighter
Tango recently turned over leadership of the Granite State Roost of the Association of Old Crows (AOC), and now serves as past-president. His membership in AOC spans over 33 years. He was recently selected to serve on the JED Editorial Advisory Board, and was recently selected to write key position papers for AOC International. As a devoted member of AOC, he continues to champion the criticality of EMS Operations in future conflicts, and advocates for necessary capabilities for our warfighters.
Tango earned a bachelor’s degree in aviation management from Daniel Webster College, Nashua, NH, in 1983, and a master’s degree in management from Webster University, St Louis, MO. His professional affiliations include the Association of Old Crows (AOC), Air Force Association (AFA), Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA), Airlift / Tanker Association (A/TA), International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA), Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), and National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). He is past-president of the Granite State Chapter AOC and a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Order of Daedalions.