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for ammunition already fielded by the other services.
Te revised AR was published on Jan. 17, 2013. Te revision specifically states that when another service has fielded ammu- nition that has achieved Milestone C and the Army wants to put it into use without configuration changes, all that is needed is a TC validation memo from the PM to the PEO.
Te TC waiver and revised AR laid the foundation to reduce time and cost
to
field the MK301 Mod 0 cartridge and the MK 248 Mod 0 ammunition to the Army. PM MAS, upon obtaining the TC waiver, reevaluated all the support documents the Navy had produced when it fielded these rounds, validated that eliminating the TC process was the right thing to do and pro- ceeded to FMR.
COST SAVINGS, NOW AND LATER Putting the MK301 Mod 0 through TC and FMR would have cost the Army an estimated $1.2 million and taken 21 months to complete. By eliminating the TC process and going directly to FMR, the MK301 Mod 0 cartridge was fielded to the Army at a cost of $799,513, in 12 months. Likewise, the MK248 Mod 0 ammunition was fielded to the Army at a cost of $719,281, in only 10 months.
Another major program that could benefit from this AR revision is
the Ground
Combat Vehicle (GCV) system being developed by PM GCV under PEO Ground Combat Systems. PM GCV is considering adopting Navy-produced and -fielded ammunition to meet outlined
in the GCV Development Document.
PM MAS is working with PM GCV to evaluate the support documentation
the requirements Capabilities
OWNING THE NIGHT
The 5.56 mm MK301 Mod 0 cartridge features tracer signature capability that is only visible through a night vision device. So, during nighttime operations, the sniper can see the line of fire and point of impact. Here, a sniper assigned to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force provides security during a joint operation to arrest a suspected Taliban leader in the Gelan district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan, Sept. 30, 2012. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of 55th Combat Camera)
from the Navy to help make an informed decision with respect to TC and FMR of GCV ammunition. Leveraging this new AR revision has the potential to produce significant savings in cost and schedule for the GCV program office; it could save the program an estimated $16 million and three years of schedule.
CONCLUSION All future programs in which adopting other military service ammunition for Army use is being considered will benefit from this AR revision. It allows mate- riel developers to use a common-sense approach to capture significant poten- tial cost and time savings, bypassing the TC process and going directly to the FMR process without sacrificing safety, suitability and logistics supportability.
For more information on AR 700-142, go to
http://www.apd.army.mil/pdffiles/ r700_142.pdf. For additional
tion, contact the author at 973-724-9432 or
silva.n.manjikian.civ@
mail.mil.
MS. SILVA MANJIKIAN is a project officer for acquisition and system manage- ment in PEO Ammunition at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. She holds a B.S. in mechani- cal engineering from the City College of New York. Manjikian is Level III certi- fied in program management, systems engineering, and production, quality and manufacturing. She is a member of the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps.
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