PROPOSED COST SAVINGS Tobyhanna Army Depot employees begin to dismantle an aging AN/FSC-78 Satellite Communica- tions Terminal Antenna Systems at Fort Detrick, MD, in 2013, putting in motion a value engineering proposal that will result in a $30 million cost avoidance. (U.S. Army photo)


Army introduced the Nett Warrior system to extend digital communications to the dismounted Soldier as part of Capabil- ity Set 13, Tobyhanna engineers fulfilled the requirement for a cable to connect a commercial smartphone to a tactical radio—and went several steps further to deliver a full-service capability package.


Tinking from the perspective of the Soldier who would open the box, employ- ees began to load and configure each phone and radio with the required mis- sion data before shipping the systems to unit locations for training. Tey packaged the phone and radio in a single box com- plete with ancillary devices and charged batteries, then labeled each box with the role of the Soldier receiving it, so that Soldiers would open the box to find a cus- tomized, simple to use, fully operational kit. Loading cryptographic data is the only remaining task to be done on-site by


signal personnel. Te idea, driven from the floor in response to user feedback, has significantly improved training proce- dures for units receiving capability sets.


Tobyhanna’s efforts to cross-train employees are also paying off in the area of field support. As the Army right-sizes contractor field support for tactical com- munications systems, TYAD increasingly will provide total-package fielding sup- port to help fill the gap. With the recent closure of the Product Management Office for Command Post Systems and Integration (CPS&I), a group of TYAD government employees who had executed new equipment training and new equip- ment fielding (NET/NEF) for CPS&I is now serving as a “surge team” to fulfill NET/NEF needs for other programs, so they don’t have to continually pay for outside, system-specific field support representatives.


One of the most productive breeding grounds for sustainment efficiencies and employee ingenuity at Tobyhanna is the COMSEC division, a “depot within a depot.” All supply and maintenance functions are in a single, secure facility. Tat provides a controlled environment to experiment with cradle-to-grave pro- cess improvements, from addressing misdirected shipments to packaging new items to upgrading or demilitarizing older devices.


Over the past three years, the COMSEC workforce has led the demilitarization effort to remove thousands of obsolete items from the shelves, saving millions of dollars while freeing storage space for modern equipment and standardizing the Army’s COMSEC footprint. Tese effi- ciencies simplify network operations for Soldiers and enable better life-cycle man- agement across the COMSEC portfolio.


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