FIELDING THE FUTURE
A UNIQUE TOOL
Registered users can access and use the Life Cycle Impact Analysis Tool’s assessment functions. This tool helps supportability project officers and project team members identify potential supportability and cost burdens. (Image courtesy of the Science and Technology Supportability Cell, CCDC AC Logistics Research and Engineering Directorate)
Additionally, the 3D printed solution would also reduce materiel costs of the component, providing an inexpensive alternative to the initial design.
In another situation, during a product design review for the development of a rifle fire-control system, the supportabil- ity project officer identified potential issues with the placement of the control hous- ing unit, which contains the software and associated components to oper- ate the system, and its impact on other components.
Te supportability project officer recom- mended that the team obtain user feedback gathered for other, comparable fielded systems to explore different design options that would minimize wear on the other system components.
With the integration of supportability project officers onto science and technol- ogy projects and the use of these newly developed tools, CCDC AC has taken the first step toward making supportability an integral part of development and provid- ing best value solutions to our customers.
Tese initiatives provide the engineer- ing community with a broader sense of the effect that the capabilities they are
developing will have on total ownership cost, on the logistics footprint and on readiness, thus providing greater fidelity to the trade space and ensuring selection of the best value solution. Tey provide another means of safeguarding the avail- ability of future systems for the Army.
CONCLUSION An emphasis on supportability helps to ensure that a system can have a long and effective life in the field and reliably support Soldiers in achieving their mission objectives. Mitigating supportability issues later in the life cycle can be prohibitively costly and time-consuming, thus hinder- ing readiness. Keeping supportability at the forefront of early system development can require some adjustment in thinking, but the benefits are clear and compelling.
For more information, go to
https://ac.ccdc.
army.mil/organizations/esic/LRED/.
CHRISTOPHER APPLEGATE is deputy director of the Logistics Research and Engineering Directorate
(LRED) of the
CCDC Armaments Center, where he helps shape efforts within the organization to meet strategic objectives. He holds a Master of Engineering in systems engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.S.
in mechanical engineering from Wilkes University. He is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC).
JOSEPH CANNATARO is the competency manager of the Life Cycle Supportability Division within LRED. He manages a team of engineers and other professionals respon- sible for identifying, analyzing, developing and managing supportability considerations for weapon system programs. He holds an MBA from the Florida Institute of Technol- ogy, a B.S. in electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and various certificates in leadership and management. He is a member of the AAC.
CHIA W. “JEFF” LEE is the associate direc- tor for supportability integration, supervisory for the Science and Technology Supportabil- ity Cell, and the supportability project officer on the Extended Range Cannon Artillery project. He manages a team of supportabil- ity project officers to assist many science and technology projects and coordinate support- ability analysis and design activities early in the life cycle. He holds an M.E. in systems engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology and a B.S. in industrial engi- neering from Rutgers University, He is a certified internal auditor for ISO9000 and CMMI quality management frameworks and a member of the AAC.
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