GAINING GROUND
During the final manufacturing-readiness assessment, the team toured the Lockheed Martin Camden Launcher Integration Center, as well as the new long-range fires production building. Te PRSM missile container, known as the enclosure-assembly launch pod, will be built at the integration center along with future PRSM missile assembly. Te facility is structured as an open and modular floor plan to support future process design and product development.
“The Army is one step closer to delivering PRSM to the warfighter,” said Craig Bergquist, PRSM product director for the STORM Project Office. “Te opportunity to visit the facility where PRSM final missile assembly will take place is a culmination of the incredible efforts being accomplished across the Army and among our industry partners.”
SHIFTING FOCUS With the enhanced-technology maturation-and-risk-reduction manufacturing-readiness assessment now complete, the Army is currently working to complete objectives for the PRSM engi- neering and manufacturing development contract and Early Operational Capability 1 effort, which will include system qual- ification and manufacturing readiness activities culminating in a fully qualified system. Te fast-tracked PRSM program is shift- ing its focus from subassembly qualification to missile assembly qualification.
ON CLOSER INSPECTION
During the Camden Launcher Integration Center facility tour, Craig Bergquist, Precision Strike Missile product director for the STORM Project Office, takes a closer look at the aft section of the missile, where the fins that help steer the missile will later be installed. Pictured with Bergquist, from left, are Jay Cossentine from the STORM Project Office, Gene Lotta from the Defense Contract Management Agency, and Derek Jones, Lockheed Martin production planning and control manager. (Photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin)
“PRSM has accelerated activities typically reserved for the [engineering and manufacturing development] phase into the [enhanced-technology maturation risk-reduction] phase in support of fielding the missile to the Soldier in [fiscal year] ‘23,” said Fechner. “Since the timeframe to qualify and field PRSM is so condensed, it is crucial that the Army assesses manufacturing readiness early to ensure a successful transition from development to production and fielding.”
upcoming engineering and manufacturing development phase of the program. Some of the biggest hurdles toward achieving that level are validating all pilot production lines for Lockheed Martin and their subcontractors as well as completing qualifica- tion testing. Another criteria for Manufacturing Readiness Level 8 is achieving all system-level qualification testing to demonstrate a Technology Readiness Level 8.
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Te PRSM manufacturing assessments will continue during engi- neering and manufacturing development, preparing the program for the next hybrid acquisition phase, Milestone C and full-rate production. Te engineering and manufacturing development assessments will have a Manufacturing-Readiness Level 8 require- ment to demonstrate the prime contractor and subcontractors’ pilot-line capabilities and prove their readiness to begin early oper- ational capability production.
Before moving into Milestone C and full-rate production, engineering and manufacturing development production- representative missiles will be built and tested to finalize
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