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F-22 Systems Program Office (SPO) Support
Challenge
The challenges of providing logistics
support for the F-22, a 28-year program with 277 aircraft
transitioning from EMD to production, are considerable. The
F-22 is the Air Force's high-visibility deep strike fighter.
Just completing operational test and evaluation and entering
high-rate production, dedicated high-quality acquisition
management and logistics services are needed for the
successful production and sustainment of this aircraft.
Solutions
DRC (via its HJ Ford subsidiary)
provides the F-22 SPO with
mission-critical acquisition management and logistics,
systems engineering, and production/sustainment support. Our
acquisition logistics support for equipment changes and
updates continues through the entire modification lifecycle.
DRC efforts have resulted in the transformation of Technical
Orders to the Joint Computer Aided Logistics (JCALS)
Program.
DRC's assistance in preparing program
reviews, strategic plans, publications, and related program
documentation is invaluable to the acquisition management
process associated with this aircraft. DRC assists in
developing, tracking, and analyzing key program management
measures of the effectiveness of acquisition processes and
program execution. We have supported detailed data analysis
and evaluation in support of production readiness. DRC
performs supportability analyses using the LCOM (Logistics
Composite Model) simulation model. These analyses involve
quantifying requirements for maintenance manpower, support
equipment, spares, and facilities; performing sensitivity
and trade-off analyses; evaluating the impact of
policy/program changes; assessing aircraft readiness; and
estimating impacts on modification programs.
In other tasks, DRC conducts analyses to
support the USAF Reduction of Total Ownership Costs (RTOC)
program; assists in translating DoD user requirements into
system requirements using our Collaborative Decision Making
(CDM) methodology; assists in reviewing the overall system
design baseline (architecture and interoperability
requirements); reviews and analyzes technical proposals or
modifications for design feasibility and system
compatibility; and reviews specifications for and evaluates
systems test plans.
Benefits/Achievements
- Our efforts in developing a
management structure for Avionics Laboratory Test
facilities provided a cost avoidance of over $16 million
for the program.
- Our support in reviewing special test
equipment requirements for acceptance testing has
reduced costs by more than $6 million over nine years.
- DRC's RTOC analysis enabled us to
identify more than $200 million in savings on RTOC
activities alone.
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