OBJECTIVES
1. Address the current state of sustainment.
a. What factors are responsible for driving your systems' sustainment costs? Where is our sustainment money going today?
b. How do those cost factors change over time?
c. Have you been successful in more effectively “managing” system sustainment costs?
2. Address the potential for science and technology to impact our future costs.
a. What emerging technologies show promise to reduce or eliminate those sustainment cost drivers?
b. How are you pursuing those opportunities? What “approaches” would you recommend to take advantage of emerging capabilities that might reduce our sustainment costs?
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012
0900 | Welcome and Introductions |
The Honorable Maj Gen (Ret.) Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Workshop Committee Chair |
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0930 | Vision for the Workshop |
Lt Gen Judith Fedder, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force |
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1000 | Break |
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012
0900 | Air Mobility Command Initiatives |
Air Force Element (AFELM) Vehicle and Equipment Management Support Office (VEMSO) Initiatives to Reduce Sustainment Costs—Maj Mark Blumke, Deputy Chief, Mx Systems and Integration Branch, Directorate of Logistics, Air Mobility Command |
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1000 | Break |
1015 | Air Combat Command Initiatives |
Lt Col Brian Godfrey, Chief, Airborne Branch (A4CA), HQ Air Combat Command |
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1115 | Army Initiatives |
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
0900 | Industry Initiatives Continued |
The Enterprise Approach: Why Now?—VADM Walter Massenburg (USN, Ret.), Senior Director, Mission Assurance Business Execution, Raytheon Company |
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1000 | Break |
1015 | General Discussion with Participants to Include Next Steps |
All |
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1200 | Continue Discussions with Lunch Available |
1300 | Adjourn |