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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Zero-Sustainment Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18295.
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Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

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
 

image  The Honorable Maj Gen (Ret.) Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Workshop Committee Chair

 
0930 Vision for the Workshop
 

image  Lt Gen Judith Fedder, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters U.S. Air Force

 
1000 Break
 
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Zero-Sustainment Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18295.
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1015 Science and Technology for Sustainment
 

image  Dr. Katherine Stevens, Director, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory

 
1115 Institutionalizing “Low Sustainment” Aircraft
 

image  Dr. Steven Brown, Professor, Defense Acquisition University

 
1215 Continue Discussions with Lunch Available
 
1315 Air Force Materiel Command Initiatives
 

image  Aging Aircraft Maintenance—Mr. James Yankel, Technical Director, Directorate of Logistics, Air Force Materiel Command

 

image  Driving to Cost-Effective Readiness—Ms. Joann Berrett, Director, Aerospace Sustainment Directorate, Air Force Sustainment Center

 
1515 Break
 
1530 Air Force Materiel Command Initiatives Continued
 

image  Product Support Responsibilities and Cost Reduction Initiatives—Mr. Mike Jennings, Deputy Director of Logistics (Acting), Air Force Life Cycle Management Center

 
1630 Workshop Committee Feedback to Day 1 Presentations
 

image  All

 
1700 Adjourn

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012

0900 Air Mobility Command Initiatives
 

image  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

 
1000 Break
 
1015 Air Combat Command Initiatives
 

image  Lt Col Brian Godfrey, Chief, Airborne Branch (A4CA), HQ Air Combat Command

 
1115 Army Initiatives
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Zero-Sustainment Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18295.
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image  Informed Sustainment—BG Edward Dorman III, Director for Logistics Operations, Readiness, Force Integration and Strategy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4

 
1215 Continue Discussions with Lunch Available
 
1315 Industry Initiatives Continued
 

image  GE Initiatives—Mr. Joe Guenther, Vice President and General Manager, Evandale Turbofan and Turbojet Engines, General Electric Aviation

 

image  Sustainment: Managing Consequences of Failure with Transparent Information—Mr. Raymond Valeika, Retired Senior Vice President for Technical Operations, Delta Airlines

 

image  Pratt and Whitney Initiatives
—Mr. Randy LaMar, Fleet Operations Discipline Chief, Pratt and Whitney
—Mr. Mark Buongiorno, Director, Military Engine Aftermarket Business Development, Pratt and Whitney

 
1615 Workshop Committee Feedback to Day 2 Presentations
 

image  All

 
1700 Adjourn

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012

0900 Industry Initiatives Continued
 

image  The Enterprise Approach: Why Now?—VADM Walter Massenburg (USN, Ret.), Senior Director, Mission Assurance Business Execution, Raytheon Company

 
1000 Break
 
1015 General Discussion with Participants to Include Next Steps
 

image  All

 
1200 Continue Discussions with Lunch Available
 
1300 Adjourn
Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Zero-Sustainment Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force: A Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18295.
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Overall Air Force weapon system sustainment (WSS) costs are growing at more than 4 percent per year, while budgets have remained essentially flat. The cost growth is due partly to aging of the aircraft fleet, and partly to the cost of supporting higher-performance aircraft and new capabilities provided by more complex and sophisticated systems, such as the latest intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms. Furthermore, the expectation for the foreseeable future is that sustainment budgets are likely to decrease, so that the gap between budgets and sustainment needs will likely continue to grow wider. Most observers accept that the Air Force will have to adopt new approaches to WSS if it is going to address this problem and remain capable of carrying out its missions.

In this context, the original intent of this 3-day workshop was to focus on ways that science and technology (S&T) could help the Air Force reduce sustainment costs. However, as the workshop evolved, the discussions focused more and more on Air Force leadership, management authority, and culture as the more critical factors that need to change in order to solve sustainment problems. Many participants felt that while S&T investments could certainly help—particularly if applied in the early stages ("to the left") of the product life cycle—adopting a transformational management approach that defines the user-driven goals of the enterprise, empowers people to achieve them, and holds them accountable, down to the shop level. Several workshop participants urged Air Force leaders to start the process now, even though it will take years to percolate down through the entire organization. These sustainment concerns are not new and have been studied extensively, including recent reports from the National Research Council's Air Force Studies Board and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.

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