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Appendix A Current Activities and Programs
Appendix A Current Activities and Programs
Pages 47-55
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Recipients of the memorandum were directed to "reach a consensus of a working set of standards" and "establish a single, unifying DoD technical architecture that will become binding on all future DoD C4I acquisitions" so that "new systems can be born joint and interoperable, and existing systems will have a baseline to move towards interoperability" (personal communication with V Garber, director of interoperability, OUSD LAT&L]
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DMEA's primary mission is to leverage the capabilities and payoffs of advanced technology to solve operational problems in existing weapon systems, increase operational capabilities, reduce operation and support costs, and reduce the effects of diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS)
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Using business-type process evaluations, in addition to existing screening processes, the DMS Shared Data Warehouse provides rapid, economical identification, dissemination, and processing of affected part numbers and national stock numbers. AIR FORCE Aeronautics Systems Center's Affordable Combat Avionics The Air Force received an action item from the Quarterly Acquisition Program Review in October 1998 to present a plan for studying the design of avionics systems to preclude their obsolescence.
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Diminishing Manufacturing Sources Technology Center The Navy established a DMS Technology Center (DTC) through the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, to produce and distribute product discontinuance notifications to those who sign up for this free service.
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All major business sectors are involved in the Proven Path initiative (Frew, 2000~. Systems, Technologies, Architecture, and Acquisition Reform Lockheed Martin has been working with the Air Force Aging Avionics Office at Wright Patterson Air Force Base to study the problem in detail.
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The B-2 program, a team project involving ARINC, DMEA, TACTech, and Northrop Grumman, has been praised for its aggressive, proactive DMSMS program and has been singled out as a model Air Force program (B-2, 2000~. SMART Parts The goal of SMART Parts, a program under LittonTASC Corporation, is to reduce TOC through an innovative hardware architecture and design process that provides a brand new solution to the long-term sustainment of aging digital systems (Abrahamson, 2000~.
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SKI has been instrumental in developing the Capability Maturity Model, which measures an organization's process capabilities to produce quality software. SKI focuses on two principal areas: software engineering management practices, the ability of organizations to predict and control quality, schedule, cost, cycle time, and productivity when acquiring, building, or enhancing software systems software engineering technical practices, the ability of software engineers to analyze, predict, and control selected properties of software systems, and make key choices and trade-offs when acquiring, building, or enhancing software systems SKI has been actively involved in work on open systems since 1993 by developing courses, related
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The task force has evolved into the Multiassociation Industry Affordability Task Force, which addresses common industry and DoD science and technology, manufacturing, product and process development, commercial integration, sustainment, and defense acquisition policy and program issues. Many successful projects featuring the coordinated efforts of various industry associations, government agencies, and key defense industry producers have been co-sponsored and facilitated by NCAT.
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Aging Avionics Science &Technology Strategy and Program Status. Presentation by Dale Johnson, Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, to the Committee on Aging Avionics in Military Aircraft, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., June 8, 2000.
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