While the U.S. Air Force (USAF) systems are remaining in service longer than planned, the industrial base of prime and original equipment manufacturers and suppliers is declining. Thus, the USAF is faced with developing a plan for designing avionics systems that precluded their obsolescence. Weapons in the field need to remain current and supportable. Future systems require a design that facilitates substitution of modern electronics over a system's life. As a result, the Viable Combat Avionics initiative was developed. Earlier this year, Lt. Col. Glenn A. Palmer, program director, Computer Resources Support Improvement Program, and Pam Bowers, CrossTalk managing editor, met with Jon Ogg at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to discuss the initiative. Ogg is a member of the Senior Executive Service and director, Engineering and Technical Management Directorate, Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC), Air Force Materiel Command, Dayton, Ohio. He provides overall management guidance for the development of systems engineering programs for ASC with annual expenditures of more than $10 billion. He ensures the proper allocation and expenditure of fiscal and personnel resources and provides engineering tools to the program offices.
Air Force Develops an Initiative to Manage Change in Avionics Systems
2001
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
Avionics , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Computer Hardware , Viability , Life cycle management , Air force procurement , Air force , Open system architecture , Military modernization , Defense industry , Savings , Obsolescence , Parts , Industrial production , Aging(Materials) , Investments , Manufacturing , Aircraft , Systems engineering , Reprints , Avionics modernization , Viable combat avionics , Interviews , Part obsolescence , Manufacturers , Suppliers , F-22 aircraft , Out-of-production parts , Diminishing manufacturing sources , Evolutionary acquisition , Sustainment , Producibility , Supportability
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