DocumentCode :
2652639
Title :
Falcon Flex-a new F-16 business practice
Author :
Steadman, Bryan L. ; Olsen, Ed ; Matusiak, Ron ; Shively, Jon
Author_Institution :
Total Quality Syst. Inc., Ogden, UT, USA
fYear :
2000
fDate :
2000
Firstpage :
147
Lastpage :
153
Abstract :
This paper discusses and demonstrates how the F-16 Logistics Operations Division at the Ogden Air Logistics Center has been successfully applying the FS concepts and strategies even before they were formalized. The first applications took place in the early 1990´s while the concept of performance based acquisition (PBA) was just germinating. These first F-16 applications were born out of necessity and good engineering sense. It was reasoned that it did not make good engineering or economic sense to pay a premium to buy old technology that failed often and was expensive to repair, when the current technology that performed the same function seldom fails and costs much less. This reasoning has been successfully applied to the F-16 ANIAPG-68 Radar System, yielding a $450 million dollar repair cost avoidance over the life of the weapon system, substantially increased system readiness, and improved system performance. A formal Falcon Flex Business Process Guide has been developed that focuses on the lowest level cost drivers and supportability issues to trigger the process. The guide leads the integrated product team (IPT) through a series of steps systematically progressing to the lowest cost and greatest benefit solution. A Falcon Flex database capturing over two and a half years of detailed depot repair data has been developed. This database provides insight into F-16 depot avionics repairs down to the lowest component level. The challenges and pitfalls of raising the level of configuration control for PBA procured assemblies, subassemblies and components as well as the critical importance of rigorous system integration testing are discussed
Keywords :
logistics data processing; military avionics; radar applications; weapons; ANIAPG-68 Radar System; F-16 business practice; Falcon Flex; Logistics Operations Division; Ogden Air Logistics Center; avionics repairs; configuration control; cost drivers; depot repair data; integrated product team; performance based acquisition; repair cost; supportability issues; system integration testing; system readiness; weapon system; Aerospace electronics; Assembly systems; Control systems; Cost function; Databases; Logistics; Radar; System performance; System testing; Weapons;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
ISSN :
1080-7725
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5868-6
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.2000.885582
Filename :
885582
Link To Document :
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