ALE47 Countermeasure Dispensing System Reliability and Maintainability Improvement Effort

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ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing System
Reliability and Maintainability Improvement Effort
542ndCombat SustainmentGroup (CBSG)
Briefer Mr. Greg Cannington 560th CBSS/GBLC,
[phone]
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Overview

• Background, Item Description
• Current Status of Items
• Acquisition Sustainment Strategy
• Requirements
• Challenges/Opportunities
• Government Focal Points
• Summary

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Brief Item Description

• The ALE-47 program funded a two phase System
  Reliability and Maintainability Analysis
• Phase I identified 3 Shop Replaceable Units (SRU)
  as with the highest depot failure rates
• Identified areas in Circuit Card Assembly (CCA)
  that a circuit redesign would improve reliability
• Phase II- Design, prototype and test new SRUs
• Form, Fit and Function replacement
• Programmer Power Supply CCA P/N 174264-0004
• Control and Display Unit (CDU) Power Supply
  176058-0005
• Sequencer Fire Source CCA P/N 177419-0005

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Current Status of Item

• Preliminary Design Review 18 Jun 07
• Only the faulty circuitry is being redesigned
• Diminishing Manufacturing Source (DMS) issues
  addressed
• Surface mount components used whenever possible
  to aid automated production
• Critical Design Review 24 Sep 07-Approved
• Qualification and regression testing by USAF and
  USN estimated to be complete in FY08
• The government will own fully competative drawing
  package

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Acquisition SustainmentStrategy

• Competitive procurement of CCAs anticipated in
  FY09
• CDU and programmer power supplies managed by
  ALE-47 Program Office (560th CBSS/GBLA)
• Sequencer Fir Source managed by DLA
• Strategy for upgrading existing ALE-47 LRU
  inventory is yet not determined
• Initially CCAs will be changed through attrition
  during repair at Depot
• Cut in the LRU production line is estimated in
  FY10

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Requirements

• Programmer PS FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12
  FY13
• Rqmts 150 150
  300 300 300
• CDU Pwr Supply FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12
  FY13
• Rqmts 210 210
  300 300 300
• Sequencer Fire Select FY09 FY10 FY11
  FY12 FY13
• Rqmts (estimated) 100 100
  500 500 500
• Assumes updated CCAs are cut included in new LRU
  production and LRU production rates remain
  constant

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Challenges/ Opportunities

• Incorporating new design into production LRUs

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Government Focal Points

• ALE-47 Program Manager Greg Cannington
• 560CBSS/GBLC
• william.cannington_at_robins.af.mil
• [phone]
• ALE-47 Logistics Support Larry Deese
• 560CBSS/GBLC
• larry.deese_at_robins.af.mil
• [phone]
• Contracts POC Cindy Wrye
• 542 CBSG/GBKA
• cindy.wrye_at_robins.af.mil
• [phone]

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Summary

• When the three CCA re-design and testing is
  completed, acquisition of the new CCAs (Full and
  Open)
• Expecting significant reliability and
  sustainability of LRUs improvemments