DLA Manufacturing Technology Programs

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DLA Manufacturing Technology Programs

• Carmen Viola

March 31, 2009
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Outline

• Overview
• Clothing and Textiles
• Combat Rations
• Microcircuits
• Casting
• Forging
• Batteries
• Small Business Innovative Research
• Discussion

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FY 09 Presidents Budget Program An RD Project
Portfolio for Supply Chains
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Supply Chain Investment Portfolios
Legend in Millions
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DLA RD Program

• Primarily Development
• Portfolio of Long-term Supply Chain Investments
• Multiple, Concurrent Projects for Supply Chain
• Solve Problems
• Leverage Emerging Technologies
• Acquisition Strategies
• Communities of Practice
• Integrating Contractors
• Multi-Contractor
• Single Contractor

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Key Performance Indicator Implementation
ARN Recruit Supply Chain Integration Retail
Wholesale Manufactures
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Customer Driven Uniform Manufacturing (CDUM)

• RD Challenge
• Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment
  (OCIE)
• Unique and Proprietary Materials
• Military Unique Design and construction,
  proprietary materials, packaging, special
  accountability, limited Industrial Base

• Objective
• Reduce Lead-time, Improve inventory visibility
  traceability
• Streamline OCIE operations
• Accomplishments
• Integrated RFID Pilot for end to end tracking of
  end-item Manufacturing, Virtual Prime Vendor,
  DLA, and Service Customer
• Shared DLA/Army OCIE inventory visibility
• Plans
• New Broad Agency Announcement to in final source
  selection

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Combat Rations Network (CORANET)

• RD Challenge
• Quality, Variety, Shelf Life
• Surge Requirements
• Objectives
• Enhance Acceptability and Quality
• Improve Producibility
• Introduce New Equipment Design
• Control Cost
• Accomplishments
• Ultrasonic Pouch Sealing
• Non-Destructive Poly Tray Testing
• Retort Rack Improvement
• Plans
• CORANET III

Community of Practice Supporting the Warfighter
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Advanced Microcircuit Emulation

• RD Challenge
• Microcircuit life cycle is 18 months vs. DOD
  Weapon System Life measured in decades

• Objective
• Implement a trusted, flexible, continuing design
  and manufacturing capability
• Military qualified form, fit, and function
  microcircuits

• Accomplishments
• Improved Weapon System Readiness
• 350 Weapon Systems supported
• Over 92,000 devices delivered
• Over 500M Cost Avoidance to date
• Over 2,200 successful Next Higher Assembly
  Insertions
• Plans
• Demonstrate and Implement increasingly higher
  performance capability

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Advanced Casting Technology

• RD Challenge
• Disproportionate Share of Unfilled Orders
• Fragile supply chains hidden sole source

• Objective
• Reduce Unfilled Orders
• Improve Casting Technology

• Accomplishments
• 16,000 tools in Defense Tooling Database
• Pushing 1M/month of solicitations to foundries
  with tooling
• Partner with Military Services - re-engineered
  120 bad actor castings
• Digital radiography standard for aluminum
  castings
• Plans
• Complete steel and titanium digital radiography
  standards

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Advanced Forging Technology

• RD Challenge
• Disproportionate Share of Unfilled Orders
• Fragile supply chains hidden sole source

• Objective
• Reduce Unfilled Orders
• Improve Forging Technology

• Accomplishments
• Tooling database with 50,000 part numbers
• Lean Manufacturing Projects at 8 forges and 1
  Prime (Sikorsky)
• Applications engineering for 800 parts
• Developed Spray Metal Tooling Machine
• Plans
• August 08 Kickoff Joint Program with Army

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BattNet

• RD Challenges
• Rapid qualification of new sources for
  communication batteries
• Extended life for battery inventory
• Understanding of vehicle battery failure modes
• Objective
• Lower cost, better supply for communication and
  vehicle batteries

• Accomplishments
• Facilitated meetings with Army CECOM
• Cross-Service BattNet organization in operation
• Plans
• Broad Area Announcement mid-August

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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

• RD Challenge
• Develop advanced technologies for discrete-parts
  manufacturing that have applicability for both
  DLA and the commercial market

• Objective
• Satisfy Legislative Requirements
• Comply with Executive Order 13329, Encouraging
  Innovation in Manufacturing
• A degree of risk where the technical feasibility
  has not been fully established

• Accomplishments
• 11 Phase 1 Contracts underway
• Plans
• Evaluate and award Phase 2 contracts issue
  solicitation for new Phase 1s

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DLA RD Wrap-up

• Aligned to the Agency mission and goals
• Aligned with DLA Supply Chains and Functional
  Areas
• Requirements based

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Discussion