Software Sustainment: Challenges and Solutions
Dr Kate Gill Software Sustainment Team Lead, F-35 Joint Project Office, DC
20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD SLIDE #: 1 F-35 Multi-Mission Capability
Destroy Targets Deep in Protect Ground Troops “Knock Down the Door” for Clear the Skies of Enemy Enemy Territory Engaged in Combat Other Platforms Aircraft
Strategic Attack Close Air Support Suppression/Destruction of Air Superiority Enemy Air Defenses
• Stealth • Sensor Fusion • Interoperability ◦ Ability to go undetected ◦ Combine many sources of info ◦ Pass vital information and data to all US legacy platforms Maneuver at Will Throughout Battlespace + Provides Superb Battlespace Awareness + Makes Everyone in Battlespace Smarter Survivable Against World’s Most Sophisticated Threats Now and in the Future Critical to US and Allied Air Dominance for the Next 50 Years
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F-35A F-35B F-35C Air Force - 1763 Marine Corps - 353 Navy - 273 & Marine Corps - 67 Basket Refueling Basket Refueling Lift Fan Stronger Gear & Tailhook Centerline Gun Pod Centerline Gun Pod Internal Gun Boom Refueling Wingfold & Ailerons
Roll Posts
3-Bearing Swivel Nozzle Larger Wing & Tail Area Conventional Take-off & Landing Short Take-off Vertical Landing Aircraft Carrier Variant Italy Air Force - 60 Norway - 52 United Kingdom - 138 Turkey - 100 Israel - 50 Italy - 30 F-35 Program More than Just the Aircraft Canada - 65 Japan - 42 JSF Australia - 100 Operational Mission Korea - 40 Reprogram- Flight Program Data File Denmark - 27 Air Vehicle ming The Netherlands - 37 Enterprise Autonomic Operational Full Mission Threat Logistics FlightOff -Programboard Simulators Information Mission Database System Support 1 Program / 3 Variants / 14 Customers / 3,197 Aircraft
Big, Complicated Program with Significant Allied Participation 20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD SLIDE #: 3 The F-35 Air System …More than Just the Aircraft
Operational Flight Program Air Vehicle
JSF Reprogramming Mission Enterprise Data File
Autonomic Logistics Off-Board Information System Mission Support
Full Mission Threat Simulators Database
20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD SLIDE #: 4 F-35 Sustainment Challenges
• F-35 Global Sustainment Solution is designed to support the requirements of all Participants and FMS ◦ 3 US Services ◦ 8 Partner Nations ◦ A Growing Number of Foreign Military Sales Customers
• Must deliver: ◦ Most cost-effective system for all ◦ Best Value for all Participants
• Must recognize and address any specific requirements from individual services and attribute costs accordingly
20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD Scope of F-35 Software Sustainment
Off Board Mission Support Mx and Aircrew Modeling & Trainers Simulation
Propulsion Prognostic Health Management System On Board SW Autonomic Avionics Logistics Reprogramming Information Software Labs Weapons Labs (x4) System
Across Development, Production, and Sustainment
20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD SLIDE #: 6 F-35 Sustainment Solutions • F-35 Global Support Solution (GSS) is designed to support the requirements of all Participants and FMS
The F-35 Global Support Solution will deliver sustainment through life with the support of the US Services, Depots, Global Industry and the associated supply chain network.
The F-35 Program is more than just the aircraft and successful sustainment needs to address ALL the on-board and off-board needs.
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Europe Region Component Initial: (2022-2026) UK: RTC A, B1, B2, C, E, F, H, X, S(2026) NLD: RTC G, L OO-ALC Airframe (F-35A/B/C) Norway Engine OO-ALC Components FRC-E Components Europe SE / ALIS / Training Devices Japan Airframe (F-35A) FRC-E Lift System Europe Warehouse F-35A: Nagoya US F-35 Production F-35B: Iwakuni
OO-ALC FRC-E Airframe (F-35B) Turkey Engine FRC-SW Components OC-ALC WR-ALC Italy FACO Japan FACO FRC-SW FRC-SE WR-ALC Components Japan Engine OC-ALC Components Netherlands Engine Italy Airframe (F-35A/B)
FRC-SE Components North America Warehouse OC-ALC Engine Pacific SE / ALIS / Training Devices
Pacific Warehouse
Asian Pacific Region Component Australia Engine Initial: (2026-2030) AUS: RTC A, B1, B2, C, E, F, G, H, L, S(2022) KOR: RTC X
US Government CORE Workload Assigned in Sep 2008 Australia Airframe (F-35A)
Production/FACO Airframe Assignments Engine Assignments Component Assignments Supply Warehouse Assignments SE/ALIS/Training Device Assignments Program of Record Made Dec 2014 Made Dec 2014 Initial 65 in 2016, RFI 2017 made in 2017 To be made 2018 Across Three Regions North America Europe Pacific
20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD SLIDE #: 8 F-35 Global Support Solution (GSS)
Legacy Acquisition F-35 GSS Model Separate Enterprises Strategy Common, Tailored Enterprise 3 US Services 8 Int’l Participants 3 FMS Cases USAF Country X Country Y Deliver Warfighter performance capability within resource constraints • SE • SE • SE • Spares • Spares • Spares Common Pool: Unique Rqmts: • Training • Training • Training SE Afloat Spares • Engineering • Engineering • Engineering Spares Deployable Spares Training Country-Specific (ISR, etc.) Engineering Contracting for Things Sustainment Strategy: • Design, develop, deliver and sustain a single, integrated, Global Support Solution (GSS); Contracting for Outcomes • Tailor GSS to meet warfighter-defined and PSM-informed readiness and cost objectives; • Maintain life cycle focus, including the reduction of costs; • Buy: • Create a mutually-beneficial GSS enterprise Buy Required outcomes with incentives: o Replacement of 12 Rotors that – with relevant metrics and incentives – operates, manages, and supports the global o Strategic Performance Measures; e.g., Safety o 30 Repair Inductions o Key Performance Indicators: Air Vehicle Availability (AVA), Full Mission system; and o Train 20 engine techs Capability (FMC), Mission Effectiveness (ME), Cost • Leverage global resource base o Critical Metrics: MMH/FH, Canns, System Health Indicators Traditional Cost Growth Performance Framework
Bend the curve using: O&S Cost 30% O&S - Performance-based contracting - OEM Investments Cost Reduction - Should Cost
20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD SLIDE #: 9 Questions
Dr Kate Gill F35 Joint Project Office, Crystal City
[email protected] 20 NOVEMBER 2017 FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY // REL TO USA, GBR MOD, ITA MOD, NLD MOD, TUR MND, CAN DND, AUS DOD, DNK MOD, and NOR MOD SLIDE #: 10 Delivering the F-35 to the Warfighter
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