Weapons Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle

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Modern software engineering practices, pioneered by the commercial software community, have begun transforming Department of Defense (DoD) software development, integration processes, and deployment cycles. DoD must further adopt and adapt these practices across the full defense software life cycle - and this adoption has implications for software maintenance and software sustainment across the U.S. defense community.

Air Force Software Sustainment and Maintenance of Weapons Systems evaluates the current state of software sustainment within the U.S. Air Force and recommends changes to the software sustainment enterprise. This report assesses how software that is embedded within weapon platforms is currently sustained within the U.S. Air Force; identifies the unique requirements of software sustainment; develops and recommends a software sustainment work breakdown structure; and identifies the necessary personnel skill sets and core competencies for software sustainment.

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100 pages · 7 x 10 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-67812-9
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-67813-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25817

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Air Force Software Sustainment and Maintenance of Weapons Systems. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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According to the Government Accountability Office, sustainment of weapon systems accounts for approximately 70 percent of the total life-cycle costs. When sustainment is not considered early in the development process or as an integral part of the systems engineering design, it can negatively affect the ability of the Air Force to maintain and improve the weapon system once it enters service.

At the request of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Weapons Systems Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle identifies at what point or phase of the development of a weapons system sustainment planning should be integrated into the program; examines and provides recommendations regarding how sustainment planning should be evaluated throughout the development process; investigates and describes the current challenges with sustainment planning and determines what changes have occurred throughout the acquisition process that may have eroded sustainment planning; and identifies opportunities for acquisitions offices to gain greater access to sustainment expertise.

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98 pages · 7 x 10 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-67585-5
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-67586-3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25756

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Weapons System Sustainment Planning Early in the Development Life Cycle. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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On December 3-5, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop in Washington, D.C., on U.S. Air Force (USAF) sustainment planning early in the development life cycle. This workshop was conducted as part of a broader study on addressing challenges and identifying opportunities to effectively design and execute sustainment planning across USAF systems and platforms. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

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11 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-49042-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25393

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Early Sustainment Planning for the United States Air Force: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

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