CTBT Science and Technology Conference 2021 (SnT2021)

[WITHDRAWN] AFTAC’s Approach to Evaluating Sustainment Variance Impacting Mission Performance

O4.4-567

1 Jul 2021, 15:05

15m

Location 3 (Online)

Oral T4.4 - Network Sustainability and systems engineering for CTBT Verification T4.4 - Network Sustainability and systems engineering for CTBT Verification

Speaker

Mr Stephen Poindexter (Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), FL, USA)

Description

AFTAC’s Center of Engineering Excellence (CoEE) understands that system variance imposes risks to both network performance and budget parameters. Left unchecked, these risks create severe consequences to AFTACs global sensor network. As a result, the CoEE has built upon previous evaluation of maintenance support strategies (O&M 2020) to identify and eliminate the largest sources of maintenance variance. The CoEE has analyzed nearly ten years of historical performance field data, process instructions, training procedures, personnel requirements, and other documentation to assess maintenance activity impacting the USAEDS Network performance and requiring additional unwarranted costs. The CoEE has made significant progress eliminating those sources of variance, improving control of network performance, and eliminating unnecessary costs. The findings resulting from this study are the cornerstone that will allow AFTAC to strategically reshape geophysical operations towards a future emphasizing agility, performance, and cost sensitivity.

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