Life Cycle Pilot Process
Abstract
To execute the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition (SMCA) Industrial Base Strategic Plan, this project supports material and manufacturing technology investigations, assessments, modeling and simulation, pilot / scale-up prototype processes, and industrial assessments. Projects support overall Army's sustainment and modernization efforts for armaments and ammunition industrial base. Specifically, this project will assess life cycle production capabilities required for all ammunition families, address design for manufacturability to facilitate economical production, identify industrial and technology requirements and address the ability of the production base to rapidly and cost effectively produce quality products. Life Cycle Pilot Process (LCPP) provides the resources to prototype critical technologies and develop the knowledge base to establish cost effective, environmentally safe and modern production processes in support of the munitions Industrial Base transformation. In addition, the LCPP program addresses Single Point Failures (SPFs)/No Source of supply within the National Technology Industrial Base (NTIB). LCPP provides support to reduce supply chain risk by investigating, developing and evaluating additional sources of supply for a known SPF. FY 2020 funding will be used to continue testing and evaluation for new materials, investigations and manufacturing technologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 859_0605805A_6_2040_PB_2020
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