What is WIPE (Warfighting Improvement Plan Engineering)?

Abstract

'WIPE' is an acronym for 'Warfighting Improvement Plan Engineering'. It is a systems engineering' approach to meeting the service life engineering requirements for a class of ships. It is managed by a Ship Design Manager and is performed at the Class planning yards (PY). Specific WIPE task statements are developed by the NAVSEA life cycle engineers who also review the WIPE deliverables when submitted by the planning yard. Program Elements include: Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS); The Fleet Modernization Program (FMP); Ship Alterations (SHIPALTS); and The Ship Installation Drawings (SIDS).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA183940

Entities

People

  • Jim Heller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antenna Couplers
  • Availability
  • Computer Programming
  • Cooling
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Guidance
  • Life Cycles
  • Navy
  • Personnel Management
  • Phased Array Radar
  • Phased Arrays
  • Program Management
  • Ship Design
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.