Future Initiatives for Obsolescence Mitigation Strategies

Abstract

The accelerating pace of technology change requires new approaches to the design manufacture and through life support of military and long life cycle commercial platforms to minimize the effects of short-term technology obsolescence. The purpose of this paper is to describe medium and long-term strategies for the mitigation of obsolescence currently being considered in the UK. All complex military equipment are at risk from the effects of unmanaged technology obsolescence before and after they enter service. A systems sentineling approach is described for the evolution of strategies that would involve co-operation between users and manufacturers to produce affordable through life solutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010984

Entities

People

  • Ted Smith

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commercial Equipment
  • Configuration Management
  • Databases
  • Defense Systems
  • Electronic Components
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Life Cycles
  • Long Life
  • Maintenance
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Economics