Producibility & Manufacturing Technology
Abstract
Producibility and Manufacturing is responsible for improving the Ballistic Missile Defense System by applying producibility tools. These tools include Design for Manufacturing and Assembly, supply chain gap analysis, and Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) which includes Lean Six-Sigma, the Theory of Constraints, and others to assist in the elimination of manufacturing waste, reducing process variability, and ensuring first time quality for Ballistic Missile Defense Element Program Offices and their suppliers. Producibility and Manufacturing conducts Industrial Capability Assessments (ICAs) across the BMDS Industrial Base in order to identify production gaps created by material supplier changes, loss of manufacturing base, and movement of US production overseas. From these assessments, we develop a gap analysis which focuses on methods that can be used to support our US original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), their supplier base, and other organizations that produce end items for the BMDS. As part of the gap analysis we address US environmental concerns. Our efforts to find a replacement for the environmentally toxic metal Beryllium has focused us on an environmentally friendly Silicon Carbide as a Kill Vehicle telescope construction material. An additional benefit of Silicon Carbide is the telescope assembly also improves the nuclear survivability of Kill Vehicle sensors. Producibility and Manufacturing ensures technologies and products under development from the Advanced Technology Deputate, items developed through the Small Business Innovative Research program, and efforts developed through the Services MANTECH programs, which map into the BMDS architecture at the appropriate insertion points and in concert with the Elements. Near term producibility capabilities are accomplished through efforts in a number of key investment areas: Power Systems, Radiation Hardening/ Survivability (both natural and prompt radiation affects), Manufacturing Process Improvements, Electro-Optics/Infrared (EO/IR), Radar Radio Frequency / Electronics, Propulsion, and Advanced Materials and Structures. These capabilities mature through the Next Generation Component Producibility Program and its associated Flight Experiments. The programming of these efforts for BMDS Element integration is within a three to five year timeframe. MDA has designated Producibility and Manufacturing as the command focal point for Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) which includes the utilization of tools such as Lean Six-Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints to assist in the elimination of waste, reducing process variability, and ensuring first time quality for internal and external customers. MDA will transition from the existing legacy, project-oriented Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractor construct to an enterprise-wide Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) approach to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) mission. The objectives are to implement national engineering and support services for the BMDS mission across the enterprise, enhance the sharing of ballistic missile defense expertise and knowledge across the agency, centralize the acquisition of support services manpower in a more efficient manner and reduce agency overhead costs enterprise-wide. A&AS support includes engineering and technical services; studies, analyses, and evaluation; and management and professional services.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- MD29_0603890C_4_0400_PB_2011
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