Jura The idiot
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oh is this what's happening? funny how in the past you tried to implicate Mr. Gilmore LOL now the GAO has Trump's guy in charge, just the F-35 issues stay
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Jura The idiot
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noticed through
Lockheed awarded $90m for F-35 Core Processor depot repair system
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Contracts for April 25, 2019
Lockheed awarded $90m for F-35 Core Processor depot repair system
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Contracts for April 25, 2019
- April 25, 2019
- Contracts
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- Release No: CR-078-19
The fancy logistic system collapsed, and all maintenance activity ended up under the rubble .
Identified problems:
1. original system specification expected 80% common parts between aircraft. Reality is 20% commonality .
2. Expected to be capable to rework all manufactured plane to new specification. Not possible to do this with the first (few) hundred units.
3. Locked doesn't use during the building of the aircraft the ALIS database to populate the BOM of each aircraft, with the common P/N and S/N numbers. This can bring to the knee any system, considering that close to 20 % of the lifetime air frame number already manufactured.
These are the known problems, it doesn't considering anything like incompetent database design, fragmented programming and so on.
The no 1&2 exploded the BOM by a magnitude at least. The third destroyed the consistency and validity of it.
I wondering about the next question for a while.
If the Lockheed can't handle the mediocre and mundane task of maintenance/spare part database creation, then how can they handle the cutting edge/ extremely complex sensor fusion programming/ database organisation task?
If the Lockheed can't handle the mediocre and mundane task of maintenance/spare part database creation, then how can they handle the cutting edge/ extremely complex sensor fusion programming/ database organisation task?
It ain't McDonal's Jura, where you can get a Big Mac anyway you want it, as long as its two burgers, lettuce, cheese and a special sauce on a sesame seed bun!
Furthermore, I didn't "try" to implicate Michael Gilmore, I DID IMPLICATE Michael Gilmore, and who is "Trump's Guy in charge??? the GAO does perform some helpful functions, its their "Holier than thou attitude" and the "surprise" when rolling out the most sophisticated weapon on the planet results in a laundry list of "SNAFU's",,, are you telling me you're surprised roll-outs are a "pain in the ass", have you ever operated a piece of equipment that didn't have issues that had to be worked out???? I mean really.....
and then you've got the "rocket scientist" all excited because each of the 3 F-35's are very distinct aircraft, distinct as dictated by "mission requirements", the Marines have a STOVL aircraft that for all intents and purposes mirrors the capabilities of the F-35A and the F-35C, that's incredible capability...
You've got to remember the Marine have pushed this program as far out front as they are able with "brute force, and main strength", they have pushed the baby bird "out of the nest", do you understand that concept brother, there are squawks and issues, parts packages aren't up to snuff, 44% of the parts were incompatible, those kits have been prepared and "out there" a long time, now we're going to find out what really needs to be in those kits....
NOW, how long has the HORNET been aboard ship Bub?? how long, are you aware of the parts conundrum with that airplane?? you surely should be! so if they have major issues launching the HORNET because of poor maintenance, and lack of parts?? due to budget cuts and sequestration, should it surprise you that the most complex, capable military forward strike aircraft in the world has a steep learning curve???
Brumby
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Folks et al,
This whole debacle about spare parts and its impact on readiness especially at sea needs to be put in perspective.
Prepositioning spare parts on board a carrier is a normal part of at sea deployment. Prepositioning also means predetermining failures and what parts will fail while at sea. While there is science behind it, nevertheless it is a probability driven event and that means you can't always get it right .This is compounded by concurrency issues with the earlier build and part fit issues. This are start up issues and will eventually go away as the concurrency builds are about 100 planes. Eventually the issues will tailor off as their weighting to overall build become increasingly less relevant. Could they have done better with parts management? I think so but I am not in their shoes to have all the facts. Shooting from the hip is easy - try managing a multi billion program and see how you fare. We can always compare aviation at sea readiness between the USN with the Russians or the Chinese. I have not seen any activities lately from them let alone transparency.
Parts management is a management and process issue. They are always solvable with the right focus and attention. The important point is whether the F-35 is the delivering the capabilities as advertised.
Jura The idiot
General
Hon. Robert F. Behler
Director, Operational Test & Evaluation
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Robert F. Behler was sworn in as Director of Operational Test and Evaluation on December 11, 2017. A Presidential appointee ...
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Jura The idiot
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thought if they'd intentionally create subvariants within subvariants within ... to then cannibalize 100+m gear, as in
V-22 Osprey Thread - News, Pics, Videos Feb 26, 2017
with the goal to shuffle money into LockMart, of course
would make the F-35 a perfect product, LOL