unclassified - Air Force Financial Management & Comptroller

BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/OTHER BASE MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
BASE/ALC CALIBRATION PACKAGE
Description (continued):
(TMDE). Equipment procured as part of these packages is normally used by PMEL technicians in a laboratory environment. The equipment
and standards provided will establish new or upgrade existing calibration capabilities.
b. The Electrical Package also provides the PMELs with standards and ancillary equipment used in electro-optical, radio frequency
(RF)/microwave, electrical, radiation detection identification and computation technologies, as well as equipment required for precise time
andfrequency measurement. It supports items such as meter calibrators, automated resistance measurement systems, and peak power meters.
Additionally, the Mechanical Package includes standards and ancillary equipment for the mass, dimensional, optical, force, vibration, flow, and
environmental measurement areas. This supports items such as humidity generators and hydraulic pressure gauge calibrators.
c. The Systems Package consists of equipment for calibrating common TMDE and automatic test equipment (ATE) outside of a normal PMEL
facility. Systems package equipment facilitates on-site and/or in-place calibration to reduce the time of equipment non-availability to the user,
eliminate the need to disassemble test stations, reduce transportation of delicate equipment, and calibrate to the user’s minimum requirement.
When not being used for calibration outside the PMEL, this equipment is available for calibration of routine PMEL workload.
4. A reduction of requested funding levels will affect the ability of the Air Force to support current weapon system measurements, thus
jeopardizing accuracies of Air Force subsystems that provide navigation, weapons delivery, communication and other mission support
requirements. Calibration traceability will also be compromised due to lack of state-of-the-art measurement standards.
5. Items requested in FY03 are identified on the following P-40a and are representative of items to be procured. Items procured during
execution may change based on the most critical equipment needed to support current Air Force mission requirements.
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71
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UNCLASSIFIED
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