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and Criticality Analysis (FMECA); special test equipment identification and development
of the embedded and on-board training capabilities. The questions contained within Table
D-6, Sustainment Elements of IMP/IMS of Appendix D, will help the ILA team assess
the inclusion of specific sustainment elements within the IMP/IMS.
G.8 Assess Sustainment Elements.
A product support strategy is built around the sustainment elements to integrate the
acquisition and sustainment phases of a weapon system throughout its life cycle. ILA team
members will review the primary supporting documentation for each sustainment element to
ensure logistics requirements are further detailed and required analyses have been performed.
This should include a review of the funding strategy and funding documents to ensure funding
requirements for each sustainment element are appropriately identified and that funding is
available and shortfalls identified. The ILA team members will ensure that each sustainment
element is funded in the year funding is contractually required to produce the end item per the
IMP. The questions in Tables D-7 through D-16 of Appendix D provide the ILA team a
methodology for a detailed assessment of all required logistic support elements.
G.9 Assess Ability to Meet Performance Requirements.
ILA team members will assess each of the sustainment elements to determine if the
performance agreements, specified supportability KPPs and critical system parameters in the
capabilities documents can be met from a supportability perspective. Depending on program
phase, the information required to perform this assessment can generally be found in RAM
models and predictions, development and operational test information documents, RAM/BIT
requirements in the contract/statement of work, RAM analyses and test results, and in AF
sponsored tests, etc.
G.9.1 If the RAM KPPs and critical system parameters of the ICD/CDD/CPD are not
met, then the product support and sustainment areas must be reassessed to determine
what impact the lower RAM numbers will have on the supportability of the system. For
instance, if the actual reliability number does not meet the threshold in the CDD and
spares are being reviewed, then the calculated requirements for spares may be incorrect
and require adjustment, or the manpower analysis may be inaccurate since it does not
account for the higher failure rate and longer repair times. If there is an impact, assess
risk to the program and document a finding. Appendix A contains a cross reference of
typical reliability measures and their relationship to the product support and sustainment
planning factors and should be used as a guide to determine if there is any impact to a
particular sustainment element.
G.10 Determine and Document Results of Assessment.
The ILA team will document the program’s risks and issues in an ILA report. They will
rate the product support planning and implementation using the metrics provided in Section 5.
The assessment will provide a rating for each sustainment element as well as an overall Product
Support Planning and Implementation certification recommendation for the program.
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