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ARMY MODERNIZATION<br />
PROGRAM TO REPLACE CURRENT<br />
LEGACY POWER SYSTEM<br />
By Andricka Thomas, <strong>CECOM</strong><br />
Sustain<br />
The <strong>CECOM</strong> Logistics and Readiness Center<br />
supports the Large Advanced Mobile Power<br />
Sources, LAMPS, to improve existing fielded<br />
legacy power systems. This modernization<br />
program aims to provide more mobile, reliable<br />
and logistically supportable tactical electric<br />
power sources for the Department of Defense’s<br />
21st century digital force.<br />
The LRC, the Department of Defense lead<br />
sustainment proponent for generator sets,<br />
serves as the Generator Sets life cycle sustainment<br />
portion of Program Manager, Mobile<br />
Electric Power, PM MEP. As the sustainment<br />
component, the LRC provides engineering,<br />
provisioning, technical writing and supply support<br />
to PM MEP throughout the acquistion,<br />
deployment a and up to 20-25 years of life<br />
cycle support, according to Ted Bank, LAMPS<br />
integrated logistics support manager, LRC.<br />
The <strong>Army</strong>’s planning to replace the currently<br />
fielded 100/200 kilowatt Tactical Quiet Generator<br />
and Military Standard Generator sets to<br />
improve fuel consumption rates, size, weight,<br />
diagnostics/prognostics and enhanced survivability<br />
and other factors.<br />
“With these operational advantages, units<br />
will see a significant reduction in sustainment<br />
requirements and support costs,” said Banks.<br />
The existing legacy power systems are<br />
deployed in support of high-priority parent<br />
systems including Battle Command C4I systems,<br />
Medical and Force Provider units. Power<br />
systems also provide support combat support<br />
hospitals, forward operating bases, military<br />
intelligence operations and in support of<br />
homeland defense activities, Banks explained.<br />
The need for LAMPS is shared by all services,<br />
particularly the <strong>Army</strong>, Marines and Air Force.<br />
“LAMPS gets us closer to a lighter, more<br />
efficient, power source solution, keeping our<br />
Armed Forces agile and responsive,” said<br />
James Fleetwood, chief, Large Power Sources<br />
Branch, LRC.<br />
Did you know?<br />
A recently deployed, new production Defense<br />
Medical Logistics Standard Support server<br />
prevented DMLSS users at Bagram Air Base,<br />
Afghanistan from ordering medical supplies. In response, SEC created,<br />
packaged, and deployed a critical data patch to the server within 4 hours<br />
of receiving the outage information, restoring service.<br />
SPRING 2013 | THE LINK 31
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