PMA209 2012 Core Avionics Master Plan - NAVAIR - U.S. Navy

Core Avionics Master Plan2. Leverage established solution development momentum, maturity orlessons learned. Coordinate deliberate convergence toward common products orfamilies of systems. The DoD 5000 series directs that Doctrine, Organization,Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities (DOTMLPF) reviews will beconducted to determine if a capability gap can be addressed without a materiel solution.When a materiel solution is called for, it then directs that Commercial Off the Shelf(COTS) solutions be explored first. Similarly, existing military solutions should bereviewed for applicability before pursuing a new solution.Benefits achieved with deliberate convergence (necking down) of Navy helicopterTMS came not only from eliminating several unique airframe sustainmentinfrastructures, but also from reductions of many unique component sustainmentinfrastructures. The cost avoidances achieved freed resources to enable more systemenabledcapability integration. Additionally, even though the two remaining variantshave different mission sets, they were purposefully designed to achieve efficienciesfrom commonality in their core avionics systems.Navy Helicopter TMS neck-down efficiencies.Similar efficiencies can be captured by applying these deliberate convergenceprinciples at the system component level across other existing platforms.TMS uniqueComm Nav DisplayComm Nav DisplayComm Nav DisplayFamilies oflike coreSystemAvionicsComm Nav DisplayComm Nav DisplayComm Nav DisplayComm Nav DisplayComm Nav DisplayCommsNavDisplaysXpndrsEWSafetyPotential USMC Assault Support deliberate convergence efficiencies.Core Section CAMP 2012 10