range xxi - U.S. Army Environmental Center
range xxi - U.S. Army Environmental Center
range xxi - U.S. Army Environmental Center
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PURPOSE<br />
BENEFITS<br />
TECHNOLOGY USERS<br />
DESCRIPTION<br />
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND RESULTS<br />
To develop and verify the environmental lifecycle costs for the Bradley A3<br />
Upgrade ground combat system.<br />
By identifying program environmental cost elements, weapon system PMs<br />
can make informed decisions on environmental issues by evaluating their<br />
impacts on long-term costs. Identification of environmental costs helps the<br />
<strong>Army</strong> develop more accurate and complete lifecycle cost estimates for<br />
weapon system acquisition programs.<br />
Program Executive Officer (PEO)-Ground Combat Support Systems,<br />
PM-Bradley A3 Upgrade and the U.S. <strong>Army</strong> CEAC.<br />
In a 1997 audit, the DoD Inspector General found that environmental<br />
costs were not fully included in the Comanche program’s cost estimates.<br />
In fact, the Inspector General found the Comanche helicopter cost<br />
estimate might be understated. As a result of the audit, PM-Comanche and<br />
CEAC requested USAEC assistance in identifying and estimating lifecycle<br />
environmental costs.<br />
After completing the environmental lifecycle cost estimate for the PM-<br />
Comanche, USAEC provided similar data collection and coordination<br />
efforts with PM-Apache (AH-64D) and with PM-Chinook (CH-47F/<br />
Improved Cargo Helicopter) to develop environmental lifecycle cost<br />
estimates for these programs. USAEC is also developing an environmental<br />
lifecycle cost estimate handbook for rotary wing aircraft.<br />
USAEC’s next step was to gather environmental lifecycle cost estimates for<br />
ground combat systems with the Bradley A3 Upgrade program selected as<br />
the first system and Crusader selected as the second. There are two<br />
versions of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems (BFVS): an M2 Infantry<br />
Fighting Vehicle (IFV) and an M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV). A<br />
total of 1109 Bradleys will be modified to the A3 configuration. On 17<br />
March 2000, a meeting was conducted at the PM-Bradley to coordinate the<br />
preparation of the Bradley A3 modification environmental lifecycle cost<br />
estimate. This project required analysis of the entire acquisition plan for<br />
the Bradley A3 Upgrade ground combat program, identification of all<br />
activities with environmental impacts, and estimation of all associated<br />
environmental costs. Costs were correlated to a work-breakdown<br />
structure for the program and documented using CEAC-approved costdocumentation<br />
formats.<br />
Lessons learned from this and other projects on ground combat systems<br />
will be included in a ground combat system environmental cost handbook.<br />
The handbook will serve as a guide for PEOs and PMs to estimate their<br />
programs’ environmental lifecycle costs.<br />
USAEC has conducted data collection efforts at United Defense Limited<br />
Partnership (UDLP) Lemont Furnace, Pennsylvania, and UDLP-York<br />
Pennsylvania, at PM Bradley A3 (Warren, Michigan), at Fort Hood,