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Armament Directorate War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost AFPEO for Weapons Overview Maj Gen Ken Merchant AFPEO(Weapons) NDIA Air Armament Symposium 16 October 2012 Integrity Service Excellence 96ABW-2012-0443
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Page 1: Armament Directorate - NDIA : Gulf Coast Chapter Directorate War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost AFPEO for Weapons Overview Maj Gen Ken Merchant AFPEO(Weapons) NDIA Air Armament

Armament Directorate War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

AFPEO for Weapons

Overview

Maj Gen Ken Merchant

AFPEO(Weapons) NDIA Air Armament Symposium

16 October 2012

Integrity « Service « Excellence 96ABW-2012-0443

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

Overview

•  AFMC Reorganization •  Portfolio Capabilities and Successes •  Challenges for the Future •  Final Thoughts

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

5-Center Construct (5CC)

What is it? An approach to implement true life-cycle management as a response to significant manpower reductions

What will it do? •  Increase effectiveness & efficiencies

–  Single face to customer –  Improves integrated life cycle management (ILCM) –  Drives standard processes across mission areas –  Fosters integration of maintenance and supply chain to

improve depot performance –  Simplifies and reduces overhead structure

•  Allow elimination of 1,051 positions at staff levels –  Minimal impact below Center level (cuts “tail,” not “tooth”) –  Equates to ~$109M per year

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

Previous AFMC State

ASC (WPAFB, OH)

AEDC (Arnold AFB, TN)

AAC (Eglin AFB, FL)

ESC (Hanscom AFB, MA)

OO-ALC (Hill AFB, UT)

OC-ALC (Tinker AFB, OK)

WR-ALC (Robins AFB, GA)

AFGLSC (Scott AFB, IL)

AFFTC (Edwards AFB, CA)

AFRL (WPAFB, OH)

AFSAC (WPAFB, OH)

HQ Air Force Materiel Command

Technology

Acquisition

Testing

Sustainment AFNWC

(Kirtland AFB, NM)

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

AF Life Cycle Mgmt Ctr (AFLCMC)

AF Test Ctr (AFTC)

Acquisition Includes: PEOs Former Aerospace

Sustainment Directorate Programs Offices

AFSAC Directorate 66 Air Base Group 88 Air Base Wing

Sustainment Includes: WR, OK City, &

Ogden Air Logistics Complex

448 Supply Chain Operations Wing

635 Supply Chain Operations Wing

72, 75, 78 ABWs

Testing Includes: Arnold Engineering

Development Complex

96 Test Wing (incorporates 96th Air Base Wing)

412 Test Wing (incorporates 95th Air Base Wing)

Nuclear Includes: 498 NSW to be

Nuc Cap Dir

377 ABW w/ 498 NUMG to 377 W

898 MUNS to 377 ABW

WSAs to AFGSC

PEO to AFLCMC

AF Research Lab (AFRL)

AF Nuc Wpns Ctr (AFNWC)*

Technology Includes: Merge 10 to 9

Directorates

Consolidate like activities in four others

Current AFMC State

HQ Air Force Materiel Command

*AFNWC is a hybrid of acquisition and sustainment activities

AF Sustainment Ctr (AFSC)

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

v Product Ø  Deliver Cost Effective Acquisition

Solutions

Ø  Deliver Affordable and Effective Product Support

v Process Ø  Launch High

Confidence Sustainable Programs

Ø  Standardize and Continuously Improve Center Processes

v People Ø  Develop and

Place Right Person at Right Time

Ø  Assure a Safe, Secure, and Quality Work Environment

DELIVER TO COMMITMENTS

Acquire and Support War-Winning Capabilities

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

FM

Functional Operating Location

Eglin AFB, FL

AQ

EN DP

SB PK

XR

Air Force Test Ctr (AFTC)

AF Life Cycle

Mgmt Ctr (LCMC)

HQ Air Force Materiel Command

SAE

Air Armament Center (AAC)

Eglin AFB, FL

AAC Then…to Now

AQ

EN

SB

XR

PK

FM

DP

JA

EO

SE

XP

46 OG

46 MXG

46 RANG

AF SEEK EAGLE

46 TG (Holloman AFB, NM)

46 Test Wing

96 Air Base Wing

AAC Center Staff

CS

96 MDG

96 MSG

96 CEG

96 CPTS

HC

IG

PA

XP

MUSEUM

IP

CP

96 Test Wing Eglin AFB, FL

CCC

CS

CCP

CCQ

CAG

HO

CSH

96 MDG

96 MSG

96 CPTS

96 CEG

96 OG

96 MXG

96 RANG

AF SEEK EAGLE

PA

IG

MUSEUM

IP

XP

EO

JA

SE

CP

46 TG (Holloman AFB, NM)

XP

Air Force Test Ctr (AFTC)

Edwards AFB, CA

AF Life Cycle Mgmt Ctr (LCMC)

WPAFB, OH

MUNS SUST (Hill AFB, UT)

Armament Directorate

Eglin AFB, FL

AIR DOM

DIR ATTK

LR SYS

MINI MUN

ADV PRGM

TST & TRNG

STRAT SYS SPEC MGT

(Robins AFB, GA)

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

SAE HQ Air Force Materiel Command

PEO / Center Alignment

AF Life Cycle Mgmt Ctr (LCMC)

WPAFB, OH

STRAT SYS

*AFNWC is a hybrid of acquisition and sustainment activities

Legend Reporting OTE

PEO Strategic Systems Kirtland AFB, NM

AF Nuc Wpns Ctr (AFNWC)*

Kirtland AFB, NM

AIR DOMINANCE

DIRECT ATTACK

LONG RANGE SYS

MINI MUNITIONS

ADVANCED PRGM

TEST & TRNG

MUNS SUST

SPEC MGT

SPACE & C3I

PEO Weapons Eglin AFB, FL

PEO Battle Mgt Hanscom AFB, MA

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost Armament Enterprise Forum

•  Purpose: –  Forum for Eglin leadership to discuss cross-cutting issues –  Maintain a viable RDAT&E Armament Enterprise –  Roundtable format

•  Members include: –  PEO(Weapons) –  AFRL/RW –  96 TW –  53 WG –  AFOTEC Det 2 –  DTRA –  AFLCMC OLs (XZW, EN, PK, AQ, FM)

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

AFPEO(W) Portfolio

• Programs ‒  5 ACAT I ‒  5 ACAT II ‒  11 ACAT III ‒  Muns Sustainment Div

•  1590 Personnel Assigned •  $59.6B Portfolio

Mission: Equip Our Warfighters with Air Dominance, Strike, and Combat Support Capabilities to

Fight and Win Decisively

For Official Use Only

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

Portfolio Capabilities

 Miniature  Muni*ons  

 Long  Range  Systems   Test  &  Training  

 Advanced  Programs    

 

Air  Dominance   Direct  A;ack    

Strategic  Systems    

Muni*ons  Sustainment  

 Space  and  C3I  

 

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost Challenges for the Future

•  Net Enabled Weapons (NEW) •  Industrial Base •  Evolutionary/Revolutionary Concepts to Align

Weapons to 5th Gen Fighters •  Workforce Recapitalization

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

•  Network-Enabled Weapons are here –  Capability requirements will continue to grow

•  NEWIWG stood up to get standards in place, but zeroed out in FY12 –  NEW included in Joint Aerial Layer Network roadmap

•  Coordinating body needed to ensure System of Systems approach between SDB II and C2 programs –  Need forcing function for integration & interoperability –  Essential aspect of Weapons net-ready KPP

Network-Enabled Weapons (NEW)

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

-­‐100,000  200,000  300,000  400,000  

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

FMU-­‐139 FMU-­‐152 Combined  Objective

USA

F  On-­‐Han

d  Qty

Fiscal  Year

AF GP Fuze Inventory Baseline

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost Countermeasure Funding (FYDP)

16

0.00  

0.20  

0.40  

0.60  

0.80  

1.00  

1.20  

FY13   FY14   FY15   FY16   FY17   FY18   FY19  

In  Billions  $  

Inventory  in  $  

Requirements  

2  Year  produc*on  lead  *me  to  affect  inventory  

Need  Funding  in  FY15  to  prevent  inventory  shorRall  

0.00  

50.00  

100.00  

150.00  

200.00  

250.00  

300.00  

FY08   FY09   FY10   FY11   FY12   FY13   FY14   FY15   FY16  

In  M

illions  $  

Requested  Funding  

OCO  CM  Funding  

CM  Funding  

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

AFPEO(W) Portfolio

IOC

Technology Development

Engineering & Manufacturing Development

Production & Deployment

Operations & Support

Sustainment

LRIP Decision

Review IOT&E Critical Design Review

Material Solution Analysis

Preliminary Design Review

AC

AT I

AC

AT II

A

CAT

III

AC

AT IV

•  HTM

AoA

Spec

ial

Inte

rest

A B C

•  JMM BRU

•  SDB II

•  HTVSF

•  JASSM

•  MALD

•  HCSM

FRP

FOC

•  CRIIS

•  AFSAT •  JPF •  MDS HTS •  QF-4 FSAT •  P5CTS •  JTE

•  SDB I

•  QF-16 FSAT

•  JI2 •  CEAR

For Official Use Only

•  JASSM-ER

•  MALD-J

•  JDAM •  AMRAAM

LRTSCM * UMTE *

3

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

Final Thoughts

•  Budget forecast – mostly cloudy –  Efficiency is required for survival

•  Our Armament Enterprise is sound

•  Challenges remain to meet future requirements –  Intelligent weapons on the horizon –  Industrial Base & Workforce issues in work

•  We must continue to be the world’s premier suppliers of air armament solutions –  Can’t do it without industry partners

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

Questions

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost

Fuze Inventory •  Current fuze inventory well below objective & declining

–  FMU-139 End Of Shelf Life Window Is FY14-19 –  POM doesn’t support FMU-152 EOQ

•  Shrinking Electro-Mech Safe-Arm Device (EMSAD) base –  Complex fire-chain dependent on mult components –  Lot Acceptance Test failures caused by manufacturing/

test process –  Less suppliers available for mech & explosive

components •  Industry moving To Electronic Safe-Arm Devices (ESAD)

–  More robust supplier base w/ less components –  Multiple efforts on-going (SDB I, II, HTVSF, JASSM, etc)

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War-Winning Capabilities…On Time, On Cost •  Issue:

–  Countermeasure funding was reduced by 75% starting in FY12 though the FYDP due to forecasted reduction in usage

–  Tier 1 industry partners struggling to keep lines open

•  Impact: –  Company “A”: Closed one of three plants—Loss of Surge capability. Rapidly losing

experienced employees to layoffs. –  Company “B”: Chaff plant in jeopardy of closing—FMS sales keeping facility open

•  Mitigation Plan: ü  Met w/ industry partners to discuss way ahead when cuts first indentified ü  Engaged w/ A5RC to discuss impacts to the Industrial Base ü  Built strategy to best suit each factory ü  Provided first available funds to countermeasures –  Continue to closely monitor contract actions –  Continue to meet regularly w/ industry partners and adjust acquisition strategy as needed

Countermeasure Industrial Base


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