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Delivering systems which meet correctly specified requirements, are appropriately designed, verified and validated is the primary objective of The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Continuous technology upgrades of systems allow the Navy to deliver increased capabilities to its fleet without a need to be reliable for the life of the ships. When equipment upgrades are preplanned, a balance must be struck between the Navy's need to ensure that its ships operate without mission critical failures, the cost and the ability to repair the equipment when failures ultimately occur. Vice Admiral Thomas J. Moore, the new commander of NAVSEA has made on-time delivery of ships and submarines from maintenance availabilities his No. 1 priority [1]. “We have consistently underestimated at the beginning of the year what the requirement is for maintenance,” Moore said, also noting that ships are often late “because we had more growth in the work package [than planned]”. Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (R&ME) requirements will drive industry to deliver systems which ensure that a ship can continuously operate during its deployment and within the planned lifecycle constraints. Improved Department of Defense (DoD) policy and standards in R&ME will save the Navy millions of dollars in repair parts procurements and maintenance costs as the Navy improves its design and development processes. |
