US Army Special Operations Aviation Command benefits from innovative host platform integration. Requirement: Create efficiencies by integrating host and upper antenna mounts in the MH-60M, while maintaining airworthiness. Background Cost and schedule overruns led the customer to look to industry for host platform integration. It was crucial to find a quick solution that would take […]
Looking for ways to increase readiness? Proactive obsolescence planning may be your answer. Declining budgets, rapid technology advances and calculated resets are driving a transition from a reactive to proactive approach. Here are five reasons you’ll want to implement your proactive obsolescence plan right away. Improved inventory management and reduction in overages. Counterfeit risk mitigation. […]
The FO/FAC kit for the M1 was designed in 2004 by the Army’s BenAfAt laboratories, and assembled by Watervliet Arsenal manufacturing personnel. The system was in need of communications technology overhaul. CTG worked with several partners to develop a solution for the Forward Observer/Forward Air Controller (FO/FAC) kit, which replaces obsolete components in US Marine […]
The introduction of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the battlefield has created a subset of indirect requirements necessary to execute upon the new technology’s ground-breaking capabilities. The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) recently faced this challenge. The dated technology of the transceiver was putting a limit on the capabilities of the UAS technology. The […]
Legacy Systems get hit the hardest with material availability concerns. Their 15 to 20 year life spans are prone to obsolescence because they are outliving the technology turn, and technology has no plans of slowing down. The risks involved with these advancements can not be underestimated. Re-designs are costly and time consuming, programs become susceptible […]
The Right Readiness at the Right Cost From inception to repair, maintenance to upgrades, a program manager’s job is never done. Even after a system has been up and running for decades, the work that goes into keeping it mission-ready continues. In fact, keeping older ‘Legacy Systems’ functioning successfully is a complex and tedious task. Why? Quite […]
The Requirement Source and procure 148 reset kits that include 583 individual parts. The kits are delivered to New River, Miramar and Kaneohe Bay to meet PMA261 reset schedule. This project is consistent with better buying power, achieving affordability, cost control thougth program lifecycle, and eliminating unproductive processes. The Solution CTG provides an agile sourcing process […]
Finding the best solution is a complex task involving numerous factors, including: time available, expected future production and support lifetime, and the expected occurrence of future product developments. It may seem obvious, but the differences are subtly abrupt. Obsolescence management strategies can be categorized within two distinct categories: reactive and proactive. Reactive Obsolescence Management There are a number of possible […]
CTG assists Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) with Viability Build The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control Systems (TTWCS) is getting a performance facelift. The upgrade will modernize the system’s interface in accordance with joint mandates, reducing system complexity in order to improve operator interaction. The TTWCS is one of three components that […]
Counterfeit investigations are at an all-time high. The Defense Criminal Investigative Service considers counterfeit investigations one of its highest priorities. In 2016, the DCIS made 5 arrests, 17 charges and 11 convictions. One-tenth of their 1,500 active investigations are related to counterfeit, defective, or substandard products. And they’re widening their search. Why are counterfeit parts […]
