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The Air Force Research Laboratory, Manufacturing Technology Division at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, sponsors this initiative. The objective of the BAA is to develop new process applications, tools, and pilot programs to help the Government better manage electronic component obsolescence. This should involve determining how to develop relationships with integrated circuit (IC) manufacturers, how to handle parts obsolescence and availability, and how to improve life prediction of parts.
The first purpose of the BAA is the Application of Commercially Manufactured Electronics (ACME). The objective of ACME is to address key technology driven issues required to increase the cost-effective use of commercially manufactured electronics as military parts become obsolete due in part to DMSMS. Improved reliability prediction and verification are key factors in managing parts obsolescence and are important for the effective use of commercial products. ACME should address issues such as packaging, assembly, improved power sources, or other approaches required to reliably use commercial components in military systems.
The BAA should also address Obsolescence Management Pilot Program(s). The objective of the pilot program(s) is to address improving corporate level policies and procedures, the cost effectiveness of parts obsolescence management tools developed under BAA-97-11-MLKT, and the effectiveness of technology efforts developed in the ACME. Management of parts obsolescence must be viewed and implemented from both systems engineering and business perspectives. It must become institutionalized as an important corporate function. This will include investigation of data collection and maintenance, Form Fit Function and Interface definition, decision matrices, timely information exchange, and design processes and procedures.
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