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Australian F-35A 5th Generation Sustainment

Rodahn Gibbon

Project Management and Sustainment Consultant (Jacobs Australia)

Joint Strike Fighter Division

19 July 2016

Linke-Hofmann R.I Circa 1917

Stealth Technology Celebrates 100 years!

• Four Pillars of JSF Capability

• What is being Sustained? 5th

Generation Air Systems

• How are we Sustaining?

– Australian Sustainment Strategy

– What is the Global Support

Solution?

– Australian Integrated F-35A

Sustainment System

– 5th Generation Sustainment –

What’s different?

Overview

• US Services (USAF, USN,

USMC)

• US < 2500 aircraft

• Partners (signatories to

PSFD MoU) < 1000

• UK

• Italy

• Australia (~3%)

• Turkey

• Netherlands

• Canada

• Norway

• Denmark

• FMS

• Israel

• Japan

• South Korea

Global F-35 Program

Four Pillars of JSF Capability

5th Generation Air Systems

5th Gen Integration of Stealth and Fighter Evolution = Quantum Leap

• 1st Jets

• Subsonic

• Guns

• Bombs

• Rockets

• Supersonic

• 1st Radar

• Missiles

• Guns

• Multi-Role

• Supersonic

• Radar

• Missiles

Cap

ab

ilit

y

The Evolution

of Stealth

• High and Fast • All Stealth – 24/7/365

• Air-to-Ground Only at Night

• Adv Avionics

• Guided Weapons

• Agility & Speed

• Stealth

• Fighter Performance

• Internal Payload

• Information Fusion

• Network Centric Ops

• Sustainable

• Deployable

Fighter Evolution

Sustaining 5th Generation Air Systems

UNCLASSIFIED

What is being Sustained?

5th Generation Air System – More than just the Air vehicle

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LEVERAGE

F-35

GLOBAL SUPPORT

SOLUTION

(GSS)

ADF F-35 SUSTAINMENT

SERVICES

INTEGRATION

SU

ST

AIN

ME

NT

F-35 Global Support Solution

(GSS)

Sustainment Integration

ADF F-35A Sustainment Services

Sovereign Sustainment

Requirements

Sustainment Strategy

MAINTAIN

SUPPLEMENT WITH

IMPLEMENT THROUGH

Centralised and Shared Services :

• Sustaining Engineering

• Spares Analysis and Inventory Optimisation

• Reliability and Maintainability

• Contract and Performance Management

Global Support Solution (GSS)

Global Supply Chain:

• Shared Pool of Spares

• Global Warehousing and

Distribution Network

• Regionally based

Maintenance Venues

Networked:

• Efficiency

• Reliance

• Cyber security

OPPORTUNITIES:

• Economies of Scale

• Shared Work Effort

• Global Reach

• In built competition

Global Support Solution (GSS)

CHALLENGES:

• Sovereign Requirements

• Sovereign Obligations

• Disparate Fleet Sizes

• Global Maintenance Skills and

Standards

• Global Fleet Management

Australian F-35A

SUSTAINMENT

STRATEGY

CUSTOMER

&

PARTNER

14

ADF Common

Item

Management

Ghosthawk

(JEWOSU)

Regional

Warehouse

Regional Non

Aircraft MRO&U

Sustaining

Engineering

Support Services

Training Support

TSSC1

Pilot and

Maintainer

Training

(2OCU)

ITC Contractor

Ab Initio Pilot

and Maintainer

Training

Air Vehicle

MRO&U

Propulsion

MRO&U

Regional AV

Component

MRO&U

OBISC

ACURL

Operators

(JEWOSU)

ALIS Admin (81 Wing) ALIS Admin ICS

OBISC Support Contracts

CIOG

DIF / DDF

Management

ACSPO

(Logistics

Operations Centre)

1

3

6

8

Facilities

Support

Maintenance

Field Ops

(FSRs/FSEs)

Base Support

Services

Product Support Manager (PSM) (JPO)

Hybrid Product Support Integrator (HPSI)GOVERNMENT

LED

INDUSTRY SUPPORTED

LM P&W NG BAE RR

JESB / ALAC / SAG

ACURL

Sustainment

Services

ACURL

Support

Services

PFF BTN

Support (2OCU)

Maintenance ICS

Customised PFF

Support Services

4

First / Last Mile

(JLC)

O+ Level

Maintenance

(81Wing)

Retail

Warehouse

(81Wing)

O Level

Maintenance

(81Wing)

Australian Sovereign

Sustainment Requirements

5

2

F-35 PSP ‘Wall’

Touch Labour (Contract)

10

9

Sovereign Sustainment Requirements

F-35 Global Support Solution (GSS)

Sustainment Integration

ADF F-35A Sustainment Services

Australian F-35A Integrated Sustainment System

ADF Sustainment Services

ALIS SOU

ALIS

ALIS SOU

ALIS SOU

ALIS SOU ?

ALIS

ALIS ALOU

Global Product Support Providers (PSPs)

AIR FORCE

ACG / 81 WG

WLM

CASG

ACSPO (Australian Logistics Operations Centre) Product Support Manager

(PSM) (JPO)

2 OCU

3 SQN

77 SQN

75 SQN

Pilot Training

Maint Training

O / O+ Maint

O / O+ Maint

O / O+ Maint

O / O+ Maint

AWC

ACURL

(Eglin AFB)

Ghosthawk

Retail W’house

PFF

Hybrid Product

Support Integrator (PSI)

GFXGOV’MENT

LED

INDUSTRY SUPPORTED

LM P&W NG BAE RR

Regional AF MRO&U

Regional Propulsion

MRO&U

SLA

PB

Ls

PB

Ls

PB

Ls

PB

Ls

PB

Ls

PB

Ls

Other ADO

E&IG

JLC

CIOG

Other DLMs(Commons & Consumables)

IASPO

CISSO ENGSPO

ALSELMU

AMSPO JFLA

MSA / PDA

OBISC

Partner PBA

Warfighter SLA

AS

DE

FC

ON

SL

As

Warfighter Sponsored Aus Industry PSPs

Regional Commerical

PSP

Potential Regional

Commercial PSPGlobal Commercial PSPUS Govt PSP

WLM Retail Warehouse

Support

ITC Training Support

WLM Maint Support

(Touch Labour)

OBISC Support Services

AS

DE

FC

ON

(G

FX

)

ALIS Admin

Resources

TDLRetail W’house

JESB & ALAC

SLA1

1

2

22

3 3

55

5

5

5

4

# Sovereign Sustainment Requirement

SL

As

F-35 PSP ‘Wall’

9

9

9

9

7

10

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DOCUMENT CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

Mr Rodahn Gibbon

ACURL Support

Services

ACURL Sustainment

Services

PFF Support Services

Maintenance Field Ops /

ICS

Regional Warehouse

ALIS Admin Support

Regional Component

MRO&U

Regional Non Aircraft

MRO&U

Training Support TSSC1

Sustaining Engineering

Support Services

1

3

10

Aus Industry PSPs

6

8



Logistics Information

Systems

Global Supply

Global Engineering

Maintenance Technology

Performance Based

Training Systems

• Rapidly Evolving “Technical

Mastery”

• Supportable Low Observable

(Stealth)

• Prognostic Health and

Monitoring (PHM) Systems

• Customised Systems

(Helmet)

Maintenance Technology


Global Supply


BENEFITS FEATURES CHALLENGES

• 24/7/365 Support

• Economies of Scale / Shared Engineering Efforts

• Global Reliability and Maintainability Improvement Program

(Combined Investment)

• Joint Technical Data Refresh (timely access to improvements)

Global Engineering


High Fidelity / Integrated

Full Mission Simulators:

• Initial Training

• Qualification /

Categorisation

Management

• War-fighting

Training Systems

= Less Aircraft

Time

= $$ SAVINGS!


• Focus on achieving performance outcomes (Availability and

Mission Effectiveness)

• Comprises Integrated Performance Based Arrangements and

Performance Based Logistics (PBL) Contracts

• Complex and Integrated Enterprise Performance Management

Frameworks

Performance Based

SMART BUYER = OPTIMISATION


E X A M P L E O N L Y

Autonomic Logistics

Information System

(ALIS)

Training

Support

Sustainment

Support

Supply

Support

Maintenance

Management

Off Board

Mission

Support

• As Maintained

Configuration

• Work Order Processing

• Portable Maintenance Aide

• Maintenance Vehicle

Interface

• AV Troubleshooting

• Joint Technical Data

• Determine AV Health

• LO Health Assessment

• Data Preparation

• Mission Planning

• Mission Debrief

• Cryptographic Key Management

• Weapons Stores Selection and Loading Requirements

• ALIS Connectivity to LM Enterprise (LDM, SAP, SPMS)

• Fleet Life Management

• Data Mining / Knowledge Discovery

• FRACAS

• SE Management

• SW Update and Distribution

• MOD / Retrofit Management

• Customer Support

•24/7 Help Desk

•Field Problem Reporting

• User Supply

• Warehouse and Supply Management

• Warehouse and Inventory Management

• Support to Business Operations

• Interface to Wholesale Supply

• ALIS Hardware Design, Procurement,

Integration

• Portable Maint Aid (PMA), AL Operating

Unit (ALOU), Squadron (SOU), Base

(BOU), Central Point of Entry (CPE)

• ALIS Common Software Design / Code /

Test

• Security, Admin, Interface Adapters,

System Integration, Data Mgmt / Data

Integration

• Training I/F’s to External Systems

• Operational Decision support

• Identification and selection of Qualified Technicians and Pilots


Common Infrastructure

Logistics Information Systems

JSF Air “System of Systems”


There are many Challenges!

• Customer and Participant –Requirements vs Obligations

• Part of Large International Fleet - no one left behind

• Maintaining Commonality in Global Customer Context

– Air System and GSS

– Differences in Standards

– Differences in Requirements

• Balancing Global Benefits with Sovereign Requirements

• Local Compliance

• System of Systems – Balance in Investment

• Changes in Culture


Air System as the Asset / Capability as

Value

Enforces:

• a ‘System of Systems’ approach

• Whole of Lifecycle view

• Leveraging the GSS Advantages

• Maintaining Sovereign Capabilities

• Ensuring local compliance

• Thinking globally

– Managing Global Obligations

– Building trusted strategic

relationships with Industry and

Other Partners


Asset Management Methodology

Strategic Planning and Decision

Making Function

JSF Mission

JSF Strategic

Initiatives and

Actions

JSF Asset Management Policy

Acqusition Environment

Ground Rules and Assumptions

JSF Asset

Management

Objectives

Asset Management Risks

Organisational Influences

Le

ad

ers

hip

, C

ult

ure

, C

om

pe

ten

ce

JSF Asset

Management

Plans

12mnth Plan

5 year Plan

Organisational

Objectives

Customer Requirements (MAA/MSA)

Legislation, Policy & Regulation

Budget

Line Of SightAsset Management Environment

Actual Performance / Issues

FIC Integration

The Asset

Asset Lifecycle

Sustainment Environment

Product and Process

Approach

Manage at the

transactional level by

reacting to issues within an

inflexible system

Seek to understand and influence


Asset Management

Approach

Proactive performance

based on long term and

system of system vision

executed through

relationships

Another Step in the Cultural Change Journey

Summary

Next Generation Technology

requires

Next Generation Sustainment

Advanced and Highly Capable technology is of

limited value if it cannot be effectively (supportable)

and efficiently (affordable) fielded.

Questions

Linke-Hofmann R.I Circa 1917

……End Note on Sustainment

F-35A Overview

Length 51.4 ft

Span 35 ft

Wing Area 460 ft2

CTOL

Length 62.1 ft

Span 44.5 ft

Wing Area 840 ft2

F-22F/A-18A

Length 56 ft

Span 37.4 ft

Wing Area 400 ft2

F-35A Size

Curved Diverterless Inlets, “Buried” Engine

Composite Structure

Radar Absorbing Material (RAM)

Large Capacity Internal Fuel Tanks

Embedded Antennas

Weapons Carried Internally

Aircraft Shaping and Edge Alignment

Low-Emission Radar and Avionics

Low Observable Seams, RAM Seals

Internal Fuel Tanks

Internal Stores Carriage

LPI radar and datalinkrayRadarDivertless Engine IntakesInlets

Reduced Signature Nozzles

Full Line-of-Sight Blockage

Planform Aligned Edges

Embedded Antennas

Reduced Signature Axi-Symmetric Nozzle

Fundamental 5TH Design Features Can Not Be Retrofitted

Advanced Stealth must be Designed-In

RWR/ESM with Conformal Antennas

Distributed Aperture System(DAS)

APG-81 AESA RADAR

Electro Optical Targeting System

(EOTS)

IR Counter Measures

Comms, Nav and Interrogation

UNCLASSIFIED

Sensors and Data Fusion

A11-33572184-2

Sensor Inputs

Situational Awareness and Targeting

Information Presented to Pilot

Provide Weapons

Quality Tracks

Sensor Fusion

• Determine Where the Entity Is

• Determine Who the Entity Is

• Conduct Track Needs

Assessment

• Task Sensors for Additional Information

• Provide Track Information to

Pilot and Weapons

Automatic Sensor

Tasking Cues Best

Sensor for the Job

F-35A Multi-Spectral Sensors• Radar

• Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS)

• Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (EO DAS)

• Electronic Warfare System

• Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Interrogators• Data Links

F-35A Sensor Fusion

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JSF CapabilityLegacy Capability


• 5th Gen fighter aircraft derive a majority of their capability / functionality from

software

– F-4 was estimated to generate 8% of its capability from software

– F-35 is estimated to generate 90% of its capability from software

• Over 30 million source lines of code are planned for the JSF Air System

– Air Vehicle (8.4M) – Vehicle Systems, Mission Systems, Prognostics & Health

Management (PHM)

– Ground Support System (22.5M) – Autonomic Logistics Information System

(ALIS), Off-Board Mission Support (OMS), Training Systems

– Air Vehicle and Ground Support System are interdependent

UNCLASSIFIED

Highly-integrated, software-intensive Air System

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