RAAF C-130J Aircraft Support “It has never been better!”

RAAF C-130J Aircraft Support
“It has never been better!”
John Longrigg
Australian Aerospace
Director C130J Program
RAAF Base Richmond
Australia
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Michael Masse
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
C130J TLS Program Manager
RAAF Base Richmond
Australia
[email protected]
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Background
• Royal Australian Air Force C-130 history
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12 x C-130A
12 x C-130E
12 x C-130H (1978 – 2012)
12 x C-130J (1999 – 2030)
• C-130J Through Life Support Contract
– Australian Aerospace partnered with LM Aero
– Signed March 2009
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C-130J Sustainment
• Organisational and Contractual Construct
MSA
ALG
84 Wing
37 Sqn
TLS Contract
Propulsion
Contract
Sub-contract
Derco
MSA – Materiel Support Agreement
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Suppliers
Repair
Vendors
Contractual Construct
– TLS Contract is a six year ‘rolling wave’ contract
– Annual Performance Review (APR) to present &
assess TLS performance
– Every other year pricing is submitted for a (2) year
contract year extension
– Subject to successful APR assessments and
acceptable contract extension pricing, the contract
is extended to maintain up to a six year ‘rolling’
period
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RAAF Role
• Operations
– Support operations in Afghanistan
– Support Australian Defence operations
– National and International Emergency & Disaster
Relief support
• Maintenance
– Flight Line and R10, R20 and R30 scheduled
servicings
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AusAero Role
• Platform Prime for Through Life Support except for
Propulsion Systems
• Fleet Configuration Management
• Aircraft Deeper Maintenance & Modification
• Engineering and Technical Services (Publications,
MRD, Technical Assessing)
• Integrated Logistics & Supply Management
• Program Management
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Maintenance Performance
40
34
35
32
30
TMS Weeks
180%
160%
140%
120%
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
34
31
25
28
22
20
28 28
28
26
15
10
5
0
0
2
4
6
8
10
Aircraft Inductions
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Work Effort to Baseline
DM Aircraft TMS
LM-Aero Role
• Supply Chain – C130J Spares
• Inventory Management – Repairable Item
Management
• OEM Engineering Reach-back
• Diminishing Manufacturing Sources reporting
• Engineering Change Proposal development support
• FSR Support
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Supply Performance
Inventory Health
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Supply Performance
Cannibalisations - TLS Managed Items
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Supply Performance
Average Open Daily Priority Demands
Expected overall range 10 – 20
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Areas of Key Achievement (1)
• Improved Aircraft Serviceability
– Achievement of 97% Mission Success Rate
• Successful modification delivery
– RWR Modification Complete ahead of schedule
• Repeatable Supply Chain and Inventory
performance
– Low Open Priority Demands
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Areas of Key Achievement (2)
• Commitment to Cost of Ownership Reduction
Initiatives
– Maintenance Interval changed from 30 to 38 wks
• Professional Engineering Support
– Quick response to issues impacting the fleet
– AusAero/LM-Aero collaboration
• Program success translates to Contract
Extension
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Strengths
• AusAero & LM-Aero Partnership
• Collocated with our Customers
– Group Headquarters, Operational Wing and Defence
Contracting Authority (ALSPO)
– Key issues can be addressed quickly
• Able to support operational maintenance quickly
• Direct interaction with operational squadron on
engineering and supply matters
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Challenges
• Structural condition of the aircraft – corrosion,
impact damage
• Deeper maintenance – repair versus replacement
• Obsolescence management – timely decisions,
authority to fit
• Availability of C-130J unique spares
• Defence Strategic Reform Program
– Sustainment cost savings
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Opportunities
• Aircraft serviceability
– Focus shift to generating serviceable aircraft
• Integrated RAAF/Contractor workforce
– 2nd line and deeper maintenance, engineering and
technical services
– High Velocity Maintenance
– Aircraft Condition Monitoring
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Lessons Learnt
• Clarity of requirements
• Relationship development
• Business health indicators
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Way Forward
• Integrated Sustainment Delivery Model
– Best use of available resources within a cost
contained environment
• Integrated 2nd Line and Deeper Maintenance
– R20, R30 & R80
• Engineering and Technical Support
• Increased focus on Operational outcomes
• Aircraft Serviceability, not just Availability
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Conclusion
• Key achievements by AusAero and LM Aero
that have contributed to our customer stating,
‘C130J support has never been better!’
• Program success translates to Contract
Extension
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Questions
Image Credits: Images used throughout this presentation are a combination of stock images from the Air Force Image Gallery (Australian Defence, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia)
and photo taken by members of the Australian Aerospace workforce at RAAF Richmond under approved permit. Our thanks to all of the photographers for their contributions!
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