SEAPORT Enhanced
FUNCTIONAL AREA 3.2 ENGINEERING, SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND PROCESS ENGINEERING SUPPORT
Contract Number: N68335-98-C-0225
NDI was a member of the Integrated Product Team, comprised of Government
and Industry organizations executing the Engineering and Manufacturing
Development phase to specify, design, manufacture, and test two Low Rate
Initial Production (LRIP) units of the M-31 Expeditionary Arresting Gear
System, used to recover the U.S. Marine Corps shipboard-based aircraft
on land.
NDI was responsible for developing conceptual designs, trade-offs
studies, detailed design, production drawings (mono-detail), analysis
(structural, stress, fracture, fatigue, performance) and provided
engineering support during LRIP manufacture and test.
Each M-31 Expeditionary Arresting Gear System consists of two mobile
arresting gear platforms and associated equipment. Each platform
contains or carries an energy absorber system, a retract system, an
energy absorber cooling system and a mobility system. The mobility
system provided for ease of movement of the mobile arresting gear
platforms around the installation site and the capability for air
transport and ground transport. The mobility system can be made
removable and can be made to be stowed elsewhere.
Contract Number: N00024-01-D-7010,
N00024-01-D-7019, N66604-00-D-0539, Y010-010
PSGS provides support for System and Process Engineering requirements
for various U.S. Navy Submarine Programs and the U.S. Coast Guard
“Deepwater” Program. This support encompasses the full spectrum of
system development, alteration, and integration, including engineering
research of existing technologies to improve or enhance existing
systems. In support of these efforts, PSGS associates regularly perform
engineering analyses of the system/operational requirements, perform
cost and technical trade-off analyses with recommendations, and assist
in the preparation or revision of system design and specifications.
Specific support for submarines includes support for the development
and/or revision of system diagrams, drawings, specifications, system
descriptions, and Computer-Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive
Application (CATIA); analyses supporting integration of major weapons
systems improvements including Special Operations Forces (SOF) upgrades
to the Advanced Seal Delivery System (ASDS), ensuring compliance with
both safety, and ships’ weight and moment requirements; Development,
review, and resolution of certification and audit plans, hazard and
safety analyses, emergency operating procedures, drawing and data
packages and associated technical documentation; development, review,
and revision of submarine alterations, A&Is, LARs, JCFs, TEMPALTs, and
associated drawings including coordination of associated Change
Management (CM) documentation through the Type Commander for concurrance;
assistance in the the development, and conduct, of Test and Evaluation
(T&E) plans to ensure efficiency of work accomplished and compliance
with regulatory and safety requirements; and, establishment and
day-to-day operation of major Technical Data Centers for the maintenance
of all associated technical documentation.
For the U.S. Coast Guard “Deepwater” Program, the PSGS Team employed a unique procurement method for designing systems based on a specified set of performance requirements. Rather than focusing on specific equipment, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) described mission objectives and allowed System Engineering and Process Engineering to define appropriate requirements. PSGS then determined which assets such as ships and aircraft best met the requirements. In Phase I of the Integrated Deepwater System (IDS) procurement, PSGS assisted in creating a concept that defined mission requirements for all 14 USCG Deepwater missions. PSGS further assisted in designing the capability requirements of assets to meet those mission requirements including defining the system architecture that allowed the Integrated C4ISRT System to effectively maximize all USCG resources in support of multiple Deepwater missions.