Accession Number:

AD1016160

Title:

Building a Reliable Product: Army Reliability Improvement Initiatives

Descriptive Note:

Journal Article

Corporate Author:

Army Evaluation Center, Army Test and Evaluation Command Aberdeen Proving Ground United States

Personal Author(s):

• Cushing,Michael J.
• Mortin,David E.

Report Date:

2009-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

The Army is rapidly pursuing new reliability improvement initiatives that support and implement recent Defense Science Board and Department of Defense Reliability Improvement Working Group recommendations. Those initiatives are crucial and are needed now. Army and DoD system reliability values are on a downward turn. Even moderate degradations in system reliability, on the order of 10 percent, equate to billions of dollars in additional costs over the life cycle of a major weapon system. Even more important, warfighters deserve the most reliable and rugged equipment possible. The new Army initiatives will provide an opportunity to improve system reliability, stop the downward spiral, and cost-effectively implement reliability best practices.

Descriptors:

• reliability
• reliability engineering
• military acquisition
• program management
• standards
• contracts
• lessons learned
• failure mode and effect analysis
• systems analysis
• WEAPON SYSTEMS
• LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE