MoD Life Cycle Management of Conventional Ammunition PDF
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MoD Life Cycle Management of Conventional Ammunition PREPARED FOR RASR Podgorica October 2017 PRESENTED BY David TOWNDROW NSPA Project Officer David.Towndrow @nspa.nato.int www.nspa.nato.int Facilitate Discussions An Understanding of: • Concept of MoD LCM, • Factors and challenges of MoD LCM, • Understand the processes to manage the stockpile given limited resources, • How might donors assist. October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 2 Agenda • MoD LifeCycle Management of Ammunition • Storage • Quantity • Management of a national stockpile • Disposal • Transportation October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 3 Definitions NATO AAP-48 The purpose of AAP-48 is to provide guidance on the implementation of System Life Cycle Management, which is used to mitigate risk, reduce acquisition times and to identify, quantify and control Life Cycle Cost, from the earliest possible opportunity. Principles and application in the NATO context. SLCM will assure that the processes used across projects are consistent, harmonized, and that there is effective sharing and coordination of resources, information and technologies. October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 4 Military Equipment Lifecycle from a product (ammunition) perspective PRE-CONCEPT General (policy); CONCEPT Defense Industrial Research-scientific DEVELOPMENT Recycling service Conceptual design Armed Forces Disposal of materiel Experimental-design work PRODUCTION Manufacture design USE and SERVICING MAJOR REPAIR Repair service Design supervision while in operation October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 5 Processes to manage the stockpile – ammunition management organisation can only be MoD MoD October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 6 Mature, well resourced MoD October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 7 Mature Policy and Guidance Defence Industry NATO Standard National Defence Policy Critical factor is to monitor the ongoing safety of ammunition during its lifetime In-service surveillance of ammunition is undertaken to ensure that ammunition continues to meet the required quality standards throughout its entire life cycle. Surveillance is undertaken to ensure "that the ammunition continues to meet the required quality standards throughout its life. Quality, from this perspective, includes the performance of ammunition during use and its safety and stability during storage. The chemical, electrical, and mechanical properties of ammunition change and degrade with time, leading to a finite serviceable life for each munition. The accurate assessment of munition life is of paramount importance in terms of safety and cost October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 8 Delivery of a partial capability A Eur 8M project to deliver ammunition depot infrastructure, logistic equipment and training October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 9 Addressing only part of the problem? Old, potentially unsafe and improperly stored Safe demilitarisation, recovery of valuable materials, reduction of stockpile, reduction of logistic burden Strong political leadership, focused effort, secure funding – but only for demilitarisation October 2017 David Towndrow/ LB General and Cooperative Services Programme 10
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