What is the purpose of the Defense Sustainment Consortium?
1. Logistic support chain integration/partnerships
• Innovative business relationships for re-supply
• Support chain design for rapid re-configurability
• Managing complex logistics networks
2. Timely and Accurate Information
• Includes business information, technical data, supply management information,
field maintenance and readiness data
• Integrated view of weapon system support data
• On-line information for procurement of parts and services
• Decision support for weapons system readiness
4. Effective upgrade strategies
• Understanding and correcting failure modes and diagnostics errors
• Open systems and design for upgrade
• Modernization through spares
• Streamline Engineering Change Orders
• Improve qualification processes
Who can join?
Any business which can provide solutions in any of 12 strategic focus areas:
• Maintenance Training
• Analytical Methods/Cost of Aging
• Corrosion
• Transition of Commercial Products
• Diagnostics/Health Monitoring Systems
• Wiring Failure
• Arc Fault Circuit
• Structural Modeling and Analysis
• Maintenance Manual Currency
• Obsolescence Management
• Avionics Modernization
• Component Improvement
Membership in the Defense Sustainment Consortium provides the opportunity to
listen to our government customer; prime contractors and first tier suppliers talk
about their current and future needs and challenges. This does not guarantee
you will get a government contract. You will have the opportunity to present
your solutions via the DSC, to address the needs and challenges of our customer.
In addition you will be able to network/team with other member companies to
provide solutions to needs and challenges.
The DSC meets quarterly at various locations of our member companies. This
provides our member companies the ability to show companies their facilities
and capabilities to our customer and member companies.
