3. Sustainment

Naval Aviation is supported by cost-effective, focused logistics that ensure a rapid, scaleable response across all mission areas. Naval Aviation will achieve and maintain superior sustainment by:
 

   Aggressively influencing the acquisition process to achieve maximum weapon system reliability and maintainability.

   Capitalizing on state-of-the-art logistics information technology.

   Decreasing its forward-deployed logistical footprint

   Skillfully managing integrated logistics support resources for optimum performance.

   Institutionalizing the concept of focused logistics throughout the support community.

GOAL 3-1: High Technology Joint Logistics

Actively leverage U.S. and international commercial support technologies to achieve a highly focused, "just-in-time" system of logistics that is fully compatible in the joint environment and achieves the highest levels of operational readiness at the lowest possible life-cycle cost.

GOAL 3-2: System Design Reliability Improvements

Demand superior weapon system reliability and maintainability as design objectives on all new and modified weapon systems. The reliability of all fielded weapons will be continuously monitored. Maintenance plans and processes will be updated, as needed, to ensure that inherent hardware design reliability is maintained in the field.

GOAL 3-3: Supply Transportation

Ensure that materiel delivery systems of the future are highly efficient and effective, fully integrated in the carrier battle group/amphibious ready group and joint service environment, and possess sufficient speed, capacity, and reach to support the most demanding operational scenario.

GOAL 3-4: Management Metrics

Develop and implement a system that measures aviation support costs at all levels. The system will provide the management information needed to make targeted spending adjustments, resulting in the maximum readiness of forward-deployed forces at minimum cost. Seek continual process improvement at all levels of aviation maintenance and repair.

GOAL 3-5: Manpower and Training

Optimize the effectiveness of support personnel by fully capitalizing upon technical advances in diagnostic tools, training, and repair processes. Valuable technician knowledge and experience will be carefully protected through commitment to quality training and innovative personnel management.

GOAL 3-6: Surge/Mobilization

Work in full partnership with industry to preserve a commercial industrial base that has a robust "just-in-time" capability, has the capacity to meet contingency surge mobilization requirements, and retains its long-term technical viability.

GOAL 3-7: Commercial Sourcing

Ensure that, when Commercial Off-The-Shelf technology is employed in aircraft and weapon systems, effective, economical, and fully responsive life-cycle support is also provided.

GOAL 3-8: Common Hardware Configuration

Fully exploit the areas of weapon system and repairable component commonality in order to reduce the total forward-deployed, joint service logistical footprint.