Beacon Industries, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: DLA231-001

Description

The Oshkosh M1070 is a US Army tank transporter tractor unit that is also used in the military for various operations and military drills. It is a powerful tractor truck with an 8x8 drive configuration and advanced features such as an electronic engine control system to ensure maximum efficiency at all times and an 'air ride' rear suspension to ensure all axles remain in contact with the ground at all times while smoothing out the worst round terrain shocks to the chassis frame. The wheels and the subcomponents of these trucks undergo tremendous load because of their operating terrain. So, they need to be properly checked, maintained, and replaced to keep them mission ready. Since the Truck was introduced 25 years ago, the availability of spare parts is a crucial issue since the supplier of sub-components no longer produces the parts. So, there is a need for a supply of these critically available spare components to keep equipment functional. The HUB, WHEEL, VEHICULAR, (NSN 2530-01-359-1353) listed on Small Business Innovation Program website is an item used in M1070, Heavy Equipment Truck Tractor to connect the wheel assembly into driving axles.  Beacon would like to utilize this opportunity to support DLA to supply this part at a market-competitive price with a shorter lead time. Beacon can manufacture this part from available TDP (Technical Data Package) or Reverse engineer the part to create TDP and manufacture the part to meet DLA’s supply needs.