ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DLA171-001

Description

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has many types of weapons systems that must be continuously maintained.  Many of the components required to maintain these weapon systems are single sourced, or are available from a limited number of sources, and are therefore quite often relatively expensive to procure.  In recent years the DoD budget has been reduced making it more difficult to procure components on an as needed basis to meet the requirements of the warfighter.  Consequently, every effort must be made to reduce the cost of sustainment of these weapon systems.  This effort seeks to reduce the cost of weapons systems replacement components through increased competition and source approval. During Phase I and Phase II, ES3 developed and demonstrated the feasibility of a streamlined process that provided quick development of TDPs required for alternative sources of DoD components. During this second Phase II effort, the RE, TDP and SAR process will be expanded to include additional parts that are under immediate need to find alternate sources.