Support Equipment

Objective

The objective of the Support Equipment IPS Element is to identify, plan, resource and implement management actions to acquire and support the equipment (mobile or fixed) required to sustain the operation and maintenance of the system to ensure that the system is available to the Warfighter when it is needed at the lowest Total Ownership Cost (TOC). (Source: DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Guidebook, Appendix A)

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Description

Support equipment consists of all equipment (mobile or fixed) that is not inherently part of the primary weapon system but is required to support the operation and maintenance of the system. It includes but is not limited to associated multiuse end items, ground handling and maintenance equipment, tools metrology and calibration equipment, test equipment and automatic test equipment. It also includes the support for the support equipment itself.

Key Support Equipment IPS Element activities according to Appendix A of the DoD Product Support Manager (PSM) Guidebook and the DoD Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element Guidebook include:

• Manual and automatic test equipment management
• Equipment design
• Equipment commonality management
• Maintenance concept integration
• Ground handling and maintenance equipment management
• Equipment capacity determination
• Air conditioners requirement determination and management
• Generators requirement determination and management
• Tools requirement determination and management
• Metrology and calibration equipment requirement determination and management
• Deployability requirement determination management
• Automatic Test Systems (ATS) & Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
• Test Program Set (TPS)
• Support Equipment Integrated Product Support
• Tooling
• Common Support Equipment (CSE)
• Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE)

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Key References

• Ammunition Forum
• Air Force Handbook 23-123, Volume 3 Materiel Management Handbook – Air Force Equipment Management
• Air Force Instruction 21-113 Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) Management
• Air Force Materiel Command Manual 23-4 Computation of Requirements for Equipment Items
• Army Regulation  750-43 Army Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment
• Asking the Right Questions at the Right Time: Lessons Learned from Case Studies for Project, Program and Portfolio Managers
• Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
• Automatic Test Systems (ATS)
• Automatic Test Systems (ATS) Air Force Policy Letter (29 Sep 2012)
• Automatic Test Systems (ATS) Policies
• Better Buying Power (BBP)
• CASS
• Corrosion Control (Production, Quality & Manufacturing [PQM] CoP)
• Corrosion Prevention & Control
• Corrosion Prevention and Control Planning Guidebook
• Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) - Chapter 5 Life Cycle Logistics
• Defense Acquisition Guidebook (DAG) Para 2.8.7.5.9. Special Test Equipment
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS)
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC) (+LOG CoP: Corrosion Prevention & Control)
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Critical Safety Item (CSI) (+ACC: Critical Item Management)
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Demilitarization and Disposal
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)  (+LOG CoP: DMSMS Knowledge Sharing Portal)
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Interoperability and Dependency (I&D)
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Item Unique Identification (IUID)   (+LOG CoP IUID)
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Engineering (+LOG CoP: Reliability, Availability & Maintainability)
• Design Considerations (DAG Chapter 4.3.18) -- Supportability (+LOG CoP Supportability Analysis)
• DI-SESS-80294 Maintenance Test and Support Equipment Requirements List
• DoD Automatic Test Systems Handbook
• DoD Automatic Test Systems Executive Directorate
• DoD Directive 5000.01
• DoD Instruction 4151.19 Serialized Item Management (SIM) for Life-Cycle Management of Materiel
• DoD Instruction 5000.02
• General Logistics Resources & References
• IFTE
• Independent Logistics Assessments (ILA)
• JSECST
• Life Cycle Logistics
• Life Cycle Management (LCM)
• Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) Outline
• MIL-HDBK-2097A Acquisition of Support Equipment and Associated Integrated Logistics Support Replacement Support Equipment Procurement
• MIL-HDBK-300M NOT 2 Technical Information File of Support Equipment
• MIL-STD-27733  Modification and Marking Requirements for Test Equipment in Aerospace Vehicles and Related Support Equipment 
• MIL-M-81807A(2) NOT 1 Marking of Aircraft Ground Support Equipment and Other Flight Line Vehicles With Retro-Reflective Materials; Process for
• MIL-S-8512 Support Equipment, Aeronautical, Special, General Specification for the Design of
• Post-Production Support
• Product Support Analytical Tools Database
• Product Support Key Definitions
• Product Support Key References (Policy, Guidance, Tools & Training)
• Product Support Planning
• QAP-99 ED.1 Technical Data Packages Required to Support Equipment Throughout the Life-Cycle
• Risk Management
• S1000D International Specification for Technical Publications Using a Common Source Database
• S2000M International Specification for Materiel Management
• S3000L International Specification for Logistic Support Analysis
• S4000M  International Specification for Developing Scheduled Maintenance Programs
• S4000P International Specification for Developing and Continuously Improving Preventive Maintenance
• S5000F International Specification for Operational and Maintenance Data Feedback
• Supportability Test & Evaluation References
• Test Program Sets (TPS)
• TETS
• VDATS

Related Communities of Practice (CoP)

• Performance Based Logistics (PBL)
• Risk Management Center of Excellence (COE)
• Risk Management
• Services Acquisition Center of Excellence (ACE)
• Systems Engineering (SE)
• Test & Evaluation (T&E)

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Training Courses

DAU Training

Specific multi-disciplinary DAU training recommendations related to this Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element are available at:

• Certification Standards & Core Plus Development Guide - Life Cycle Logistics Level I
• Certification Standards & Core Plus Development Guide - Life Cycle Logistics  Level II
• Certification Standards & Core Plus Development Guide - Life Cycle Logistics  Level III 

These Life Cycle Logistics Certification Standards and Core Plus Development Guides for each of the three DAWIA certification levels include: 

• “Types of Assignments” and “Representative Activities”, which are colored blue
• “Core Certification Standards (Required for DAWIA Certification)” (education, training, and experience requirements), which are colored red
• “Core Plus Development Guides (Desired/recommended training, education, and experience)”, which are colored yellow

Non-DAU Training

• Defense Ammunition Center (DAC) Distance Learning & Classroom Munitions-Related Training

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Continuous Learning Modules

Specific multi-disciplinary DAU continuous learning module recommendations related to this Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element are available at: 

• Certification Standards & Core Plus Development Guide - Life Cycle Logistics Level I
• Certification Standards & Core Plus Development Guide - Life Cycle Logistics  Level II
• Certification Standards & Core Plus Development Guide - Life Cycle Logistics  Level III 

These Life Cycle Logistics Certification Standards and Core Plus Development Guides for each of the three DAWIA certification levels include: 

• “Types of Assignments” and “Representative Activities”, which are colored blue
• “Core Certification Standards (Required for DAWIA Certification)” (education, training, and experience requirements), which are colored red
• “Core Plus Development Guides (Desired/recommended training, education, and experience)”, which are colored yellow, and in addition to technical/functional topics, also include a series of Harvard Business School (HBS) Leadership & Management Modules for US Government Employees

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Competencies

• Support Equipment Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element Competency List

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Related ACQuipedia Articles

• Government Property
• Integrated Product Support (IPS) Element - Support Equipment
• Integrated Product Support (IPS) Elements

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