Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com MIL-HDBK-502: A MIL-HDBK-502: A CQUISITION CQUISITION L OGISTICS OGISTICS f. Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence. This section requires an understanding of future capabilities. Designing a system to interface with those “forecast to exist at the time the system will be fielded” requires the engineer and logistician to be aware of the status of other related acquisition programs. How can this system interface with this planned future communications architecture? Will it support video teleconferencing? Will its anti-jam capability impact our electronics? g. Transportation and Basing.
This is another area that is often neglected in the process of fielding a system. The logistician must raise these issues. Who will transport this system? On what? Under what situations might other means of transport be used? Where the system will be based could affect the decision to use organic or contractor support. Training, maintenance and repairs in non-combat zones can unquestionably be done by contractors. If (or when) these functions will be carried out in combat, the feasibility of contractor support becomes a much more complex issue. Additionally, issues can cross service lines, even for a service-peculiar system. h. Standardization, Interoperability, and Commonality .
The logistician must be aware of the implications of support among and between the various U.S. military services and between them and our allies. The emphasis is on interoperability; and the logistician has a major role to play in this arena. Procedural and technical interfaces affect supportability. Identifying the communications, protocols, and standards that will ensure compatibility and interoperability among our military services and between us and our allies is a painstaking task. Commonality of equipment not only increases the possibility of interoperable systems, it also has implications for support. i. Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Support.
The logistician may be required to assess the type and level of mapping, charting and geodesy support needed, the formats of the data, the capabilities required of the system (CD-ROM, 4mm, 8mm, 9-track tape), and the lead time for ensuring that these data requirements are met . j. Environmental Support. In these two areas (i. and j.) the logistician is concerned with many of the issues already identified: using standard format data, limiting data requirements to those essential, expressing requirements in measurable terms, using ranges and thresholds. 6. Force Structure . Force structure considerations have two aspects.
The first is any changes to the force structure that must be made to support and operate the system. The second is changes in the force structure that can be made because of the system, e.g., reduction in personnel because the 6-4