MoD Life Cycle Management of Conventional Ammunition

32 Pages·2017·4.41 MB·English

by  Olivia Denonville

MoD Life Cycle Management of
Conventional Ammunition
PREPARED FOR
RASR Podgorica
October 2017
PRESENTED BY
David TOWNDROW
NSPA Project Officer
David.Towndrow @nspa.nato.int
www.nspa.nato.int
Facilitate Discussions
An Understanding of:
• Concept of MoD LCM,
• Factors and challenges of MoD LCM,
• Understand the processes to manage the
stockpile given limited resources,
• How might donors assist.
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Agenda
• MoD LifeCycle Management of Ammunition
• Storage
• Quantity
• Management of a national stockpile
• Disposal
• Transportation
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Definitions
NATO AAP-48
The purpose of AAP-48 is to provide guidance on the implementation of System Life Cycle Management, which is
used to mitigate risk, reduce acquisition times and to identify, quantify and control Life Cycle Cost, from the earliest possible
opportunity. Principles and application in the NATO context. SLCM will assure that the processes used across projects are
consistent, harmonized, and that there is effective sharing and coordination of resources, information and technologies.
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Military Equipment Lifecycle from a
product (ammunition) perspective
PRE-CONCEPT
General (policy);
CONCEPT Defense Industrial
Research-scientific DEVELOPMENT Recycling service
Conceptual design
Armed Forces Disposal of materiel
Experimental-design work PRODUCTION
Manufacture design USE and SERVICING
MAJOR REPAIR
Repair service
Design supervision while in operation
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Processes to manage the stockpile –
ammunition management organisation can only
be MoD
MoD
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Mature, well resourced MoD
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Mature Policy and Guidance
Defence Industry NATO Standard National Defence Policy
Critical factor is to monitor the ongoing safety of ammunition during its lifetime
In-service surveillance of ammunition is undertaken to ensure that ammunition
continues to meet the required quality standards throughout its entire life cycle. Surveillance is undertaken to ensure "that
the ammunition continues to meet the required quality standards throughout its life. Quality, from this perspective,
includes the performance of ammunition during use and its safety and stability during storage. The chemical, electrical,
and mechanical properties of ammunition change and degrade with time, leading to a finite serviceable life for each
munition. The accurate assessment of munition life is of paramount importance in terms of safety and cost
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Delivery of a partial capability
A Eur 8M project to deliver ammunition depot infrastructure, logistic equipment and training
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Addressing only part of the problem?
Old, potentially unsafe and improperly stored
Safe demilitarisation, recovery of
valuable materials, reduction of
stockpile, reduction of logistic burden
Strong political
leadership, focused
effort, secure
funding – but only
for demilitarisation
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