Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

BD 115T Barge Derrick 115-Ton

Updated March 2024

384

Parts with Declining Procurement

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

2,635

Obsolete Parts

476

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: BD 115T

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the BD 115T Barge Derrick 115-Ton program, examining the vendors, their suppliers, manufacturers, shippers, and other members of the supply chain ‚Äì as well as the critical parts and NiiNs the BD 115T program relies on. The program analysis focuses particularly on obsolescence risk, including obsolete NiiNs, declining procurement, and sole sourced parts.

The analysis of the BD 115T program resulted in the following statistics. There are 384 Parts with Declining Procurement and 17 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 2,635 and the BD 115T program is dependent on 476 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the BD 115T program, as well as a list of the obsolete and sole sourced parts are included in the following tables.

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Top Organizations by NiiN Count

Name	Count of NiiNs	Dollars Awarded	Average Unit Price
AM GENERAL LLC	53	$8,966	$3.11
Valad Electric Heating Corp.	23	$40,428	$726.96
Oshkosh Defense, LLC	19	$5,866	$11.24
Hose-McCann Telephone Co., Inc.	16	$78,471	$786.50
Dynalec Corporation	15	$4,239,906	$424.95

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiN	Description	Unit Price	Vendor Name
012398923	VALVE,CHECK	$3,863	PIMA VALVE LLC
000184644	PLATE,METAL	$3,214	STAINLESS SHAPES INC
011986512	HEATER,SPACE,ELECTRIC	$1,907	VALAD ELECTRIC HEATING CORP
012540479	METER,TIME TOTALIZING	$1,399	BROMINE SYSTM INC
010397250	HEADSET-CHEST SET,ELECTRICAL	$1,080	DYNALEC CORP

Top Obsolete NiiNs

NiiN	Description	WSDC Count	Authorized Suppliers
009338120	WASHER,LOCK	1	36
005825677	WASHER,FLAT	1	17
000545651	SCREW,MACHINE	1	-
000593660	SCREW,MACHINE	1	-
008130698	TERMINAL,LUG	1	1

Top Weapon System Designator Codes

WSDC	Name	NiiN Count	Percent of Total NiiNs
CSA	115 TON,BARGE CRANE DERRICK NSN 1935-01-434-6826	1,227	97.3%
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ABOUT OBSOLESCENCE RISK AND IMPACT

Evaluate the sustainability of critical national security programs and weapon systems. Understand critical vendors and manufacturers, the parts and NiiNs they supply for sustainment programs, the obsolescence risk for those NiiNs, and the potential impact on the program at large.

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