Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer

Updated March 2024

29,954

Parts with Declining Procurement

4,175

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

208,933

Obsolete Parts

63,889

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: DDG-51

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer 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 DDG-51 program relies on. The program analysis focuses particularly on obsolescence risk, including obsolete NiiNs, declining procurement, and sole sourced parts.

The analysis of the DDG-51 program resulted in the following statistics. There are 29,954 Parts with Declining Procurement and 4,175 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 208,933 and the DDG-51 program is dependent on 63,889 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the DDG-51 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
Rockwell Collins, Inc.	3,979	$113,596	$1,382.00
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.	2,844	$12,177,998	$465
Lockheed Martin Corporation	2,739	$68,274	$1,517.19
Keysight Technologies, Inc.	2,627	$23,475	$128.16
General Electric Company	2,605	$5,644,643	$2,596

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiN	Description	Unit Price	Vendor Name
014473427	PADEYE ASSY,SLIDING	$581,400	THE ENTWISTLE CO LLC
012815992	COOLER,FLUID,INDUSTRIAL	$248,675	AQUA CHEM INC
012707883	PUMP UNIT,ROTARY	$233,000	CIRCOR NAVAL SOL LLC
013278337	VALVE,REGULATING,FLUID PRESSURE	$215,500	MAROTTA CONTROLS INC
014786105	PURGE PUMPOUT UNIT	$191,539	JOHNSON CONTROLS NAVY SYSTM LLC

Top Obsolete NiiNs

NiiN	Description	WSDC Count	Authorized Suppliers
009338120	WASHER,LOCK	1	36
009296395	WASHER,LOCK	1	38
009338121	WASHER,LOCK	1	23
009338118	WASHER,LOCK	1	34
009338119	WASHER,LOCK	1	21

Top Weapon System Designator Codes

WSDC	Name	NiiN Count	Percent of Total NiiNs
JDN	ARLEIGH BURKE CLASS DDG	149,345	97.4%
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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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