Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

LCAC-1 Landing Craft Air Cushion

Updated March 2024

6,830

Parts with Declining Procurement

1,074

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

76,935

Obsolete Parts

15,481

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: LCAC-1

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the LCAC-1 Landing Craft Air Cushion 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 LCAC-1 program relies on. The program analysis focuses particularly on obsolescence risk, including obsolete NiiNs, declining procurement, and sole sourced parts.

The analysis of the LCAC-1 program resulted in the following statistics. There are 6,830 Parts with Declining Procurement and 1,074 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 76,935 and the LCAC-1 program is dependent on 15,481 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the LCAC-1 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
Keysight Technologies, Inc.	1,817	$23,292	$137.29
Rockwell Collins, Inc.	1,797	$351,235	$1,067
Rolls-Royce Solutions America Inc.	1,334	$336,073	$187.62
Honeywell International Inc.	738	$12,898,435	$699.47
Oshkosh Defense, LLC	652	$20,367,981	$198

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiN	Description	Unit Price	Vendor Name
016737920	COOLER,LUBRICATING OIL,ENGINE	$111,400	MARVIN LAND SYSTM INC
016741025	COOLER,LUBRICATING OIL,ENGINE	$111,400	MARVIN LAND SYSTM INC
016775461	CRANE,CRAWLER MOUNTED	$106,859	SPYDERCRANECOM LLC
016497828	ELBOW ASSEMBLY	$78,196	SHAPES GRP LTD CO
011871968	VALVE,SAFETY RELIEF	$65,483	HUNT VALVE CO INC

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
EDN	LANDING CRAFT AIR CUSHION (LCAC)	38,048	96.9%
RMN	LCAC PROPULSION CONTROLS	490	1.2%
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ABOUT OBSOLESCENCE RISK AND IMPACT

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