Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

LHD-1 Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship

Updated March 2024

31,088

Parts with Declining Procurement

3,969

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

241,526

Obsolete Parts

79,996

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: LHD-1 Wasp

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the LHD-1 Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship 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 LHD-1 Wasp program relies on. The program analysis focuses particularly on obsolescence risk, including obsolete NiiNs, declining procurement, and sole sourced parts.

The analysis of the LHD-1 Wasp program resulted in the following statistics. There are 31,088 Parts with Declining Procurement and 3,969 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 241,526 and the LHD-1 Wasp program is dependent on 79,996 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the LHD-1 Wasp 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.	3,877	$128,979	$1,384.00
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.	2,809	$23,819,096	$403
Keysight Technologies, Inc.	2,747	$23,475	$128.16
Raytheon Technologies Corporation	2,736	$6,597,882	$2,016.84
Lockheed Martin Corporation	2,463	$68,274	$1,517

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiN	Description	Unit Price	Vendor Name
012524806	HEATER,FLUID,INDUSTRIAL	$227,821	AQUA CHEM INC
015721959	VALVE ASSEMBLY,MANIFOLD	$209,917	MAROTTA CONTROLS INC
016987571	CRANKSHAFT,ENGINE	$207,559	FAIRBANKS MORSE LLC
014853331	PUMPING UNIT,CONDENSATE,HEATING-COOLING	$193,931	JOHNSON CONTROLS NAVY SYSTM LLC
014356034	LOCKING MECHANISM	$188,885	JERED 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
JKN	WASP CLASS LHD / AMERICA CLASS LHA	174,809	97.3%
FLN	LHD-8 FAIRBANKS-MORSE SHIPS SERVICE DIESEL GENERATOR (SSDG)	707	0.4%
0XN	LHD 8 AUXILIARY PROPULSION SYSTEM	455	0.3%
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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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