Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

LSD-41/49 Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing Ship

Updated March 2024

22,405

Parts with Declining Procurement

2,204

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

173,701

Obsolete Parts

46,413

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: LSD-41/49

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the LSD-41/49 Whidbey Island Class Dock Landing 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 LSD-41/49 program relies on. The program analysis focuses particularly on obsolescence risk, including obsolete NiiNs, declining procurement, and sole sourced parts.

The analysis of the LSD-41/49 program resulted in the following statistics. There are 22,405 Parts with Declining Procurement and 2,204 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 173,701 and the LSD-41/49 program is dependent on 46,413 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the LSD-41/49 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.	3,118	$113,732	$1,378.00
Fairbanks Morse, LLC	2,550	$13,188	$13,188
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.	2,477	$3,628,275	$395.44
Raytheon Technologies Corporation	2,053	$2,913,258	$1,837.67
Keysight Technologies, Inc.	2,042	$23,292	$137

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiN	Description	Unit Price	Vendor Name
014786105	PURGE PUMPOUT UNIT	$191,539	JOHNSON CONTROLS NAVY SYSTM LLC
012612467	VALVE,SAFETY RELIEF	$124,360	HUNT VALVE CO INC
011722331	FAN,CENTRIFUGAL	$124,264	HOWDEN AMERICAN FAN CO
014903757	COMPRESSOR UNIT,REFRIGERATION	$119,609	JOHNSON CONTROLS NAVY SYSTM LLC
015086227	FAN,VANEAXIAL	$108,817	HOWDEN AMERICAN FAN CO

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
JSN	WHIDBEY ISLAND CLASS LSD	108,831	97.2%
QXN	LSD 41/49 SHIP SERVICE DIESEL	1,134	1.0%
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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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