Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

MCM-1 Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Ship

Updated March 2024

9,181

Parts with Declining Procurement

1,242

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

101,540

Obsolete Parts

23,339

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: MCM-1 Avenger Class

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the MCM-1 Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures 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 MCM-1 Avenger Class program relies on. The program analysis focuses particularly on obsolescence risk, including obsolete NiiNs, declining procurement, and sole sourced parts.

The analysis of the MCM-1 Avenger Class program resulted in the following statistics. There are 9,181 Parts with Declining Procurement and 1,242 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 101,540 and the MCM-1 Avenger Class program is dependent on 23,339 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the MCM-1 Avenger Class 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.	2,374	$89,832	$2,024.00
Keysight Technologies, Inc.	1,572	$23,292	$137
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.	631	$4,779,500	$275.91
TE Connectivity Corporation	585	$945,954	$863.61
Dynalec Corporation	510	$18,671,827	$1,480

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiN	Description	Unit Price	Vendor Name
012237197	BEARING,THRUST	$589,415	JERED LLC
012406310	SYNCHRO,SIGNAL CONV	$189,010	GEN_DYN MOTION CONTROL LLC
012593380	ANTENNA ASSEMBLY	$143,399	L3 TECH INC
015860391	PUMP UNIT,CENTRIFUGAL	$114,136	SIMS PUMP VALVE CO INC
016614571	OVERHAUL KIT,COMPRESSOR	$105,000	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
JXN	AVENGER CLASS MCM	53,655	95.5%
VLN	MCM 1-8 AFT DECK EQUIPMENT	1,061	1.9%
VYN	WAUKESHA DIESEL SYSTEMS, MCM 1-2	804	1.4%
TRN	MCM-1 CLASS BOW THRUSTER	643	1.1%
VZN	MCM 9-14 AFT DECK EQUIPMENT	544	1.00%

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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