Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

Stryker Family of Armored Vehicles

Updated March 2024

1,650

Parts with Declining Procurement

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

12,081

Obsolete Parts

1,760

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: Stryker

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the Stryker Family of Armored Vehicles 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 Stryker program relies on. The program analysis focuses particularly on obsolescence risk, including obsolete NiiNs, declining procurement, and sole sourced parts.

The analysis of the Stryker program resulted in the following statistics. There are 1,650 Parts with Declining Procurement and 56 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 12,081 and the Stryker program is dependent on 1,760 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the Stryker program, as well as a list of the obsolete and sole sourced parts, is included in the following tables.

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Top Organizations by NiiN Count

Name	Count of NiiNs	Dollars Awarded	Average Unit Price
Oshkosh Defense, LLC	827	$178,954	$6.78
Caterpillar Inc.	733	$2,856,003	$154.45
General Dynamics Land Systems	574	$491,655	$59.42
BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.	182	$382,096	$210.23
Parker-hannifin Corporation	172	$6,350	$6,349.90

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiN	Description	Unit Price	Vendor Name
016589723	COVER,VEHICULAR COMPONENTS	$9,979	SHIELD TECH CORP
016589749	COVER,VEHICULAR COMPONENTS	$8,480	SHIELD TECH CORP
015257008	BOX ASSEMBLY,CARRIE	$5,596	JPEO CHEM BIO DEF FT DETR
015165707	ADAPTER ASSEMBLY,INTERFACE DEVICE	$5,271	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTM CORP
016519286	WIRING HARNESS,BRANCHED	$3,295	MARVIN LAND SYSTM 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
KMA	INFANTRY CARRIER (STRYKER FIGHTNING VEHICLE)	5,612	98.0%
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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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