Defense Program Sustainment Analysis

Obsolescence Risk and Impact

T-AKE 1 Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo Ship

Updated March 2024

3,930

Parts with Declining Procurement

336

Manufacturers with Declining Procurement

44,865

Obsolete Parts

7,692

Sole Sourced Parts

Obsolescence Risk and Impact: T-AKE 1

Ark.ai conducted a sustainment program analysis of the T-AKE 1 Lewis and Clark Class Dry Cargo Ship program, examining the vendors, their suppliers, manufacturers, shippers, and other members of the supply chain – as well as the critical parts and NiiNs the T-AKE 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 T-AKE 1 program resulted in the following statistics. There are 3,930 Parts with Declining Procurement and 336 Manufacturers with Declining Procurement. The count of Obsolete Parts is 44,865 and the T-AKE 1 program is dependent on 7,692 Sole Sourced Parts.

Information about the critical vendors for the T-AKE 1 program, as well as a list of the obsolete and sole sourced parts, are included in the following tables.

Top Organizations by NiiN Count

NameCount of NiiNsDollars AwardedAverage Unit Price
Rockwell Collins, Inc.1,267$39,993$2,412.02
Hyster-yale Group, Inc.644$825,562$209.83
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.521$2,056,084$265.97
Keysight Technologies, Inc.307$23,292$137.29
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation275$510$34.00

Top Sole Sourced NiiNs

NiiNDescriptionUnit PriceVendor Name
012593380ANTENNA ASSEMBLY$143,399L3 TECH INC
015763310COVER,ACCESS$43,393L3 TECH INC
015121076WASHER-EXTRACTOR,LAUNDRY,COMMERCIAL$33,155EDRO CORP THE
014857563RECEIVER-TRANSMITTER SUBASSEMBLY,COUNTERMEASURES$25,535GEN_DYN MISSION SYSTM
012844229VALVE,GATE$16,200PIMA VALVE LLC

Top Obsolete NiiNs

NiiNDescriptionWSDC CountAuthorized Suppliers
009338120WASHER,LOCK136
009296395WASHER,LOCK138
009338121WASHER,LOCK123
009338118WASHER,LOCK134
009338119WASHER,LOCK121

Top Weapon System Designator Codes

WSDCNameNiiN CountPercent of Total NiiNs
09NT-AKE 1 CLASS19,54797.1%
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