Maintaining the many types of weapons systems within the Department of Defense (DoD) is a tremendous task and procuring replacement components is made especially difficult due to obsolescence and often time, excessive pricing. Many components are no longer available from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and the DoD does not have sufficient documentation to develop new suppliers. A new, streamlined process is required to quickly develop Technical Data Packages (TDP) that will provide improved product availability by developing alternate sources of expensive and difficult to procure components. During Phase I and Phase II, ES3 developed and demonstrated the feasibility of a streamlined process that provided quick development of TDPs required for alternative sources of DoD components. During this second Phase II effort, the RE, TDP and SAR process will be expanded to include additional parts that are under immediate need to find alternate sources.
