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RM&A
The TSC team has been involved in all facets of RMA for many programs. TSC team members have performed analysis and identification of RMA requirements, have assisted the government in allocating these requirements to a system and have then performed factory and field testing to prove the requirements were met. TSC
 
• provides RM&A expertise to the CEC program by coordinating and performing RMA program planning, data collection, and analysis in support of product qualification and production milestone decisions under N00164-01-D-0039..  

• coordinates with the OEM and evaluates design changes and new designs for reliability impacts.
 
• provides RMA data organization and analysis support to the AEGIS MWT ISEA for the purposes of tracking failures in service and in repair facilities.  
 
TSC/Bird Associates Operations has provided Reliability and Maintainability engineering expertise to NAVY programs since the 1960’s. TSC was fundamental in the introduction of reliability disciplines to improve the quality of aircraft, propulsion, ordnance and fire control systems, and authored compilations of these disciplines in the NAVORD Reliability Guides (OD 44622), and NAVAIR Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Handbooks (OD 41146 & OD 39223) to address RM&A over the system life cycle. TSC’s history includes long standing reliability efforts and assessments on early radar, guided missile and other systems: SPS-48, SPG-51, and SPG-55 Radars, TERRIER, TARTAR, MK 86 and MK92 Shipboard Fire Control Systems, HARPOON and TOMAHAWK Missile Programs, MK 42 and MK 45 Gun Systems, 1200 psi Propulsion Plant, the F-111 aircraft, and many others.  
 
TSC/Bird has provided RM&A engineering expertise to the NATO Seasparrow Project Office since 1968. TSC, under contract with the NATO SEASPARROW Project Office, has established the reliability block diagrams (RBD) for various configurations of the NATO SEASPARROW Missile System (NSSMS), developed the mission profiles, and provided the engineering and management support for the reliability predictions and fleet assessments. We have also been involved in the evaluation of the test program for the system and subsequent modifications. One of our major functions is to provide the communications and coordination bridge between the engineering and support personnel within the NSPO and within the 13 consortium nations. Currently we perform technical analysis of hardware and software reliability and maintainability performance, in-plant testing, Pre-Production Planning, Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) and operational test for the Evolved SEASPARROW missile (ESSM), ensuring the system meets manufacture and program reliability thresholds.  
 
TSC/Bird has provided RM&A expertise to the AEGIS program office since the initial development phase in the early 1970’s. TSC/Bird helped establish the top level requirements/operational requirements document (ORD), developed design criteria and reliability block diagrams (models), and has performed reviews for R&M covering FMEA’s, worst case design derating, and fault tolerance.  
 
The PHALANX CIWS program has relied on TSC/Bird to provide depth of knowledge in RM&A engineering disciplines since initial development. Our efforts cover review of reliability and maintainability predictions, thermal analyses, stress analyses and FMECAs, and providing guidance in structuring of reliability programs and verification activities. TSC offers technical recommendations for component quality and screening levels to achieve design reliability, and advises on use of COTS hardware in the shipboard marine environment. TSC/ Bird monitors the readiness of active fleet systems for the PHALANX program office. This includes participation in semiannual Fleet Data Reviews, examination of 3M maintenance data for trends and common failure modes, comparison against specified reliability and maintainability requirements, effectiveness of design modifications, evaluation of environmental and aging effects on reliability, and preparation of special engineering reliability studies. TSC/ Bird created the Reliability Block Diagram for PHALANX Block 1B, and has assisted NSWC/Corona in definition of the Block 1B Wartime Mission Profile and Use Factor Matrices.  
 
TSC has assisted the SeaRAM development program in establishing top level RM&A requirements and program planning, providing structure and guidance in evolution of SeaRAM reliability requirements and models. TSC is currently performing a design reliability evaluation of SeaRAM hardware designs using thermal stress, electrical stress, and component reliability data.  
 
TSC/Bird implemented a software reliability monitoring program for the PHALANX tactical and maintenance software for the High Order Language Computer (HOLC). Test time and faults were monitored by build and criticality, resulting reliability and optimal fleet release point for the software. This effort continues to be implemented at Raytheon for Block 1B and SeaRAM development efforts.  
 
 
EG&G  

• supports the Top Management Attention/Top Management Item (TMA/TMI) Program’s mission to objectively identify chronic Fleet maintenance issues that impact Fleet readiness and exhaust maintenance resources. The TMA/TMI personnel developed specific metrics to identify and track the maintenance issues. Each of these metrics was tailored to fit the needs of the TMA/TMI program, they have been validated using peer review by the Washington Chapter of the Society of Reliability Engineers and accepted at all command levels associated with the TMA/TMI program.  

• provides direct RM&A support to VIRGINIA Class platform and submarine electronics and combat system.. For example, EG&G provided RM&A analysis based on data collected during testing at the Command and Control System Module (CCSM) Off-hull Assembly and Test Site (COATS) facility.  

• designed, implemented and deployed a PC-based data collection system using personal data assistants (PDA's) to collect and process the test data.  

• provided RMA, and Reliability Sustainment support services for the CSA MK 2 Series Equipment and Acoustic Device Countermeasures (ADCs) under the cognizance of NSWC Crane Division, Code 6071.  

• conducted technical analyses to determine the maintainability and diagnostics used to pinpoint failures of designated aircraft equipment and components.  

• assisted NSWC Crane Division in determining inherent repairability and recommended maintenance concepts. Based upon the investigations and analyses, we identified recommended changes in maintenance philosophy on specific mission avionics hardware, evaluated Automated Test Equipment (ATE), Interface Devices (IDs), and Test Program Sets (TPSs) to ensure compatibility with existing and planned hardware changes.  

• provides engineering and technical support services to the Electronic Development Directorate (Code 60) for development and evaluation of the TRIDENT D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile architectural design and reviewed and analyzed manufacturing processes to ensure usability in relation to the design and functional support of the missile.  

Pertinent contracts: N00024-01-C-7019, N00189-98-R-0107 and N00164-98-D-0020. 		 Functional Areas: