An Advanced Sustainment Modeling Approach for Global Defense Data Architecture

Summary & ConclusionsThe traditional methodology of collecting critical sustainment data through isolated databases allows users to pull data on-demand; however, this requires manual efforts to merge data to see it in meaningful ways. Hence, this approach does not provide data at the point of need to satisfy warfighter demand. This weakness is due to having various disparate databases across the globe. This approach makes it difficult for an individual to perform analyses that influence support decisions related to the Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) elements as shown in Figure 1 below. Figure 1Integrated Logistics Support Elements1Raytheon employs Model-based Systems Engineering techniques to the Advanced Sustainment Model (ASM) architecture. ASM centralizes, optimizes and automates the collection and distribution of critical sustainment related data across a range of Prime Mission Systems Integrators, Government Logisticians, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) and end-user consumers. The ASM architecture focuses on a software toolkit that runs on user-provided hardware and datalink infrastructure.