DoD Recognizes Companies For Performance-Based Logistics Excellence

Lockheed Martin, General Electric, Honeywell, and AAI were winners in the first-ever Secretary of Defense Performance-Based Logistics Awards given out last week.

The awards, developed jointly by AIA, DoD and the Defense Acquisition University, recognize outstanding results in the relatively new field of PBL, a logistics system that focuses on performance and outcomes rather than a product or service alone. DoD is promoting PBL and now has implemented it in more than 100 major programs.

Lockheed Martin won the System Level Award along with the Air Force F-117 Nighthawk total system support partnership team for innovative contracting measures enhancing war fighter capabilities and cutting costs.

General Electric took the Sub-System Level Award along with the Navy for re-inventing the F/A-18 Hornet logistics supply chain, achieving record levels of readiness for the GE F404.

Honeywell was recognized with the Component Level Award along with the Navy for demonstrating the positive impact of PBL concepts in the management of aircraft Auxiliary Power Unit Total Logistics Support Team.

AAI received a Special Award-Global War on Terrorism along with the Army for reliability of the Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

Lou Kratz, assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for Logistics, Plans, and Programs and AIA Defense and International Programs Vice President Craig Steidle presented the awards at the AIA Product Support Conference in Hilton Head, S.C.

Photos of the award presentations are available at http://www.aia-aerospace.org/aianews/press/2005/rel_11_14_05.cfm.

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