Naval Supply Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications (Nov. 23, 2005): two NAVICP teams recognized with DoD performance based logistics awards.

Two Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP)-led performance-based logistics (PBL) teams were recently announced by the secretary of defense as winners in the first annual Secretary of Defense PBL Awards competition. The Awards spotlight significant PBL successes and encourage greater use of PBL throughout the Department of Defense. DoD uses PBL to improve weapons systems readiness by using the best mix of DoD and industry resources to operate and maintain weapons systems at reduced cost over their useful lives. Winners are selected from three award categories: system level, sub-system level, and component level.

The two Navy teams are the Navy/General Electric (GE) F404 PBL Team (sub-system level winner), and the Navy/Honeywell Auxiliary Power Unit Total Logistics Support (APU/TLS) PBL Team (component level winner). Represented on the Navy/GE team are NAVICP, Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), NAVAIR Depot Jacksonville, Fla., and GE. The Navy/Honeywell team consists of NAVICP, NAVAIR, NAVAIR Depots Cherry Point, N.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., and Honeywell.

The teams were selected from numerous submissions from all Services. Their innovative logistics support solutions significantly increased the readiness of the Navy's front line fighter aircraft, the F/A-18 Hornet, and that of other Navy aircraft, and reduced the cost to operate and maintain those aircraft over their useful lives.

The F404 engine, which powers the F/A-18 Hornet, currently stands at its highest level of combat readiness and customer satisfaction since its introduction to the fleet. The Navy/Honeywell team, whose best practices are now shared across DoD and industry, led the way for PBL with unprecedented program performance.

"PBLs are the most significant change in fleet support process I can recall," said Rear Adm. Michael S. Roesner, commander, NAVICP. "They have provided excellent solutions to longstanding material problems. I believe they have significantly improved readiness."

The teams received their awards at the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Fall Product Support Conference held at Hilton Head, S.C., Nov. 7-9, 2005. NAVICP, which is the largest field activity of the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), procures, manages, and supplies spare parts of naval aircraft, submarines, and ships worldwide. NAVICP is responsible for over 400,000 items of supply, $21 billion of inventory, and annual sales of $4.2 billion. It has two locations: one in the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia and the other in Mechanicsburg, just outside Harrisburg, Pa.

NAVSUP's primary mission is to provide U.S. naval forces with quality supplies and services. With headquarters in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and employing a worldwide work force of more than 24,000 military and civilian personnel, NAVSUP oversees logistics programs in the areas of supply operations, conventional ordnance, contracting, resale, fuel, transportation, and security assistance. In addition, NAVSUP is responsible for quality of life issues for our naval forces, including food service, postal services, Navy Exchanges, and movement of household goods.

Media contact is Cathy Partusch, Director, NAVSUP Office of Corporate Communications, at [e-mail].