Sučasnì Informacìjnì Tehnologìï u Sferì Bezpeki ta Oboroni (May 2019)
CALS-concept of weapons and military equipment life cycle logistic support: national aspects of implementation
Abstract
The topicality of implementation of life cycle integrated logistic support for weapons and military equipment that are designed, manufactured, operated and disposed in Ukraine is substantiate in the article. It was shown that the most effective and widespread in the world tool for implementing integrated logistics support is the CALS-concept (Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support). The United States of America is the leader in this field, where the CALS-concept was originated in the mid-80s. Today, despite the very high level of standardization in the field of CALS technologies and systems, there are national peculiarities of the implementation of the CALS concept in the practice of weapons and military equipment life cycle management for different countries. The challenges identification that may arise in the way of the implementation of the CALS concept in the Ukrainian defence industry and security forces is the purpose of the article. The task was solved by analysing and summarizing the experience of introducing life cycle integrated logistical support for armaments and military equipment (based on CALS technologies) in NATO member countries, which can be compared with Ukraine in territory, military, industrial and scientific potentials. The next countries were chosen: The French Republic, Spain, Italy and Germany. For each country were identified the most important challenges and ways of their overcome. The article shows how this experience can be useful for Ukrainian defense industry and Armed Forces. The experience of the French Republic substantiates the expediency of integrating the information systems existing in the state, for example, various kinds of registries, the Prozorro system, etc. with information systems support the life cycle of. The Spanish experience is important for transparent pricing of life cycle of weapons and military equipment. Italy introduces the latest trend in this area – performance-based logistics. There is a CALS-forum of Germany – a platform for uniting and sharing the experience of specialists in this field. These studies should be the basement for the further development of CALS-systems and technologies for Ukrainian weapons and military equipment, which will be developed and upgraded in a hybrid war.
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