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Programs
and Services
McLaughlin
Research offers a singular knowledge of the interdependent
technical and management requirements/relationships of NAVSEA
and its field activities, gained through three decades of
on-site support for NUWC Division, Newport, and other Navy
activities, including NSWC, Carderock Division; as well as for
operational and developmental Fleet commands/units around the
world. MRC furnishes a full spectrum of data solutions to
customers in the company’s core technology areas of engineering,
computer-aided design/drafting (CADD), program
management and financial
management, logistics,
configuration management (CM), technical documentation, and
graphics. MRC currently provides life cycle support services
for a variety of submarine and surface weapon, launcher, and C3I
programs, including program/financial management support for
the Seawolf, Virginia, and AN/BSY-2 programs; engineering, CADD, logistics,
and technical support for heavyweight and lightweight torpedo
and associated submarine and surface launcher system programs,
Tomahawk, and unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs)/targets;
engineering, CADD, logistics, and technical support, including
SHIPALT, TEMPALT, and ORDALT design/installation, for
electromagnetic, electromechanical, electro-optical, and
acoustic programs; and logistics, CM, training, IT, technical
documentation, and graphics support for various USW/ASW
systems, including serving as configuration manager for the
Navy’s worldwide inventory of submarine-launched torpedoes. In addition, MRC provides a wide
range of engineering and management support for the facilities
in which NUWC Division, Newport conducts RDT&E of USW
systems, and is the Center’s prime contractor for
environmental engineering and management support.
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Engineering
Life cycle
engineering support services for heavyweight and lightweight
torpedo programs, including production engineering, CM, and
reliability/QA services; systems analysis and change
documentation review; engineering drawing development and
maintenance; prototype design and fabrication; operation of
the Torpedo Life Cycle Support Facility; QA planning,
inspection, and documentation; safety assurance; and database
development/ maintenance, including the Configuration
Management Information System (CMIS) database for
establishing/maintaining the design and production
configuration baselines for all Torpedo Mk 48 mods,
various mobile ASW targets, and associated support equipment,
as well as all Surface Vessel Torpedo Tube Mk 32 mods.
Design,
analysis, improvement, installation, test, and documentation
services for electromagnetic system programs, including
performing engineering studies and analyses; designing
equipment and modifications; fabricating and testing
electronic prototype assemblies and computer programs;
developing technical documentation, including NAVSEA-approval-ready
SHIPALT and TEMPALT drawing packages and installation
instructions; and providing engineering/technical services for
the installation, repair, and testing of electronic systems
aboard submarines, surface ships, and shore sites. MRC’s
Quality Program Plan and associated quality procedures for
installing TEMPALTs (and other alterations, i.e., SHIPALTs)
have been reviewed by NAVSEA (SEA04XQ), which certified
MRC’s quality system to meet the requirements of NAVSEA
Technical Specification 9090-310C, Appendix D and NAVSEA
Standard Item 009‑04, and to be “acceptable for use on
Alteration Installation Team (AIT) Navy contracts.”
Mechanical,
electrical, and facility engineering, design, planning,
manufacturing/fabrication, equipment installation,
reconfiguration, system operation, and other technical
services in support of existing and future facility programs
for in-service and R&D submarine, surface, and air ASW
weapon and countermeasure launch systems within various
shore-based RDT&E laboratories/facilities, e.g., Advanced
Submarine Launch Facility, Submarine Launcher System Test
Facility, Surface Vessel Torpedo Tube Facility, Internal
Auxiliary Launch Test Facility, External Countermeasure Launch
Test Facility, and Turbine Pump/CAFV/CAFVE Refurbishment Area.
System
engineering and analysis, design, fabrication/assembly,
shipchecks, installations and removals, and CADD and technical
documentation services, including development of technical
data packages for TEMPALTs and SHIPALTs, testing and
evaluation, training, update/maintenance of computer
databases, and depot-level maintenance and overhaul of
equipment for the Acoustic Augmentation Support Program (AASP)
and Near Term Augmentation Systems (NTAS) program.
Engineering,
logistics, analytical, and technical services, including
design/design review, systems assessment/evaluation, technical
data status accounting, and engineering and technical
documentation for in-service mobile ASW targets and unmanned
undersea vehicles (UUVs), and future undersea vehicle
initiatives.
Logistics
Management
Logistic and
technical support for horizontal and vertical submarine weapon
and countermeasure launch and handling systems in various
stages of operation ranging from concept formulation to system
enhancements, upgrades, and modification, including ORDALT and
SHIPALT kit logistic support, Fleet technical support,
preparation of CALS-compliant drawing packages, and
development of operational and maintenance documentation,
ranging from PMS cards to interactive electronic technical
manuals (IETMs).
Logistic
support services for heavyweight and lightweight torpedo
programs, including preparation of implementation plan for
integration of Torpedo Mk 48 Mods 5 and 6 and depot
maintenance programs; analysis of depot-level maintenance
actions for individual repairable items to determine
suitability for performance by contractor personnel at
intermediate maintenance activities (IMAs) under PDLR
initiative; recommended items to be shifted to IMAs for PDLR-level
maintenance; and initiated documentation to make required
changes to APL and storeroom allowances at IMAs; performed
level of repair analysis (LORA) for developmental
subsystems/equipment under the Common Torpedo Developmental Vehicle (COT‑DV) Program;
reviewed initial outfitting list (IOL) during conceptual
R&D of Electric Powered Programmable Launch Vehicle;
provided support for development of Logistics Workplace
Management System (LWMS) and for the Torpedo Mk 48 ADCAP
MODS Program LSA Working Group; provided logistics analysis
support for the Torpedo Fuel Tank Life Cycle Cost Study; and
conducted procurability reviews of NAVICP procurements and
recommended solutions to problems encountered.
Technical
and logistic support for heavyweight and lightweight torpedo
programs, including review of logistics data, identification
of logistics requirements, and updating of logistics support
databases; preparation of weapon spares listings; review and
revision of supply support plans for test sets; Fleet weapon
introduction and anomaly resolution support; development of
hardware/software maintenance plans; software CM; performed
physical configuration audits of intermediate maintenance
activities and participated in validation of maintenance and
turn-around procedures; provide technical data support for
depot, intermediate, and operational-level maintenance
activities, including review of IMA job sheets for
applicability/future use at Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
locations; and review engineering change proposals for
logistic impact, e.g., effects on test equipment maintenance.
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Program
Management
Program
and project management, organization analysis and planning,
project analysis and performance appraisal, logistics
analysis, information management, program/project
documentation, and multimedia graphics support services for
undersea warfare sonar systems, ASW combat systems, and 21st
Century programs.
Design,
integrate, and maintain high visibility RDT&E and
acquisition program schedules, e.g. the Virginia Class
Non-Propulsion Electronics System (NPES) Top Level Schedule
and the Submarine Communication Support System (SCSS) Master
Schedule. The latter is an innovative, “big picture”
graphic management tool that integrates SSN/SSBN ship
construction and overhaul availabilities with the acquisition,
design, test, and integration schedules of 75 communications
functions. This resourceful planning document delineates
functional evolution, throughput forecasts, submarine ECS link
forecasts, future technical-base transitions, and rack
arrangements on a time-phased basis from FY97 through FY12 for
SSN 688, SSN 21, NSSN, and SSBN 726 class
submarines. These master schedules are included in the SCSS
Development and Execution Plan.
Environmental
program planning/management, including
formulation/implementation support for an ISO 14001-compliant
management system, environmental risk assessment/management,
NEPA documentation and implementation, pollution prevention
programs, marine mammal protection compliance, training support, program schedule
development/maintenance, HAZMAT management, data management,
and multimedia graphics services.
Program and
project management, project documentation, production
management; logistics management; information management,
metrics analysis and reporting; and multimedia graphics
support services for underwater T&E range
programs/projects.
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Financial
Management
Program
and project financial analysis and planning support, including
projecting financial and resource requirements; collecting and
analyzing cost data; performing cost analysis of project
technical work plans; developing cost/schedule management
procedures to track program cost and schedule performance;
recommending methods for forecasting costs; and developing
innovative approaches, including multimedia graphics, for
presenting financial data in quarterly, annual, and five-year
budgetary documents in support of undersea warfare sonar
systems, ASW combat systems, and 21st Century programs.
Financial
management support, financial/technical studies and analyses
services for underwater T&E range programs/projects.
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