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Philip DrakeFixed Wing Depot Manager

Organic/IndustryMaintenance Partnerships

Phoenix, ArizonaOctober 26, 2009

2009 DoD Depot Maintenance Symposium

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Industry & Organic Partnerships

Industry

OrganicInfrastructure

Manpower

Federal Support

Security

OEM

Technical Data

Innovation

Product Focus

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M-TADS/PNVS - Letterkenny Army Depot SRA

• Partnership in support of M-TADS/PNVS PBL– LEAD supplies facility and site security– LM purchases manpower from LEAD to

support repairs• Supports 85% Supply availability metric

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Letterkenny SRA Partnership

State-of-the-Art Repair Facility

Ball Grid Array (BGA) Rework Station

X-Ray Inspection UnitCommon Core Test Station

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LANTIRN/Warner Robins ALCDirect Sales Agreement

• LM contracts for LANTIRN repair services from Warner Robins ALC– LM LANTIRN Depot co-located with WR ALC

• Partnership began in 1997– Repair support for U.S. & International

customers– WR has unique capability for some LRU’s

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LM – Warner RobinsLANTIRN Partnership

• Long-term relationship • High level communication & support• Both parties looking to expand relationship

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Javelin Letterkenny Partnership• LM – Raytheon joint venture supports Javelin PBL• Letterkenny Army Depot provides repair support

to joint venture– Onsite test equipment for Operator Interface

and FLIR CCA’s– Staffed with Letterkenny personnel

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Partnership Agreements• Various forms of partnering agreements

– Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)– Direct contract

• Formal contractual agreement– Strategic Partnering Agreement (SPA)

• Individual Implementation Agreements under SPA direct specific work

• Review and approval required by Contracting & Legal personnel

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Lessons Learned• Define expectations of both partners

– Identify scope of partnership clearly• Communicate

– Meet regularly (especially early on) to work through issues

• Information protection– Proprietary Information & Non-

Disclosure agreements

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Lessons Learned• Access to shared computer networks/data

systems– Both organization’s IT security will have

unique issues• Build the relationship

– Execute on existing agreements– Look for natural expansion of partnership

• Trust is key!– Both parties will have concerns

Focus must be on meeting the needs of the Warfighter!