Pollution prevention in new weapon system acquisition

Author

Stephens, Eric L.

Author_Institution

ASD/CE, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

18-22 May 1992

Firstpage

724

Abstract

The author discusses what is being done to prevent pollution in the development, production, operation, and maintenance of weapon systems that will be fielded years later. He describes the program manager (the decision maker) and the program manager´s work environment. The author discusses the processes in place that are the program manager´s tools. The organizations and committees that support the program manager are reviewed. These three areas summarize the effort that the US Air Force Systems Command is putting on acquisition pollution prevention. Specific success stores from the National Aerospace Plane, B-2, and F-22 are discussed to show what is being done

Keywords

aerospace computing; military computing; pollution; weapons; Air Force; B-2; F-22; National Aerospace Plane; US Air Force; decision maker; development; maintenance; operation; pollution prevention; production; program manager; weapon system acquisition; Aerospace testing; Costs; Environmental management; Hazardous materials; Missiles; Pollution; Product development; System testing; Variable speed drives; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1992. NAECON 1992., Proceedings of the IEEE 1992 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0652-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1992.220515

Filename

220515