Visualization Technology

Joe Kleiss
Armament Research, Development & Engineering Center RI Battlefield Tools & Equipment Division

Briefing Outline
ARDEC ROCK ISLAND ADVANCED VISUALIZATION CENTER
Who we are Advanced Visualization Centers A New Way of Doing Business Advanced Visualization Process (AVP) Visualization Center Successes Summary

ARDEC at Rock Island

Supporting Customers at Multiple Sites
Rock Island JMC TACOM LCMC (RI) JMTC PM SKOT PEO CS&CSS PEO GCS PM HBCT TACOM LCMC DLA Columbus

PEO Ammo PM SW PM Mortars PM JLW USMC SYSCOM PM JAMS PEO Aviation PEO STRI

PM FCS

BTED Visualization Centers

ARDEC Collaboration Center

Established In Aug 05 Allows customers to use advanced visualization to See, "Experience" and Influence Designs While Still in Development Helps Customers Evaluate Design Concepts, Accelerate Project Schedules & Saves Time and Money Eliminating Costly Building of Physical Models

ARDEC Advanced Visualization Center

C4 Installed at ARDEC-RI Feb 07 Currently Supporting Military Maintenance System Design Projects with AV Center Preparing C4 to Support Similar and Other Types of Military Customer Projects Looking to Grow Customer Base for Complex Within Industry and Academia

A New Way of Doing Business

Forward Repair System Small Arms Repair Center

Hardware Prototype
Concept Design Effort PD For Concept Acquisition of Concept Model Production of Concept Model User Evaluation Rework of Concept PD For LRLP Acquisition of LRLP

Advance Visualization Center Prototype 26 weeks 9 weeks 1 week 40 weeks 51 weeks 6 weeks 20 weeks 12 weeks 133 Weeks
Concept Design Effort VR Center User Evaluation Rework of Concept User Evaluation PD For LRLP Acquisition of LRLP

5.8 Weeks 2 Days 1 Week 2 Hours 3.5 Weeks 3 weeks 7.3 Weeks

Accelerating the Product Development Process!

Advanced Visualization Process AVP

AVP has been developed using a number of LSS Tools The initial process was first used for the development of the USMC Common 32 Green Belt projects 368 & 476 began the development of the AVP New technological developments in visualization tools has allowed opportunities for leaning/improving Life-Cycle process.
The elimination of costly hardware proto-types Considerable schedule and cost savings Improved communication

Advanced Visualization Process (AVP)

Advanced Visualization Process Continued

Small Arms Repair Center

Customer U.S. Army TACOM - Rock Island Aircraft Armament & Small Arms Product Support Integration Directorate (PSID) Project Small Arms Repair Center Benefits Enabled SARET Team to Transition from Inspection Only to Inspect and Repair Missions From Virtual Prototype to Actual Hardware in 7 Months

Virtual design of Small Arms Repair Center (SARC)

Actual delivered SARC hardware

ARDEC RI Visualization Center Successes

Ammunition Storage Study

Mobile Maintenance Systems

GPK Tech Data Development

Summary

Capabilities for Providing Better Products to the Warfighter Quicker and Cheaper!

Questions?

Joe Kleiss 309-782-8109 Joe.kleiss@us.army.mil

POCs

Bill Peiffer 309-782-5178 Bill.peiffer@us.army.mil