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Application of Reliability to a Naval Weapon System
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The LHA Ship is the first application of Reliability at the ship and subsystem level for a naval combatant ship. Until the advent of the LHA Project the use of the Reliability discipline within the U.S. Navy had generally been confined to the component or “black box” level and usually in the electronics field. The expressed purpose of the Reliability Program is to impact the ship design which will lead to the delivery of a better weapons system to the Navy.
This paper describes the scope of effort undertaken to comply with Military Standard MIL-STD-785. The three phases of this extensive undertaking are discussed, namely definition of requirements, performance of analytical tasks to support the requirements and verification of requirements. The data sources employed and the methods of utilization are also described. Certain conclusions are presented based on accomplishments to date and expectations for the future portion of the contract.
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Snyder, R., "Application of Reliability to a Naval Weapon System," SAE Technical Paper 700612, 1970, https://doi.org/10.4271/700612.Also In
References
- “Request for Proposals for the Performance of Contract Definition leading to the Development and Production of General Purpose Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA)” P.R. LHA-60004 28 February 1967
- “A Report on a Study of the Reliability and Availability of a Conceptual LHA Ship System” LHA Project Report No. 297 February 1967
- “Reliability and Availability Analysis of Proposed LHA Ship Systems” U.S. Naval Applied Science Laboratory Project Report No. 920-72-16 October 1968
- Tawil E. “Scenario Simulation for Mission Reliability and Availability” Naval Material Command Fifth System Performance Effectiveness Conference Washington, D.C. May 21-22 1969
- “LHA-1 Class Reliability Contract Specification (1225.4)” 1 March 1969
- “LHA-1 Class Reliability Program Plan” December 1969
- “Maintenance and Material Management Manual” OPNAV 43P2 16 September 1968